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Diagnostic method for inflammatory conditions in the intestines

US6183416A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Aerocrine AB · SE

Inventors

Kjell Alving · Uppsala, SE
Jan M. Lundberg · Djursholm, SE
Jon Lundberg · Stockholm, SE
Eddie Weitzberg · Stockholm, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 22, 1999
Grant date	Feb 6, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 22, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/173076
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Method for diagnosis of inflammatory conditions in the intestinal canal of humans, characterized in that NO is measured in the lumen of the intestines. The NO level obtained is then compared with the level obtained for healthy individuals or with the level obtained for the same individual at another occasion. An increased level compared to the normal levels in the intestines of the healthy population is an indication of an inflammatory condition in the intestine.

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