Patent ID: 8735080

Claim:
A method for diagnosing, monitoring, or determining obstructive uropathy in a mammal, the method comprising: a. providing a test sample comprising a sample of bodily fluid taken from the mammal; b. determining sample concentrations for sample analytes in the test sample, wherein the sample analytes are creatinine, THP, A1M (alpha-1 microglobulin), clusterin, NGAL, and osteopontin; c. comparing the combination of sample concentrations to a data set comprising at least one entry, wherein each entry of the data set comprises a list comprising three or more corresponding minimum diagnostic concentrations indicative of obstructive uropathy, wherein each minimum diagnostic concentration comprises a maximum of a range of analyte concentrations for a healthy mammal; d. determining a matching entry of the dataset in which all minimum diagnostic concentrations are less than the corresponding sample concentrations; and, e. identifying an indicated disorder comprising the particular disorder of the matching entry.