Monitoring method
US6454726B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 10, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/76
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of monitoring the status of a current ovulation cycle of an individual human female subject, involving testing of the body fluid concentration of an analyte of significance in relation to the status of the ovulation cycle, such as urinary E3G, during at least part of the pre-ovulation phase of the current ovulation cycle of the individual subject, and identification from the results of such testing an analyte concentration change indicative of imminent ovulation, relative to an analyte concentration reference value that has been adapted to the individual human subject on the basis of analyte concentration test data obtained from the individual human subject during one or more previous ovulation cycles.
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