Patents Assigned to Amira Medical Technologies Inc.
  • Methods for analyzing blood to detect diseases associated with abnormal protein aggregation
    Patent number: 9588129
    Abstract: A method of detecting a disease associated with abnormal protein aggregation in a subject is provided, the method comprising (a) contacting leukocytes from the subject with a probe that binds to pathogenic protein aggregates, and (b) detecting the probe bound to the pathogenic protein aggregates, wherein the presence of pathogenic protein aggregates in the leukocytes is indicative that the subject has a disease associated with abnormal protein aggregation. In one embodiment, the disease is Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Amira Medical Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Stys, Shigeki Tsutsui