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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:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jeffrey A. Gelfand, Cambridge, MA (US);
Timothy A. Brauns, Roslindale, MA (US);
Assignee:
The General Hospital Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ; G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ; G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
Mass medical, e.g., cervical cancer, screening is provided to areas of the world where a lack of sufficient laboratory infrastructure and technical skills presently compromises the effectiveness of screening or even makes mass screening impossible. These methods are cost-effective and provide excellent sensitivity and specificity in cervical cancer screening.