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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Wolfgang Woloszczuk, Vienna, AT;
Gerhard Hawa, Vienna, AT;
Inventors:
Wolfgang Woloszczuk, Vienna, AT;
Gerhard Hawa, Vienna, AT;
Assignee:
Biomedica Medizinprodukte GmbH & Co KG, Vienna, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); C07K 16/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 16/26 (2013.01); G01N 33/68 (2013.01); G01N 2333/58 (2013.01); G01N 2800/32 (2013.01); C07K 2317/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and compositions are disclosed for determining feline proBNP or fragments thereof in a sample. In one method, feline proBNP or fragments thereof are determined by providing a feline sample, contacting the sample with at least one antibody that binds an epitope in the region from amino acids 68 to 80 of feline proBNP, and determining the presence of the feline proBNP or fragments thereof present in the sample. Antibodies that bind feline proBNP and kits comprising such antibodies are also disclosed.