Patent ID: 11946940
Assignee: LIFESTORY HEALTH, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 8:
9. A method of detecting glycated, and, optionally, glutathionylated hemoglobin on the alpha subunit in a female patient, said method comprising:
a. obtaining an initial menstrual fluid sample from a human female patient;
b. detecting whether glycation, and, optionally, glutathionylation of hemoglobin alpha subunit is present in the initial menstrual fluid sample by using LC-MS/MS peptide sequencing;
c. obtaining a subsequent menstrual fluid sample from a human female patient;
d. detecting whether glycation, and, optionally, glutathionylation of hemoglobin alpha subunit is present in the subsequent menstrual fluid sample from a human female patient; and
e. evaluating the increase, decrease or trend of the number of glycation events, and, optionally, glutathionylation events, on the hemoglobin alpha subunit in the initial and subsequent menstrual fluid samples to determine the diabetes and/or prediabetes status of the female patient.