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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:
Jan. 25, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew E Senyei, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Nelson N Teng, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Assignee:
Adeza Biomedical Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-79 ; 436518 ; 436528 ; 436536 ; 436543 ; 436547 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to methods, reagents and kits for detection of normal or ectopic pregnancy, the termination of pregnancy, or increased risk of preterm labor and rupture of membranes. Each embodiment involves sampling from the vaginal cavity, and determining the presence or absence of a specific analyte in the test sample. Sandwich or competition assay procedures can be used. Reagents and reagent kits for the above assays are included. The kit contains anti-(fetal fibronectin) antibody and an anti-fibronectin antibody.