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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Jayne Ellis, Little Addinton, GB;
Jayne Marshall, Sandbach, GB;
Stephen P. Sharrock, Bedford, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ALERE SWITZERLAND GMBH, Zug, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/76 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/558 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 21/84 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/689 (2013.01); G01N 21/8483 (2013.01); G01N 33/54386 (2013.01); G01N 33/558 (2013.01); G01N 33/76 (2013.01); G01N 2021/8488 (2013.01); G01N 2333/59 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for determining a quantitative estimate of the length of time since conception in a female mammalian subject, the method comprising: a) providing a liquid sample suspected of containing hCG; b) measuring, by means of an assay or assay device, an analyte measurement signal, whose value is dependent upon the level of hCG; c) comparing the measured signal value to an analyte threshold, wherein said analyte threshold corresponds to a time since conception; d) providing an quantitative estimate of the length of time since conception based upon the comparison in step (c).