Devices and methods for detecting amniotic fluid in vaginal secretions
AssigneeN-Dia, Inc.
InventorsBoris Fuks, Dmitrii Dmitrievich Petrunin, Evgeny Il'ich Zaraisky, Marina Nikolayevna Boltovskaya, Svetlana Vladimirovna Nazimova, Nelly Andronikovna Starosvetskaya, Alexandr Konstantinov, Margarita Igorevna Marshiskaia
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a diagnostic method for the detection of small quantities of amniotic fluid in the vagina. More specifically, the invention relates to the detection of PAMG-1 in the vagina using anti-PAMG-1 antibodies.
Claims7
A strip device comprising a detector section which is upstream from a capture section and at least two placenta alpha microglobulin-1 (PAMG-1)-specific monoclonal antibodies, wherein one of said monoclonal antibodies is a mobilizable antibody present in the detector section, and the other of said two monoclonal antibodies is immobilized in the capture section, wherein said immobilized antibody has a lower PAMG-1 binding affinity than said mobilizable antibody.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.