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Device and method for pre-term birth risk assessment

Garcia Cordero, Erick  
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Guiducci, Carlotta  
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Baud, David
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2021

The invention relates to a vaginal fluid monitoring device embedded into a feminine sanitary pad, said device comprising a stack of the following elements: An absorbent layer (100) configured to be in proximity to, and collect, a vaginal fluid; and A biosensing system (1000) in fluidic connection with said absorbent layer (100), said biosensing system (1000) comprising: A microfluidic chip (200) configured to perform an immunoassay to detect the presence and/or the concentration of at least one target biomarker comprised in a vaginal fluid; Means (300) for providing a readout of the presence and/or the concentration of said at least one target biomarker; and An electrode array (400) located along the microfluidic chip (200) configured to detect and analyze the flow of said vaginal fluid by impedance means; wherein said immunoassay is configured to detect the presence and/or the concentration of at least one target biomarker indicative of a pre-term birth (PTB) risk and/or premature rupture of membrane (PROM) risk. The invention also relates to a method for detecting at least one target biomarker comprised in a vaginal fluid.

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EPO Family ID

73014543

Author(s)
Garcia Cordero, Erick  
Guiducci, Carlotta  
Baud, David
Porro, Gloria  
Kasem, Loulia  
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Alternative title(s) : (fr) Dispositif et procédé d'évaluation de risque d'accouchement prématuré

TTO classification

TTO:6.2001

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AVP-R-TTO  
CLSE  
DOICountry codeKind codeDate issued

US2022296221

US

A1

2022-09-22

EP4031004

EP

A1

2022-07-27

MX2022003307

MX

A

2022-04-12

CA3150506

CA

A1

2021-03-25

WO2021053649

WO

A1

2021-03-25

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April 6, 2021
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