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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:
Jul. 12, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Philip Stashenko, Norfolk, MA (US);
Assignee:
Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-79 ; 435-792 ; 435960 ; 436 63 ; 436811 ; 436815 ;
Abstract
The present invention comprises a method for the determination of periodontal disease active sites within the human oral cavity by a measurement of the level of interleukin 1 beta (IL-1b) in oral tissues and gingival crevicular fluid at a particular site.