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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:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Osteometer Biotech A/S, Herlev, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ;
Abstract
This invention relates, in part, to a method of measuring the rate of degradation of collagen is disclosed which comprises determining the amount in a body fluid of one or more fragments of collagen having an amino acid sequence comprising isoaspartic acid. The invention also relates to an immunological binding partner that specifically binds to an amino acid sequence of type II collagen containing an isoaspartic acid residue. The invention further relates to a synthetic peptide having an amino acid sequence of type II collagen that contains an isoaspartic acid residue.