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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:
Dec. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masahiro Tada, Yamaguchi, JP;
Assignee:
Phanos Technologies, Inc., Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; C07D / ; C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-71 ; 435-723 ; 435-4 ; 436 64 ; 436172 ; 436175 ; 436800 ; 548100 ; 5483027 ; 5483044 ; 424-96 ;
Abstract
A method for detecting abnormal cell shedding rates of mature epithelial cells of a warm-blooded animal, such as the epithelial cells of the gastric or colonic glands. A labeling composition containing, e.g., a cyanine dye is applied to epithelial cells, following which the site is observed over time. Abnormal cell shedding rates are indicative of disease states such as carcinoma.