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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2006
Applicants:
Susan M. Drengler, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Bennett W. Baugher, Waukegan, IL (US);
Inventors:
Susan M. Drengler, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Bennett W. Baugher, Waukegan, IL (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/564 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides methods, diagnostic assays, and diagnostic kits based on said methods, to determine levels of immunosuppressive complexes containing immunosuppressive drugs tacrolimus, sirolimus and cyclosporine A separately and in combination, formed in the blood of a drug-treated patient or in a patient candidate to immunosuppressive drug therapy. These methods, assays and kits are especially useful when using automated systems.