Methods and kits for determining von Willebrand factor activity in the absence of ristocetin and for determining the activity of ADAMTS-13 protease

US8932820B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Products GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Harald Althaus · Wetter, DE
• Tobias Obser · Hamburg, DE
• Juergen Patzke · Marburg, DE
• Reinhard Schneppenheim · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 2012
• Grant date: Jan 13, 2015
• Expiry date: Sep 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2800/226
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Described herein are method(s), kit(s), reagent(s) and the like for determining von Willebrand factor (VWF) activity in a sample in the absence of ristocetin.