Method for measuring tear constituents in a tear sample
US10527628B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 2, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 7, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 14, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2800/162
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides a method, wherein the method classifies a subject as suffering from dry eye, the method consisting of: a. obtaining demographic data, consisting of the age and gender of the subject; b. obtaining a tear sample from the patient, and determining the level of human serum albumin; c. from the determined level of human serum albumin, assigning a score for the determined amount of human serum albumin; and d. from the assigned score, calculating a cutoff probability score, according to the following equation: wherein the subject has dry eye, if the calculated cutoff probability score is from 50% to 60%.
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