Method for measuring tear constituents in a tear sample
AssigneeDiagnostear, Ltd.
InventorsAmos Sommer, Ouriel Faktor, Eran Eilat
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method, wherein the method classifies a subject as suffering from dry eye, the method consisting of: a. obtaining demographic data, consisting of the age and gender of the subject; b. obtaining a tear sample from the patient, and determining the level of human serum albumin; c. from the determined level of human serum albumin, assigning a score for the determined amount of human serum albumin; and d. from the assigned score, calculating a cutoff probability score, according to the following equation: exp ( - 0.6491 - 1.1142 * Albumin ) 1 + exp ( - 0.6491 - 1.1142 * Albumin ) wherein the subject has dry eye, if the calculated cutoff probability score is from 50% to 60%.
Claims8
A method, the method comprising:
- a. obtaining a tear sample from a subject;
- b. determining the level of human serum albumin in the tear sample;
- c. from the determined level of human serum albumin, assigning a score for the determined amount of human serum albumin;
- and
- d. from the assigned score, calculating a cutoff probability score, according to the following equation:
- exp
- (
- -
- 0.6491
- -
- 1.1142
- *
- Albumin
- )
- 1
- +
- exp
- (
- -
- 0.6491
- -
- 1.1142
- *
- Albumin
- )
- wherein if the calculated cutoff probability score is from 50% to 60%, the subject has an ocular surface disorder;
- and
- e. treating the subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.