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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2005
Applicant:
Paul M. Ridker, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Inventor:
Paul M. Ridker, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/92 (2006.01); G01N 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/6893 (2013.01); G01N 33/6863 (2013.01); G01N 33/92 (2013.01); G01N 2333/4737 (2013.01); G01N 2800/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention involves, inter alia, the use of markers of systemic inflammation to determine whether or not an individual undergoing treatment with a cardiovascular agent to reduce the risk of a future cardiovascular event will benefit from continued treatment with the cardiovascular agent. Further, this invention describes the use of markers of systemic inflammation to evaluate the efficacy of treatment and to assist physicians in deciding on the course of a treatment in an individual at risk of future cardiovascular events.