Title:
METHOD OF EXAMINING AND DIAGNOSING SKIN HEALTH
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2002095418
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of examining or diagnosing the skin health in a subject, the method including the steps of: accessing a sample of interstitial fluid from the skin of the subject; and measuring the amount of a skin analyte in the sample. The present invention also relates to a method of treating the skin of a subject and method of distributing a skin care product to a subject.
Inventors:
SKOVER GREGORY
Application Number:
PCT/US2002/011344
Publication Date:
May 30, 2003
Filing Date:
April 05, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
JOHNSON & JOHNSON CONSUMER (US)
International Classes:
G01N33/50; A45D44/00; G01N33/68; G01N33/82; (IPC1-7): G01N33/68; G01N33/74; G01N33/82
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2000010579A1 | 2000-03-02 | |||
| WO2002082093A2 | 2002-10-17 |
Foreign References:
| DE4313258A1 | 1994-10-27 | |||
| US6155992A | 2000-12-05 | |||
| US6027496A | 2000-02-22 | |||
| GB2358706A | 2001-08-01 | |||
| DE10100127A1 | 2002-10-02 |
Other References:
K. BORK ET AL: "Histamine levels in interstitial fluid of lesioned and perilesional skin in patients with chronic idiopathic urticaria", ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGICAL RESEARCH, vol. 266, no. 3, 1979, pages 269 - 276, XP002230076
MAILE LAURA A ET AL: "Active and inhibitory components of the insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 protease system in adult serum, interstitial, and synovial fluid.", ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol. 139, no. 12, December 1998 (1998-12-01), pages 4772 - 4781, XP002230077, ISSN: 0013-7227
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 24 11 May 2001 (2001-05-11)
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 15 6 April 2001 (2001-04-06)
MAILE LAURA A ET AL: "Active and inhibitory components of the insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 protease system in adult serum, interstitial, and synovial fluid.", ENDOCRINOLOGY, vol. 139, no. 12, December 1998 (1998-12-01), pages 4772 - 4781, XP002230077, ISSN: 0013-7227
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 24 11 May 2001 (2001-05-11)
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 15 6 April 2001 (2001-04-06)
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