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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:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexander D Romaschin, Etobicoke, CA;
Paul M Walker, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Spectral Diagnostics, Inc., Toronto, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435-6 ; 435-71 ; 435-72 ; 435-724 ; 435-731 ; 435-737 ; 435 25 ; 435 34 ; 435 38 ; 435962 ; 435968 ; 435973 ; 435975 ; 436513 ; 436578 ; 436536 ; 436539 ; 436808 ; 436811 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for staging sepsis in a patient by concurrently measuring in a sample of the patient's blood four parameters which are indicative of the stage of sepsis: 1) the level of microbial product level in the blood; 2) the level of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) response reserve; 3) the maximum oxidant production by neutrophils, and 4) the responsiveness of the patient's neutrophils to immunocomplexes. Based on determining the stage of sepsis, appropriate treatment for the patient may be identified.