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US 2015/0087000 A1Published application
Diagnostic kits to detect sp22 and sp22 antibodies
AssigneeU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
InventorGARY R. KLINEFELTER
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Abstract
Oral, topical and injectable contraceptives, which are based on sperm protein 22 kDa (SP22) polypeptides and antibodies and infertility diagnostics and kits are provided.
Claims29
A kit for detecting SP22 in a sperm sample comprising:
- an application zone for adding a sperm sample, and
- a detection zone for determining if SP22 is present on the surface of sperm in the sperm sample.
A kit for detecting vaginal SP22 antibodies comprising a device for collecting a vaginal sample and a monitoring device comprising SP22 conjugated to a detectable marker.
A method, comprising:
- separating a subset of sperm that have a higher motility than the average motility of sperm from a sperm containing sample, and
- determining the presence of SP22 in sperm of the subset of sperm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.