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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:
Apr. 06, 1999
Filed:
May. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Albrecht Wendel, Tubingen, DE;
Thomas Hartung, Constance, DE;
Assignees:
DPC Biermann GmbH, Bad Nauheim, DE;
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436-2 ; 436 63 ; 436 86 ; 530351 ;
Abstract
A method of ascertaining the pyrogenicity of a material involves exposing to the material a sample of whole blood from a human or an amimal, followed by determining whether the exposure induces formation of endogenous pyrogen in the sample.