Means and methods for diagnosing heart failure in a subject

US9285378B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Metanomics GmbH · DE
• RUPRECHT - KARLS - UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG · DE

Inventors

• Jens Fuhrmann · Berlin, DE
• Regina Reszka · Panketal, DE
• Jürgen Kastler · Berlin, DE
• Kristina Busch · Berlin, DE
• Edgar Leibold · Bischofswerda, DE
• Hugo Katus · Heidelberg, DE
• Norbert Frey · Kronshagen, DE
• Johanna Wolf · Mannheim, DE
• Tanja Weis · Wiesenbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 28, 2011
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2016
• Expiry date: Jan 28, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2800/52
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of diagnostic methods. Specifically, the present invention contemplates a method for diagnosing heart failure in a subject, a method for identifying whether a subject is in need for a therapy of heart failure or a method for determining whether a heart failure therapy is successful. The invention also relates to tools for carrying out the aforementioned methods, such as diagnostic devices.