Patent ID: 6269313
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: C07K,G01N,G16H

Abstract:
An apparatus for performing at least one time-dependent measurement on an unknown sample to derive at least one time-dependent measurement profile, and predicting the presence of at least one congenital or acquired imbalance or therapeutic condition associated with thrombosis/hemostasis from the at least one time-dependent measurement profile, comprising:a) means for performing at least one time-dependent measurement on said unknown sample of a property over time, which property changes when said unknown sample undergoes coagulation, so as to derive at least one time-dependent measurement profile;b) means for defining a set of a plurality of predictor variables which sufficiently define the data of the at least one time-dependent measurement profile;c) means for deriving a model that represents the relationship between the at least one congenital or acquired imbalance or therapeutic condition, and the set of a plurality of predictor variables; andd) means for utilizing the model of step c) to predict the existence of the at least one congenital or acquired imbalance or therapeutic condition in the unknown sample.