MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641051969 A) filed by Leena Titus, Thrissur, Kerala, on April 23, for 'lateral flow assay device for detecting and quantifying lipoprotein(a) in a blood-derived sample.'
Inventor(s) include Romy Roy; and Rajeshwari Kottilil.
The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A lateral flow assay (LFA) device and diagnostic kit for rapid detection and quantification of Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] directly from whole blood is provided. The device comprises a modular Blood Separation Unit s(BSU) with NFS5 and NVF2 glass fibre membranes for centrifugation-free plasma separation; a sample pad (NVF2 + NFS5) pretreated with TBS, BSA, and Tween-20; a conjugate pad with colloidal gold-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG antibodies; a nitrocellulose membrane with a test line bearing immobilized mouse monoclonal anti-Apo(a) antibody (clone 8F6A9/8H5C5) for specific Lp(a) capture without LDL cross-reactivity and a control line; and a terminal absorbent pad. Adjacent pads overlap 2-3 mm within a 6 cm strip. The device generates a visible signal corresponding to Lp(a) concentration, enabling point-of-care cardiovascular risk assessment with sensitivity below the 25 mg/dL clinical threshold."
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