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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:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Hidenori Takagi, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroshi Ito, Kyoto, JP;
Masahiro Kozuka, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ARKRAY, Inc., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/72 (2006.01); G01N 33/58 (2006.01); G01N 33/574 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/582 (2013.01); G01N 33/574 (2013.01); G01N 33/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for detecting a cancer cell, including: contacting in vitro a peripheral blood-containing sample including test cells and a labeling substance; allowing the test cells to incorporate the labeling substance to label the test cells; and detecting, as a cancer cell, a cell showing a higher degree of labeling with the labeling substance than that shown by a normal cell in the peripheral blood-containing sample.