ASSAY METHOD TO RULE OUT RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES IN WOMEN AT RISK FOR IMMINENT DELIVERY - Patent 0680607

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EP 0 680 607 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	08.11.1995 Bulletin 1995/45

(21)	Application number: 94906621.0

(22)	Date of filing: 21.01.1994

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G01N 33/ 53^{( . )}
C12N 15/ 09^{( . )}
C12Q 1/ 37^{( . )}
G01N 33/ 68^{( . )}

C07K 16/ 18^{( . )}
C12Q 1/ 02^{( . )}
G01N 33/ 573^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1994/000455

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1994/017405 (04.08.1994 Gazette 1994/18)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE ES FR GB IT

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Priority:

22.01.1993 US 19930007432

(71)	Applicant: ADEZA BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION
	Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	LEAVITT, John, C. Palo Alto, CA 94306 (US) CASAL, David, C. Foster City, CA 94404 (US) VARMA, Madhu Mountain View, CA 94043 (US)

(74)	Representative: O'Brien, Caroline Jane, et al
	MEWBURN ELLIS York House 23 Kingsway London WC2B 6HP London WC2B 6HP (GB)

(54)	ASSAY METHOD TO RULE OUT RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES IN WOMEN AT RISK FOR IMMINENT DELIVERY