METHOD FOR TESTING THE SEVERTIY OF AN ILLNESS

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20130071866A1
SERIAL NO

13700334

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

An object of the present invention is directed to a method for assaying the severity of an illness in real time and is to provide a testing method capable of assessing the severity of an illness in more detail than the conventional APACHE II and SOFA scores. The established method can accurately measure an ATP level in a sample, thereby accurately and quickly deducing the “state of intracellular energy required for living organisms” from the ATP level, and by extension, determining the severity of an illness. The present invention further provides a novel biomarker ATP-lactate energy risk score (A-LES) value that is capable of determining the severity of an illness by the reevaluation, with the ATP concentration as an index (specifically, on the basis of a lactic acid level (mM)/ATP concentration (mM) ratio), of the level of lactic acid that accumulates in the sample due to the breakdown of in vivo metabolic balance accompanied by the increased severity of the illness. The present invention also provides a novel biomarker ATP-ketone energy risk score (A-KES) value that is capable of determining the severity of an illness by the reevaluation of a ketone body level in the sample with the ATP concentration as an index (specifically, on the basis of a ketone body level (mM)/ATP concentration (mM) ratio).

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMATOKUSHIMA COUNTY JAPAN TOKUSHIMA

International Classification(s)

  • [Classification Symbol]
  • [Patents Count]

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chida, Junji Tokushima, JP 3 1
Kido, Hiroshi Tokushima, JP 67 329
Nishimura, Masaji Tokushima, JP 4 69

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation