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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert E. Kimura, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/500 ; A01K 6/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/500 ; A01K 6/700 ;
Abstract
The subject invention comprises a method for producing animals where the common bile duct is cannulated for use in the study of endotoxin-induced alterations in hepatic function by measuring changes in the maximal steady-state biliary excretion rate of the anionic dye, indocyanine green (ICG). In a further embodiment the hypatic vein is catheterized.