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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Morgan V Aken, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Stefan L Paskell, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Assignee:
Bainbridge Laboratories, Inc., Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436501 ; 436503 ; 436536 ;
Abstract
Methods for the diagnosis of diseases that result in the release of fragments of basement membrane, including fragments, intact molecules and/or complexes of basement membrane components, are disclosed. Detection of basement membrane fragments, intact molecules and/or complexes in a biological fluid by the immunological and physicochemical methods of the present invention allows the diagnosis of a variety of diseases, including cancers, collagen degenerative diseases, and hepatitis. Suitable biological fluids include urine, serum, synovial fluid, and cerebrospinal fluid.