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Methods and device for the detection of occult blood

US8349573B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 31, 2011
Grant dateJan 8, 2013
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 31, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N33/72
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to detection of occult blood. In particular, the present invention provides a device and methods for the simultaneous detection of hemoglobin and transferrin in fecal samples, which permit a more sensitive diagnosis of occult blood in fecal sample and a differential diagnosis of bleeding of the upper GI tract versus the lower GI tract.

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