Method for the identification of a liquid secreted by a living subject particularly for identification of amniotic fluid

US6206840A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Abraham-Fuchs · Erlangen, DE
• Kai-Uwe Schmidt · Munich, DE
• Joachim Tork · Erlangen, DE
• Helge Binder · Herzogenaurach, DE
• Ludwig Wildt · Herzogenaurach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 12, 1999
• Grant date: Mar 27, 2001
• Expiry date: Aug 12, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/497
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a method for identifying a liquid secreted by a living subject, particularly amniotic fluid, the liquid is identified by means of its characteristic volatile constituents.