Process and kit for determining blood platelet stress
US4600696A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 1984 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/147777
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process and kit are provided for measuring chemical and physical stresses on the blood platelets of a human patient by measuring reduction in ATP (adenosine triphosphate) and ADP (adenosine diphosphate) concentrations while measuring increases in the ATP degradation products HYPX (hypoxanthine) and AMP (adenosine monophosphate). The process is useful for measuring a human patient's risk to internal stress such as reduction in the size of blood vessels, to response to various environmental changes as well as to a variety of treatments including drug treatment, risk of malignant hyperthermia in response to anesthetic administration or in response to vascular or organ transplant.
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