Treating body fluids for diagnostic testing
US5112758A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 9, 1988 |
| Grant date | May 12, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 9, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/25625
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of reducing the viscosity of a body fluid comprises mixing a body fluid with a cationic quaternary ammonium reagent. The body fluid is a mucopolysaccharide-containing body fluid which will be tested for a metabolite.
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