Method of predicting and detecting ovulation
US3986494A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 30, 1974 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 30, 1994 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/201666
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of monitoring the concentration of a given volatile organic compound commonly found in vaginal secretions is described as providing a reliable diagnostic indication of ovulation, and more particularly is described as providing a simple home-test method of predicting the onset of the fertile period, thereby increasing the reliability of the "rhythm metod" of birth control.
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