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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2001
Timothy J. Fischer, Raleigh, NC (US);
Colin Downey, Liverpool, GB;
Mike Nesheim, Kingston, CA;
John A. Samis, Kingston, CA;
Liliana Tejidor, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Cheng-hock Toh, Liverpool, GB;
John B. Walker, Edmonton, CA;
Timothy J. Fischer, Raleigh, NC (US);
Colin Downey, Liverpool, GB;
Mike Nesheim, Kingston, CA;
John A. Samis, Kingston, CA;
Liliana Tejidor, Coral Gables, FL (US);
Cheng-Hock Toh, Liverpool, GB;
John B. Walker, Edmonton, CA;
bioMerieux, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Abstract
A method for diagnosing a condition of a patient involves the steps of (a) adding one or more reagents to a test sample from a patient, the test samples comprising at least part of a blood sample from the patient, in order to cause formation of a complex comprising at least one acute phase protein and at least one human lipoprotein, while causing substantially no fiber polymerization; (b) measuring the formation of the complex over time so as to derive a time-dependent measurement profile, and (c) determining a slope and/or total change in the time-dependent measurement profile, so as to diagnose a condition of the patient. A greater formation of the complex is correlated to increased probability of death of the patient.