Patents Assigned to Research Foundation of Children's Hospital
  • Method for differential diagnosis of meningitis with a limulus lysate test
    Patent number: 4067776
    Abstract: A method for rapid bedside diagnostic differentiation between aseptic meningitis and Gram-negative bacterial meningitis is carried out in a positive control vessel, a negative control vessel and a test vessel, wherein each vessel contains an equal amount of lyophilized limulus lysate and the positive control vessel also contains an amount of lyophilized Gram-negative bacterial endotoxin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1978
    Assignee: Research Foundation of Children's Hospital
    Inventor: Waheed N. Khan