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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2003
Cheng Hock Toh, Liverpool, GB;
Colin Downey, Liverpool, GB;
Timothy J. Fischer, Raleigh, NC (US);
bioMerieux, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed for predicting the presence of haemostatic dysfunction. At least one time-dependent measurement on an unknown sample is performed and a respective property of the sample is measured over time so as to derive a time-dependent measurement profile. One or more predictor variables, including initial slope, are defined which sufficiently define the data of the time-dependent measurement profile. A model is then derived that represents the relationship between the abnormality and the set of predictor variables. Subsequently, the model is utilized to predict haemostatic dysfunction, such as septicemia or disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC).