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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Crescent Diagnostics Limited, London, GB;
Inventors:
Mark Robert Towler, Annacotty, IE;
Ernest Poku, London, GB;
Assignee:
Crescent Diagnostics Limited, London, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 21/65 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/4504 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/4869 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01); G01N 21/65 (2013.01); G01N 33/68 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention generally relates to methods for assessing risk of bone fracture. In certain embodiments, methods of the invention involve a) conducting an assay to determine a characteristic of keratinized tissue obtained from a mammal, b) analyzing at least one bone-fracture risk factor associated with the mammal, and c) correlating results from steps (a) and (b), thereby assessing the risk of bone fracture of a bone of the mammal.