Patent ID: 9005915
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for diagnosing whether a subject is sensitive to a reactant associated with a specific malady, the method comprising the steps of: separating a sample of the subject's blood having at least first and second types of white blood cells into a control sample and at least one test sample, each of said control sample and said at least one test sample having a distribution of said at least first and second types of white blood cells substantially equal to that of said sample; determining size distributions for each of said first and second types of white blood cells in said control sample; introducing a suspected reactant, associated with a specific malady, to said at least one test sample; determining size distributions for each of said first and second types of white blood cells in said at least one test sample after introduction thereinto of said suspected reactant; comparing said size distribution of at least one of said first and second types of white blood cells from said at least one test sample with said size distribution of said at least one of said first and second types of white blood cells from said control sample; and determining a positive diagnosis where the results of said comparison indicates a difference in said size distribution of said at least one type of white blood cell in said control sample and in said at least one test sample by more than a predetermined amount.