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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2004
Applicants:

Ilan Ben-oren, Jerusalem, IL;

Julian Daich, Jerusalem, IL;

Ephraim Carlebach, Ra'anana, IL;

George Yariv, Jerusalem, IL;

Inventors:

Ilan Ben-Oren, Jerusalem, IL;

Julian Daich, Jerusalem, IL;

Ephraim Carlebach, Ra'anana, IL;

George Yariv, Jerusalem, IL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods of determining gastro-intestinal conditions by performing a succession of breath tests or others tests, particularly for determining the gastric emptying or gastric accomodation condition of a subject. Methods of performing successive gastric emptying tests with different test meals are also presented, enabling the gastric accommodation to be determined. The effects of different test means on the results is presented. Novel substrates for use in such tests are suggested, including the use of micro-encapsulation. Breath tests for the detection of bacterial overgrowth, lactose intolerance and combinations thereof are presented.


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