Patent ID: 6245573
Filing Date: 2001-06-12
Classification: C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
A method for analyzing the blood of a mammal to determine the presence or development of pathology related to abnormalities in the coagulation state of the blood of said mammal sequentially comprising:(1) collecting a sample of whole blood from said mammal;(2) preparing at least two aliquots of whole blood from said sample;(3) adding an amount of at least one metal ion reagent to one of said aliquots, said at least one metal ion reagent being a solution comprising a salt of a metal selected from the group consisting of lead, cadmium, tungstate, copper, and any combination thereof;(4) measuring a clotting time of the aliquots; and(5) correlating a prolongation in clotting time by said at least one metal ion reagent to the presence or development of abnormalities in the coagulation state of the blood of said mammal.