Assay reader, device and method of measuring HCG

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9851364
APP PUB NO 20120021531A1
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12996197

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Disclosed is a method for determining a quantitative estimate of the length of time since conception in a female mammalian subject, the method comprising: a) providing a liquid sample suspected of containing hCG; b) measuring, by means of an assay or assay device, an analyte measurement signal, whose value is dependent upon the level of hCG; c) comparing the measured signal value to an analyte threshold, wherein said analyte threshold corresponds to a time since conception; d) providing an quantitative estimate of the length of time since conception based upon the comparison in step (c).

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ABBOTT RAPID DIAGNOSTICS INTERNATIONAL UNLIMITED COMPANYDUBLIN 2

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Ellis, Jayne Little Addinton, GB 3 28
Marshall, Jayne Sandbach, GB 1 24
Sharrock, Stephen P Bedford, GB 13 260

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