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Detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of a medical condition or disease with artificial olfactometry

US7819803B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 20, 2007
Grant dateOct 26, 2010
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Expiry dateJul 20, 2027

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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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