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Kit and method for detecting food allergies

  • US 6,818,181 B2
  • Filed: 03/15/2001
  • Issued: 11/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A home and/or doctor'"'"'s office test kit for detection of a food allergy in an individual, the kit comprising:

  • (a) a vessel for mixing a stool specimen with a diluting liquid to produce a diluted stool specimen;

    (b) a housing separate from said vessel and holding therewithin a substrate, the substrate comprising at least one zone containing food antigens, the housing further comprising reagents for producing a visually detected reaction when an antibody-food antigen complex is formed, the housing further comprising at least one conveying means for receiving diluting stool specimen and transferring it to the food-antigen containing zone of the substrate;

    (c) wherein the housing further comprises an indicator for showing the presence of the visually detected reaction for the presence of antibodies against food antigens.

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