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Preparation of subjects for medical or veterinary examination

US10709323B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Owlstone Medical Limited · GB

Inventors

Aditya Malkar · Cambridge, GB
Lauren Brown · Bingham Farms, US
Marc van der Schee · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 5, 2018
Grant date	Jul 14, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 5, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N33/50
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of identifying if a subject is sufficiently prepared to permit successful colonoscopic examination, the method comprising the steps of: (a) obtaining a stool sample from a subject having undergone preparation for a colonoscopic examination; (b) analysing the sample to detect the presence and/or amount of faecal matter, if any, in the stool sample; and (c) from the analysis in step (b), identifying whether the subject has been sufficiently prepared.

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