Patents by Inventor Kimu Pettersson

Kimu Pettersson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
    Publication number: 20110014631
    Abstract: This invention concerns a bioaffinity assay for quantitative determination in a sample of free PAPP-A, defined as the pregnancy associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) that is not complexed to the proform of major basic protein (proMBP), wherein free PAPP-A is determined either i) as a calculated difference between measured total PAPP-A and measured PAPP-A complexed to proMBP, or ii) by a direct bioaffinity assay measuring only free PAPP-A. Furthermore, the invention concerns a method for diagnosing an acute coronary syndrome in a person by using as marker either free PAPP-A as such or a ratio free PAPP-A/total PAPP-A, free PAPP-A/PAPP-A complexed to proMBP, or PAPP-A complexed to proMBP/total PAPP-A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Qiu-Ping QIN, Kimu Pettersson