Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for assessment of hepatic function and portal blood flow
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Application No.: US15263020Application Date: 2016-09-12
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Publication No.: US10222366B2Publication Date: 2019-03-05
- Inventor: Gregory Thomas Everson , Steve Mark Helmke
- Applicant: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
- Applicant Address: US CO Denver
- Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
- Current Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Denver
- Agency: Merchant & Gould, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01N33/49
- IPC: G01N33/49 ; G01N33/92 ; A61J1/05
Abstract:
A method for estimating portal blood flow and hepatic function in a subject is provided. In one example, the STAT test is an in vitro simplified, convenient test intended for screening purposes that can reasonably estimate the portal blood flow from a single blood sample taken 60 minutes after orally administered deuterated-cholate. The test can be administered to a patient having, or suspected of having, Chronic Hepatitis C, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), or any chronic liver disease.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160377594A1 METHOD FOR ASSESSMENT OF HEPATIC FUNCTION AND PORTAL BLOOD FLOW Public/Granted day:2016-12-29
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