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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:
Sep. 08, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alex D Romaschin, Etobicoke, CA;
Paul M Walker, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Critichem Medical Products Limited, Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435-71 ; 435-72 ; 435-724 ; 435-731 ; 435-732 ; 435 24 ; 435 34 ; 435962 ; 435968 ; 435975 ; 436513 ; 436518 ; 436536 ; 436808 ; 436811 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for determining the extent of sepsis and/or an infection in a human or animal patient by detecting the amount of an antigen indicative of such infection. The amount of the antigen is detected in a patient blood derived test sample containing blood cell fractions. The method comprises: