Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the determination of the immune defence activity of blood by the stimulation of white cells in the whole blood, incubation of the whole blood, separation of the supernatant from the sediment and determination of the activity from the separated supernatant. he invention also relates to a test kit for performing the method and to the use of a suitable blood sampling system, particularly a syringe cylinder for this purpose.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 16, 2001
Date of Patent:
June 25, 2002
Assignee:
EDI (Experimentelle & Diagnostische Immunologie)
GmbH