Abstract: Provided are methods of detecting a marker for active tuberculosis, and a portable device for carrying out a method of detecting a marker for active tuberculosis. Also provided is a system for carrying out a method of detecting a marker for active tuberculosis, a method for pre-treating a sample stream from a human or animal suspected of having active tuberculosis, a system for pre-treating a sample stream from a human or animal suspected of having active tuberculosis and kits for performing said methods.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 4, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 16, 2021
Assignees:
KEI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, TOMORROWS IP LIMITED
Abstract: Disclosed is a solid substrate having an antigen immobilised to said substrate which antigen is capable of binding to an antibody which is indicative for the presence of mycobacterial material in a human or animal, and a method of detecting the presence of antibodies against mycobacterial material in a sample which applies said solid substrate comprising said immobilised antigen. Also disclosed is a biosensor including said solid substrate.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 8, 2017
Publication date:
October 3, 2019
Applicants:
KEI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, TOMORROWS IP LIMITED