Breath test for detection of lung cancer
Patent 5996586 Issued on December 7, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date: 
October 16, 2017. 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.
October 16, 2017. 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 ReferencesDetection of lung cancer using breath luminescence Method of detecting the presence of bronchogenic carcinoma by analysis of expired lung air Breath collection Patent #: 5465728 InventorApplicationNo. 951884 filed on 10/16/1997US Classes:128/898, Methods128/206.29, Including means inserted in mouth436/64CANCERExaminersPrimary: Yu, MickeyAssistant: O'Hara, Kelly Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA61B 019/00AbstractA method of detecting and diagnosing the probable presence of lung cancer in a mammal, including a human, comprising collecting a measured quantity of alveolar breath from the mammal; analyzing the collected breath for the presence of a marker for lung cancer; determining a first mean alveolar gradient for the marker present in the mammal's breath; comparing the first mean alveolar gradient for the marker present in the mammal's breath to a second mean alveolar gradient for the same marker, found in the breath of a mammal free of lung cancer. |
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