Karen Marie Copeland

US Patent:

20130122528, May 16, 2013

Filed:

Nov 16, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/679965

Inventors:

Barry Patrick Vant-Hull - Boulder CO, US
Mark Allen Colgin - Castle Rock CO, US
Mark Joseph Flipse - Castle Rock CO, US
Joseph Carey Gogain - Denver CO, US
Karen Copeland - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

AspenBio Pharma, Inc. - Castle Rock CO

International Classification:

G01N 33/68

US Classification:

435 792, 4352872, 702 19

Abstract:

The invention relates to methods, devices and systems for assessing appendicitis in a subject. More particularly, this invention relates to methods, devices and systems for assessing appendicitis in a subject by evaluating multiple biomarkers in a sample from the subject and comparing the values of the biomarker to a reference value from a group having high or low risk for appendicitis, or combining the values of the biomarkers using a mathematical algorithm to produce a numerical test score, and comparing the test score to a reference value to assess appendicitis in the subject.