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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2004
Peter Horsewood, Dundas, CA;
Robert Zawydiwski, Stoney Creek, CA;
Peter Horsewood, Dundas, CA;
Robert Zawydiwski, Stoney Creek, CA;
IMI International Medical Innovations, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
Skin cholesterol is measured by applying an adhesive tape onto a selected area of the skin to adhere the tape to the selected skin area and stripping the tape off the selected skin area to obtain a sample representative of the outer stratum corneum layer of the skin, the sample adhering to the tape so as to have exposed skin constituents. The sample is assayed using a detector reagent that specifically binds to cholesterol and in addition has an indicator component that allows quantitation of the amount of cholesterol present in the exposed skin constituents.