Method for determining platelet reactivity in a whole blood sample
US6391568B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/971
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for the quantification and assessment of platelet activation in whole blood samples and monitoring of antiplatelet pharmacologic agents. The method for quantifying platelet activation includes exposing platelets to a physiological concentration of an agonist that activates some of the platelets, resulting in the formation of at least one binding site on the surface of the activated platelets, and measuring the activated platelets. The present invention provides a method of assessing specific components of platelet activation.
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