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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:
Oct. 21, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
John E Repine, Englewood, CO (US);
Assignee:
University Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; C12Q / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-71 ; 435-74 ; 435 26 ; 435 27 ; 435975 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to the discovery that serum ferritin concentrations are elevated in patients at risk for the development of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and who subsequently develop ARDS, as compared to at-risk patients who do not subsequently develop ARDS. Thus, the invention includes a method for determining ARDS development potential in an at-risk patient comprising the steps of determining the patient's serum concentration of ferritin and determining ARDS development potential from said serum concentration of ferritin.