22 Nov 2011 Jahr - > Patent Methods for detecting of benign conditions This patent discloses kits and methods aiding the diagnosis of BE using Cytosponge.

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The invention relates to a method for detecting a foreign cell in a tissue of the upper intestinal tract, sold method comprising:
(a) providing a sample of cells from the epithelium layer of the tissue of interest;
(b) preparing the cells into a cohesive cluster;
(c) staining cells from the cohesive cluster using haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain;
(d) observing the stained cells;
(e) inferring the presence or absence of foreign cell(s) from the observations of (d),

The invention also relates to a method for aiding the diagnosis of an inflammatory condition of the upper intestinal tract in a subject, said method comprising detecting a foreign cell as described above, wherein detection of foreign cell(s) in step (e) infers that the subject has an inflammatory condition of the upper intestinal tract.

IPC:
A61B10/02 | A61B10/04 | C12Q1/04
|G01N33/574 |G01N33/68

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