Patent Document ID: 20020019706
Application ID: 09850255
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for predicting the presence of an abnormal level of one or more proteins in the clotting cascade from at least one time-dependent measurement profile, comprising: a) performing at least one time-dependent measurement on an unknown sample and measuring a respective property over time so as to derive a time-dependent measurement profile; b) defining a set of a plurality of predictor variables which sufficiently define the data of the time-dependent measurement profile; c) deriving a model that represents the relationship between the abnormal level of said one or more proteins in the clotting cascade and the set of predictor variables; and d) utilizing the model of step c) to predict the existence of the abnormal level of said one or more proteins in the clotting cascade and to predict which protein or proteins in the clotting cascade are said one or more proteins which are at an abnormal level; the prediction of the protein or proteins at an abnormal level being a better prediction than an abnormal clot time alone.