Monitoring method
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring the status of a current ovulation cycle of an individual mammalian female subject, involving repeated testing of the body fluid concentration of at least one analyte of significance in relation to the status of the ovulation cycle during at least the pre-ovulation phase of the current ovulation cycle of the individual subject, whereina) testing for said analyte concentration during the current ovulation cycle is commenced a plurality of days following the onset of menses but at least 2 numerical days in advance of the earliest numerical day on which actual ovulation has occurred in one or more previous ovulation cycles in the same individual subject;
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space="preserve" listing-type="tabular">______________________________________ Earliest previous Testing commencement ovulation day day ______________________________________ 8-10 -4 11-14 -5 15-18 -6 19-23 -7 24-28 -8 29+ -9 ______________________________________
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Abstract
A method of monitoring the status of a current ovulation cycle of an individual human female subject, involving testing of the body fluid concentration of an analyte of significance in relation to the status of the ovulation cycle, such as urinary E3G, during at least part of the pre-ovulation phase of the current ovulation cycle of the individual subject, and identification from the results of such testing an analyte concentration change indicative of imminent ovulation, relative to an analyte concentration reference value that has been adapted to the individual human subject on the basis of analyte concentration test data obtained from the individual human subject during one or more previous ovulation cycles. Preferably testing for said analyte concentration during the current ovulation cycle is commenced a plurality of days (preferably at least 5) following the onset of menses but at least 2 numerical days in advance of the earliest numerical day on which actual ovulation has occurred in one or more previous ovulation cycles in the same individual subject.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring the status of a current ovulation cycle of an individual mammalian female subject, involving repeated testing of the body fluid concentration of at least one analyte of significance in relation to the status of the ovulation cycle during at least the pre-ovulation phase of the current ovulation cycle of the individual subject, wherein
a) testing for said analyte concentration during the current ovulation cycle is commenced a plurality of days following the onset of menses but at least 2 numerical days in advance of the earliest numerical day on which actual ovulation has occurred in one or more previous ovulation cycles in the same individual subject; - and
b) an analyte concentration change indicative of imminent ovulation is identified from the results of such testing by reference to an analyte concentration reference value that has been adapted to the individual subject on the basis of analyte concentration test data obtained from the individual subject during one or more previous ovulation cycles, said testing commencing on a numerical day in advance of the earliest numerical day on which actual ovulation has occurred in one or more previous ovulation cycles in the same individual subject, said testing commencement day being calculated according to the following relationship;
space="preserve" listing-type="tabular">______________________________________ Earliest previous Testing commencement ovulation day day ______________________________________ 8-10 -4 11-14 -5 15-18 -6 19-23 -7 24-28 -8 29+ -9 ______________________________________ - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of monitoring the status of a current ovulation cycle of an individual mammalian female subject, involving repeated testing of the body fluid concentration of at least one analyte of significance in relation to the status of the ovulation cycle during at least the pre-ovulation phase of the current ovulation cycle of the individual subject, wherein
a) testing for said analyte concentration during the current ovulation cycle is commenced a plurality of days following the onset of menses but at least 2 numerical days in advance of the earliest numerical day on which actual ovulation has occurred in one or more previous ovulation cycles in the same individual subject; - and
b) an analyte concentration change indicative of imminent ovulation is identified from the results of such testing by reference to an analyte concentration reference value that has been adapted to the individual subject on the basis of analyte concentration test data obtained from the individual subject during one or more previous ovulation cycles, said method being used for predicting the fertile period during a current human ovulation cycle by detecting an elevated urinary E3G concentration in the pre-ovulation phase, the elevated urinary E3G concentration being determined by reference to a threshold concentration determined for an individual human female from measurements of the E3G concentration in her urine during the pre-ovulation phase of at least one previous ovulation cycle, said urinary E3G threshold concentration being the concentration that is exceeded on not more than 30% of the days in the infertile phase but is exceeded on not fewer than 60% of the days in the transition phase.
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