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Diagnostic devices and methods for mitigating hook effect and use thereof

US10786229B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Ellume Limited

Inventors

Rhiannon McBean · Forsayth, AU
Scott Robert Fry · Brisbane, AU
Sean Andrew Parsons · Brisbane, AU

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 22, 2016
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 9, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2333/59
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to devices and methods for identifying conditions in a human or animal body, such as pregnancy or ovulation. For example, the present disclosure relates to devices and methods for identifying pregnancy or ovulation, which devices and methods are adapted to mitigate the “hook effect”, thereby improving accuracy of the devices and methods.

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