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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. 11, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1992
Louis G Lange, III, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Richard E Ostlund, Ladue, MO (US);
Matthew S Bosner, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Other;
Abstract
This invention is a method for measuring the ability of a human to absorb cholesterol. The method uses two different cholesterol tracers, the first injected into the blood stream and the second ingested by the human subject. After a waiting period a blood sample is taken from the human subject and analyzed to determine percent cholesterol absorption based on the actual amounts of the two naturally occurring, metabolically stable cholesterol tracers in the blood. The method of this invention is useful in identifying human subjects as high cholesterol absorbers and thereafter administering therapeutic agents to the subject that inhibit the absorption of cholesterol.