Method of cell tagging for cancer detection
US10709391B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 2, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2562/0223
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Body-mountable devices are provided to detect the presence or status of a tumor in a body by detecting probes associated with circulating cells of the tumor that travel to subsurface vasculature of the body. The probe enters a tumor and associates with cells of the tumor before the cells metastasize. A wearable body-mountable device can be worn for a protracted period of time to detect the probe associated with circulating tumor cells in the vasculature at low concentrations and/or at low rates. A body-mounted device could detect the presence of such released, tumor-cell-associated probes to determine a presence or status of a tumor in the body.
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