Liver function test
US6030841A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 29, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T436/146666
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for the determination of liver function, comprises the steps of: PA0 (i)introducing an effective amount of a coloured or fluorescent bile acid derivative intravenously into a patient, PA0 (ii)collecting samples of blood which has passed through the liver of the patient at timed intervals after step (i), and PA0 (iii)assessing the colour or fluorescence of bile acid derivative in each sample.
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