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Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2014
Applicants:

Aradigm Corporation, Hayward, CA (US);

The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);

Inventors:

Igor Gonda, San Francisco, CA (US);

Homer A. Boushey, Oakland, CA (US);

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/58 (2006.01); A61K 31/352 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/352 (2013.01); A61B 5/082 (2013.01); A61B 5/145 (2013.01); A61B 5/14507 (2013.01); A61B 5/4211 (2013.01); G01N 33/6893 (2013.01); A61B 5/14 (2013.01); A61B 5/150015 (2013.01); G01N 2800/06 (2013.01); Y10T 436/142222 (2015.01);
Abstract

A method of diagnosing in a subject for the purpose of determining if the subject's gastrointestinal contents has entered the subject's respiratory tract. The qualitative analysis can be also expanded into quantitative analysis, enabling the estimation of either the concentration, or the amount, or both, of the gastrointestinal contents that entered the respiratory tract. The invention also provides methods of treatment based on the identification of aspiration using the methods of the invention.


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