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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Atherotech, Inc., Birmingham, AL (US);
Inventor:
Krishnaji R Kulkarni, Vestavia, AL (US);
Assignee:
Ningbo Alabama, LLC, Birmingham, AL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/14 (2006.01); G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01N 33/49 (2006.01); G01N 33/92 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/1434 (2013.01); G01N 15/06 (2013.01); G01N 33/491 (2013.01); G01N 33/92 (2013.01); G01N 33/492 (2013.01); G01N 2015/1486 (2013.01);
Abstract
Although a more accurate estimate of a person's risk of cardiovascular disease can be made on the basis of the number of lipoprotein particles per unit volume in the person's blood, current methods all rely on measuring the mass of lipoprotein cholesterol per unit volume. It has been discovered that a rapid and accurate lipoprotein particle count can be obtained by photometry. A method and apparatus are provided for measuring the number of lipoprotein particles in a sample using photometry.