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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2006
Gregory B Mckenna, Lubbock, TX (US);
Stephen J. Usala, Amarillo, TX (US);
Mark W. Vaughn, Lubbock, TX (US);
Jian Wang, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Wei Wang, Lubbock, TX (US);
Gregory B McKenna, Lubbock, TX (US);
Stephen J. Usala, Amarillo, TX (US);
Mark W. Vaughn, Lubbock, TX (US);
Jian Wang, Lake Jackson, TX (US);
Wei Wang, Lubbock, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for assessing fertility in mammalian females comprising sampling cervical-vaginal fluid, measuring one or more of the sample's viscoelastic properties, and evaluating the measurement to determine fertility. Preferable embodiments of the current invention may utilize measurement of the viscoelastic property of die swell ratio, or other viscoelastic properties of cervical-vaginal fluid.