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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2010
Applicant:
Bin Hong, Rockville, MD (US);
Inventor:
Bin Hong, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/04 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This disclosure describes a portable device that conveniently applies cancer patient blood sample into a test strip to determine the level of the patient's metastatic circulating tumor cells. Proper use of this device provides end users with the diagnostic and prognostic information of the cancer patient, and any effect of applied therapies. The device can also be used to screen effective drugs for any known metastatic phenotype disruption.