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Game of the immune system

US5556100A · kind A · utility

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16Claims
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Filing dateMay 31, 1995
Grant dateSep 17, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2003/0481
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The present invention provides a board game for use as a didactic teaching-aid for individuals that are interested in the immune system. The game comprises a playing board having a continuous main course having a plurality of playing spaces. Each playing space contains a number that matches the number of an immune scenario vignette that constitutes an exposure to an infectious disease or to an immune disease state, such as an auto-immune disease or an immune-deficiency. A method of curing or treating the disease, and information about the disease is provided in a disease handout that the players reference while tending to their disease at a hospital, clinic or pharmacy, depending on the nature of the exposure. When a player attains immunity, they become immune to those diseases that are subsequently encountered.

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