Patents Assigned to Hans Dieplinger
  • Method for diagnosing the metabolic syndrome (MS)
    Patent number: 8137922
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for diagnosing the metabolic syndrome by determination of the afamin content in a sample of a body fluid or a tissue sample, wherein the metabolic syndrome is diagnosed if the afamin content in the sample is increased compared to the afamin content in a sample from a person not having the metabolic syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Hans Dieplinger
    Inventors: Hans Dieplinger, Florian Kronenberg, Johann Willeit, Stefan Kiechl, Wolfgang Engel