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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Lee E. Goldstein, Marblehead, MA (US);
Leo T. Chylack, Jr., Duxbury, MA (US);
Ashley Ian Bush, Somerville, MA (US);
Inventors:
Lee E. Goldstein, Marblehead, MA (US);
Leo T. Chylack, Jr., Duxbury, MA (US);
Ashley Ian Bush, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a method of diagnosing, prognosing, staging, and/or monitoring a mammalian amyloidogenic disorder or a predisposition thereto by detecting a protein or polypeptide aggregate in the cortical and/or supranuclear regions of an ocular lens of the mammal.