Patent ID: 11903695
Assignee: BIOLUM SCIENCES LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 49:
50. A method for the combined diagnosis and treatment of a pulmonary disease in a subject, comprising,
activating the article of claim 1 by removing the first separator to allow the vehicle and the probe to mix;
contacting a first exhaled breath condensate (EBC) sample obtained from the subject with the activated article, thereby generating a first signal;
contacting a second EBC sample from a healthy subject (control) with an identically activated article of claim 1, thereby generating a second signal;
detecting a parameter which is signal intensity or signal strength from both first and second signals;
correlating the parameter with the marker levels or activities;
determining that the subject is suffering from the pulmonary disease if the first parameter is modulated compared to the second parameter; and
administering a therapeutic composition to subjects who are determined to suffer from the pulmonary disease.