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US 10,539,570 B2Granted
Diagnostic testing for immunologic food sensitivity
OwnerKenneth Davin Fineinventor
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Abstract
In various implementations, a noninvasive, food sensitivity test may be utilized to identify one or more food sensitivities. A fecal sample may be obtained. The food sensitivity test may be performed on the obtained fecal sample. One or more food sensitivities may be identified based on the food sensitivity test.
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A system comprising:
- a diagnostic test to identify food sensitivity in a human by detecting a presence of a first set of human food sensitivities in the human, wherein the diagnostic test comprises:
- a substrate;
- an absorbent region adapted to transfer a testing portion of a fecal sample from the fecal sample to a test region of the diagnostic test, wherein the absorbent region contacts the fecal sample and absorbs fluid from the fecal sample to transfer to the test region, and wherein the fluid from the fecal sample comprises at least a portion of the antibodies present in the fecal sample;
- the test region, wherein the test region comprises one or more human antibody binding agents coupled to the substrate, wherein at least one of the human antibody binding agents is adapted to couple to one or more first antibodies associated with one or more human food sensitivities in the first set of food sensitivities when one or more of the first antibodies is present in a human fecal sample obtained;
- a first end, wherein the first end comprises a handle to allow a user to hold the diagnostic test without contacting the human fecal sample;
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- a second opposing end, wherein the second opposing end is configured to allow the absorbent region to contact the human fecal sample to allow identification of the presence of the first set of food sensitivities;
- and wherein one or more of the first antibodies, if present in the fecal sample, is transferred to the test region of the diagnostic test by the contact.
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A system to identify human food sensitivity, wherein the system comprises:
- a human fecal sample collection tool comprising a collection portion;
- and
- one or more diagnostic tests to identify human food sensitivity by detecting a presence of a first set of human food sensitivities, wherein each of the one or more diagnostic tests are integrated with the collection portion of the human fecal sample collection tool such that a human fecal sample collected from a human in the collection portion of the human fecal sample collection tool is capable of contacting at least one of the diagnostic tests, and wherein each of the diagnostic tests comprise:
- a substrate;
- and
- a test region, wherein the test region comprises one or more human antibody binding agents coupled to the substrate, and wherein at least one of the human antibody binding agents is adapted to couple to one or more first antibodies associated with the first set of food sensitivities when one or more of the first antibodies is present in the human fecal sample;
- wherein the human fecal sample collection tool is adapted to allow at least one of the diagnostic tests integrated on the fecal sample collection tool to contact the human fecal sample in the collection portion of the human fecal sample collection tool to allow identification of the presence of the first set of food sensitivities;
- and wherein one or more of the first antibodies, if present in the fecal sample, is transferred to the test region of at least one of the diagnostic tests by the contact.
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A method of identifying food sensitivity in a human, the method comprising:
- collecting a human fecal sample in a collection portion of a human fecal sample collection tool, wherein the human fecal sample collection tool comprises:
- one or more diagnostic tests to identify human food sensitivity by detecting a presence of a first set of human food sensitivities, wherein each of the one or more diagnostic tests are integrated with the collection portion of the human fecal sample collection tool such that a human fecal sample collected from a human in the collection portion of the human fecal sample collection tool is capable of contacting at least one of the diagnostic tests in the collection portion, and wherein each of the diagnostic tests comprises:
- a substrate;
- and
- a test region, wherein the test region comprises one or more human antibody binding agents coupled to the substrate, wherein at least one of the human antibody binding agents is adapted to couple to one or more first antibodies associated with one or more food sensitivities in the first set of food sensitivities when one or more of the first antibodies is present in a human fecal sample;
- allowing at least a portion of the obtained human fecal sample in the collection portion to directly contact at least one of the diagnostic tests integrated in the collection portion to allow identification of the presence of the first set of food sensitivities;
- and wherein one or more of the first antibodies, if present in the fecal sample, is transferred to the test region of at least one of the diagnostic tests by the contact;
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- detecting a presence of a first set of food sensitivities in the human based on the results in the test region of the diagnostic test.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.