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7575861 |
Compositions and method for accurate early pregnancy diagnosis
The invention provides improved assays for detection of pregnancy. In the assays, pregnancy associated glycoproteins are analyzed in conjunction with progesterone analysis. The techniques of the...
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7572639 |
Method and apparatus for predicting pregnancy outcome
A method for predicting pregnancy outcome includes measuring blood levels of hCG-hg and progesterone in a pregnant woman, determining a rate of change of progesterone levels from the blood...
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7569397 |
Immunoassay devices and use thereof
An immunoassay device has a housing defining a first opening for receiving a solution and a second opening through which a liquid sample is deposited, a strip of sorbent material having a test site...
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7534393 |
Fertility computing system and method
A fertility determining system employing hormone level measuring apparatus on selected days in a menstrual cycle to determine the levels of analytes, i.e., estrone-3-glucuronide (“E3G”) and...
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7524681 |
Rapid assay for biological substances using FTIR
The present invention relates to a method for determining the condition of a biological fluid by recording the IR spectrum of a sample of the biological fluid. To this end, the biological fluid can...
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7507707 |
Methods of inducing ovulation using a non-polypeptide camp level modulator
The present invention relates to methods of inducing ovulation in a female host comprising the administration of a non-polypeptide cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) level modulator to female...
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7494471 |
Moon phase menstrual tracking and educational system
A system and method for tracking and informing about a physical, emotional, or physiological cycle, such as a menstrual cycle, includes at least one definition entry and at least one date...
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7459125 |
Device for determining an analyte in a liquid sample
The invention concerns a device for determining an analyte in a liquid sample, comprising: a) a gripping support ( 1 ); b) first capillary diffusing means ( 2 ) integral with the gripping support (...
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7439071 |
Method of employing elevation of marinobufagenin in determining the presence of preeclampsia and related apparatus
A method of determining the presence of preeclampsia is provided wherein a determination is made as to whether there has been a substantial elevation in marinobufagenin which may be a blood-derived...
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7399636 |
Diagnostic kit for predicting pregnancy outcome
The present invention provides a method of predicting pregnancy outcome in a subject by determining the amount of an early pregnancy associated molecular isoform of hCG in a sample. The present...
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7393696 |
Bovine pregnancy test
This invention provides bovine pregnancy test methods and devices. The test is also suitable for other ruminant and/or ungulate animals. Antigens from Group A (early pregnancy antigens), and/or...
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7371582 |
Lateral flow quantitative assay method and strip and laser-induced fluorescence detection device therefor
Disclosed is a lateral flow quantitative assay method which can measure one or more analyte species at the same time, with high sensitivity. Also, the present invention relates to a strip which can...
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7364910 |
Methods of inducing ovulation
The present invention relates to methods of inducing ovulation in a female host comprising the administration of a non-polypeptide cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) level modulator to the...
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7238538 |
Chromatographic assay device and methods
A chromatographic assay device for the analysis of an analyte in a liquid sample has a proximal sample application zone and a distal test zone. The test zone contains a first ligand capable of...
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7198954 |
Methods for predicting pregnancy outcome in a subject by hCG assay
The present invention provides a method of predicting pregnancy outcome in a subject by determining the amount of an early pregnancy associated molecular isoform of hCG in a sample. The present...
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7179640 |
Method and apparatus for detecting conception in animals
The present invention provides antibodies which specifically bind early conception factor, which can be found in body fluids of animals including but not limited to the cow, cat, dog, horse, human,...
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7153824 |
Inhibitors of phosphodiesterases in infertility
The present invention is directed to methods of increasing oocyte production in a mammal. More specifically, the specification describes methods and compositions for inducing follicular maturation...
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7125728 |
Determination of pregnancy status in cattle and sheep
A method and kit for determining whether an animal is not pregnant, or is pregnant following a breeding. The level of expression of a pregnancy induced protein is determined in an animal for which...
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7125663 |
Genes, compositions, kits and methods for identification, assessment, prevention, and therapy of cervical cancer
The invention relates to newly discovered nucleic acid molecules and proteins associated with cervical cancer including pre-malignant conditions such as dysplasia. Compositions, kits, and methods...
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7118876 |
Altered intracellular localization of BRK/Sik protein tyrosine kinase in human prostate tumors
The invention provides methods for detecting abnormal prostate conditions, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN), and adenocarcinoma, in an animal by...
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7109042 |
Assays
An analytical test device useful for example in pregnancy testing, comprises a hollow casing ( 500 ) constructed of moisture-impervious solid material, such as plastics materials, containing a dry...
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7090802 |
Sampling assembly for simultaneously testing a liquid biological sample for a plurality of hormones and method thereof
A sampling assembly for simultaneously testing a liquid biological sample for a plurality of hormones and method thereof are described. A sampling membrane includes a dry porous carrier having a...
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7060502 |
Method of diagnosing the chances of pregnancy and the diagnostic kit for the same
Disclosed is a method of diagnosing the chances of pregnancy and the diagnostic kit for the method. In the present invention, follicular fluid is retrieved from the women who attended the in vitro...
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7044919 |
Test methods, devices and test kits
A method for determining the time of maximum fertility in the mammalian ovulation cycle, for the purpose of assisting conception, wherein testing is conducted over a period of days in the current...
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6979574 |
Process for detecting binding reactions with use of the measurement of the relaxation of the double refraction of magnetic particles
The invention relates to a new process for detecting analytes or binding reactions using measurement of the double refraction, as well as the use of the compounds in analytical chemistry that are...
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6951631 |
Test kits and devices
A test kit for determining qualitatively or quantitatively the presence of one or more analytes in a fluid sample, comprising an assay device together with a reading device which engages with the...
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6927064 |
Fertility computing method
A fertility determining system employing hormone level measuring apparatus on selected days in a menstrual cycle to determine the levels of analytes, i.e., estrone-3-glucuronide (“E3G”) and...
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6905655 |
Modification of selectivity for sensing for nanostructure device arrays
An electronic system for selectively detecting and identifying a plurality of chemical species, which comprises an array of nanostructure sensing devices, is disclosed. Within the array, there are...
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6878526 |
Treating cancer
Provided is a method for the diagnosis of a cancerous or pre-cancerous state in a subject, comprising testing a sample comprising cells or an extract therefrom for the co-elevation of CDK1 and...
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RE38688 |
Sheet-like diagnostic device
A solid diagnostic device for the quantitative determination of substances of biological affinity in biological fluids is described. A process is also described in which the biological fluid is...
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6762033 |
Method for determining the fertility of mammals, especially humans
Disclosed is a method for determining the fertility of mammals, in particular of humans, wherein a body or organ fluid is taken from a mammal, the afamin content is determined in this body or...
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6677123 |
Process for detecting increased risk of fetal chromosomal abnormality
An increased risk of a fetal chromosomal abnormality, for example, fetal Down syndrome can be detected by separating or discriminating α-fetoproteins present in the body fluid of a pregnant woman,...
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6660531 |
Relaxin levels corrlelated to IVF/ET pregnancy success
A method of determining the probability of an in vitro fertilization (IVF) or embryo transfer (ET) method being successful is disclosed. Relaxin can be measured directly in the serum or indirectly...
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6656744 |
One-step lateral flow assays
The efficiency and accuracy of one-step lateral flow assays can be improved by employing more efficient binding between participants in labeling and capture. Thus, in addition to...
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6630355 |
Magnetic focusing immunosensor for the detection of pathogens
A magnetic focusing immunosensor for the detection of pathogens comprising a laser, an exciting fiber and a collecting fiber, a fiber optic magnetic probe in communication with the collecting and...
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6627457 |
Methods for detecting pregnancy
Methods for detecting pregnancy in a woman comprise screening a biological sample of the woman for pregnancy markers. The methods of the invention include chemiluminescent assays for the pregnancy...
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6620590 |
Diagnosis of pre-eclampsia
A method for diagnosis of pre-eclampsia is disclosed, which comprises measuring the hormone inhibin A in a biological sample such as maternal serum. The method allows non-invasive, early diagnosis...
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6573103 |
Antenatal screening for Down's syndrome
A method of screening for fetal Down's syndrome is described. Screening marker levels are measured. These may be measurements of a biochemical marker in a maternal sample or measurements of a...
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6558911 |
Sperm quality assay
The present invention relates to male infertility, and in particular to assays for predicting fertility in animals including human and bovines. In some embodiments, semen samples are evaluated by...
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6492178 |
Methods of determining an increased risk of a woman carrying a downs syndrome affected fetus by measuring an analyte in a biological sample
There are provided methods for assaying biological specimens for one or more of leptin, prorenin or renin in order to provide predictive information about the likelihood of a woman carrying a Downs...
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6451619 |
Monitoring methods and devices for use therein
Methods, devices and test kits for monitoring the ovulation cycle, involve testing the body fluid, e.g. urinary, concentration of one or more analytes. Preferably estrone-3-glucuronide and...
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6448022 |
Protein with human choriogonadotropin inhibitory effect
A substance having an inhibitory effect on the production of human choriogonadotropin (hCG) is described, which comprises a protein isolated from human decidual cells with a preliminary amino acid...
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6436649 |
Method for detecting and/or quantifying a hapten in a homogeneous phase and device for implementation thereof
The invention discloses a method for detecting and/or quantifying a hapten in a homogeneous phase, comprising the following steps: adding a known quantity of a hapten inhibitor complex to the...
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6420186 |
Method for depositing a flattened droplet on a surface and apparatus therefor, and a pump therefor
A method and apparatus is provided for depositing a flattened droplet on a surface. The method includes the steps of providing a tube with a distal end that contains a microvolume of liquid,...
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6420182 |
Prenatal gender prediction test
The present invention provides a gender-indicating composition, and a method and kit for determining the gender of an unborn child. The gender-indicating composition includes thymol blue and can be...
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6403380 |
Ovulation cycle monitoring methods
A method of providing warning of the onset of the fertile phase of the human ovulation cycle, involving measurement in absolute or relative terms of the body fluid concentration of an analyte such...
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6399398 |
Assay device
An assay device comprises a sample-collecting wick made from non-woven fabric material laminated to plastics sheet. Preferably, the fabric is a 30:70 blend of viscose and polyester, and has a...
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6372517 |
Magnetic particles with biologically active receptors
Magnetic particles for separating biological mixtures consist of nacreous luster pigments with magnetic properties coated with a biological polymer.
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6368876 |
One step immunochromatographic device and method of use
This invention relates to a lateral flow immunochromatographic assay device without a plastic housing. The assay includes a sample receiving region, analyte detection region and end region all made...
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6309843 |
Glycoprotein for use in determining endometrial receptivity
An isolated and purified glycoprotein designated PUP-1 and functional analogs thereof are disclosed and characterized by being a progesterone induced and estradiol inhibited secretory glycoprotein...
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