Medical School Louisiana State University Health Shreveport / School of Medicine Graduated: 1995 La St U Hlth Sci Ctr Brooke Army Medical Center U Mn Off Med Invest
Michael Smith, Lawrenceburg IN - RN (Registered Nurse)
Specialties:
Cardiology
Address:
Heaton Heaton & Jay Pathology 600 Wilson Creek Rd, Lawrenceburg 47025 (812) 537-1010 (Phone)
Languages:
English
Education:
Medical School University of Cincinnati / Main Campus Graduated: 1969
Method To Detect Adulterated Specimens
US Patent:
2008009, Apr 17, 2008
Filed:
Oct 13, 2006
Appl. No.:
11/580769
Inventors:
Michael Sands Smith - Lawrenceburg IN, US
International Classification:
G01N 33/00
US Classification:
436 98
Abstract:
The invention is a method to detect adulterated specimens submitted for substance abuse. It is concerned with testing a sample of the submitted urine, and in a parallel test analyze a sample of the submitted urine to which has been added known amount of the suspected substance. A control artificial urine with the same concentration of suspected substances as the added known amounts is analyzed in a third parallel test. If the measured amounts of the suspect drug is less than the additive amounts of the submitted urine plus the added know substances the specimen sample is suspect and subject to further consideration.