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Nitrogen test kit for physical training

Patent 5137692 Issued on August 11, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject December 11, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Patent References

3531254

Inventor

Application

No. 625866 filed on 12/11/1990

US Classes:

422/61, Test package or kit422/56, Having reagent in absorbent or bibulous substrate422/57, Having coated reagent422/58, In holder or container having special form422/82.05, Measuring optical property by using ultraviolet, infrared, or visible light435/12, Involving urea or urease436/108Urea or blood urea nitrogen

Examiners

Primary: Housel, James C.
Assistant: Redding, David A.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

G01N 031/04
G01N 033/16
G01N 021/06

Abstract

A nitrogen test kit for determining the relative level of nitrogen of a user who is involved in a health program where diet and exercise are monitored and adjusted for optimizing physical development, the kit including a plastic stick having a reagent zone on which is included a reactant such as urease, and a pH indicator such as bromthymol blue, used in conjunction with color chart blocks representing a range of urea nitrogen concentrations, wherein the user's urine nitrogen content can be determined by comparing the altered color of the reagent zone of an exposed test strip to the color chart and compared with a personal baseline level, developed from a number of tests under controlled conditions, for determining the present protein nitrogen turnover and approximate balance.

Other References

  • Orenerid, T. P., "A Rapid Bedside Method for Measuring Blood Urea," Practitioner 201:921.23 (1968)
  • Bold, AM et al, "An Assessment of the Azostix Strip Test," J. Clin. Path., 23:85-89 (1970)
  • Eckfelolt, J et al, "Urinary Urea: Are Currently Available Methods Adequate for Revival of an Almost Abandoned Test?" Clinical Chemistry, vol. 28, No. 7 pp. 1500-1502 (1982)
  • Skogerboe, K. J. et al, "Chemiluminescent Measurement of Total Urinary Nitrogen for Accurate Calculation of Nitrogen Balance", Clinical Chemistry, vol. 35, No. 5 pp. 752-755 (1990)
  • R. Fritz, Untitled, Reprint Journal of Sportscience, pp. 2-7 (1986)
  • (Brochure) "Semi-Quantitative Test for Urea Nitrogen in Whole Blood," (date unknown
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