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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:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Amira Medical Technologies Inc., Calgary, CA;
Inventors:
Peter Stys, Calgary, CA;
Shigeki Tsutsui, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
Amira Medical Technologies Inc., Calgary, AB, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G06F 19/18 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/6896 (2013.01); G06F 19/18 (2013.01); G01N 2333/4709 (2013.01); G01N 2800/285 (2013.01); G01N 2800/2814 (2013.01); G01N 2800/2821 (2013.01); G01N 2800/2828 (2013.01); G01N 2800/2835 (2013.01); G01N 2800/2842 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of detecting a disease associated with abnormal protein aggregation in a subject is provided, the method comprising (a) contacting leukocytes from the subject with a probe that binds to pathogenic protein aggregates, and (b) detecting the probe bound to the pathogenic protein aggregates, wherein the presence of pathogenic protein aggregates in the leukocytes is indicative that the subject has a disease associated with abnormal protein aggregation. In one embodiment, the disease is Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment.