Patent Document ID: 20130034910
Application ID: 13563812
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A system for diagnosing, monitoring or prognosing Multiple Sclerosis or stages thereof, or predicting the course of the disease or a patient's response to a treatment regimen, the system comprising: (a) an apparatus comprising at least one sensor comprising nanomaterials selected from single walled carbon nanotubes coated with a first organic coating, metal nanoparticles coated with a second organic coating, and a combination thereof; (b) a detection means; and (c) a processing unit comprising a pattern recognition analyzer, wherein the pattern recognition analyzer receives sensor output signals and compares them to stored data so as to enable the diagnosis, monitoring or prognosis of Multiple Sclerosis or stages thereof, or the prediction of the course of the disease or a patient's response to a treatment regimen.