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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2014
Applicant:

Lancaster University Business Enterprises Limited, Lancashire, GB;

Inventors:

Gemma Lancaster, Lancashire, GB;

Aneta Stefanovska, Lancashire, GB;

Marco Rossi, Pisa, IT;

Margherita Pesce, Pisa, IT;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/026 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/444 (2013.01); A61B 5/0075 (2013.01); A61B 5/0261 (2013.01); A61B 5/0077 (2013.01); A61B 5/0082 (2013.01); A61B 5/7275 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing, or providing a prognosis to, or for providing the likelihood of developing, malignant melanoma in a subject, the method comprising the steps of: (a) measuring two or more markers in blood perfusion dynamics at and/or around a skin lesion site; and (b) determining if the two or more markers is different to a normal value. The invention also relates to a device for diagnosing/providing a prognosis to/for malignant melanoma in a subject.


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