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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:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nazle Kuylen, Miami, FL (US);
Harold R Crews, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Gerald E Jaffe, Pembroke Pines, FL (US);
Maria Barcelon, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Francis J Lucas, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Nancy M Garcia, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
Coulter International Corp., Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 29 ; 435-4 ; 435 34 ;
Abstract
The necessity to detect blast cells in a patient sample to determine a treatment regime for leukemia has long been desired. The present invention relates to a method and assay reagents for identification of blast cells in a fluid sample. The method further enables the determination of the lineage of the blast cells. The new method provides a determination of blast cells in less time than prior art methods.