Detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of a medical condition or disease with artificial olfactometry
US7255677B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 4, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N33/497
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods and devices for rapid diagnosis and monitoring a patient for disease or effectiveness of treatment in real time. In preferred embodiments, the methods and devices comprise contacting an array of sensors with a sample from a mammal suspected of having a disease to generate a sensor array profile, measuring a clinical diagnostic marker for the suspected disease, and then developing a diagnosis using the sensor array profile in combination with the clinical diagnostic marker.
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