Model Number: fFN01 Brand Name: Egens Key Specifications/Special Features: Qualitativelydetectfetalfibronectin(fFN)secretedbyhumancervix vitro.ThefindingoffFNincervixandvaginasecretionsuggestsprematuredelivery.Prematuredeliveryisadiseasewithcharacteristicsofpregnancyinterruptionhappened between28weeksand37weeks.Prematuredeliveryismajorreasonofnongeneticdeathanddisabilityofmostperinatal infant.Symptomsofprematuredeliveryareuterinecontraction,changeofvaginaleffluent,backpain,abdominaldiscomfortandextrusionsenseandcolicofpelviccavity.Oneclinicaldiagnosticmethodforprematuredeliveryiscervixdigitaltestofuterine contractionactivityandcervixindexes.Asfibronectinisoforms,fetalfibronectin(fFN)isacomplicatedglucoproteinwith molecularweightabout500KD.Asforpregnantwomenwithprematuredeliverysymptomsandsigns,iffFN≥50ng/ml(1×10-7mmol/ml)inbetweenodayof24weeksand6dayof34weeks,prematuredeliveryriskofthepregnantwomenwillincreasewith7daysor14daysfromtestingdatewhenvaginalsecretionspecimentakenfortesting.Asforpregnantwomenwithnoneprematuredeliverysymptomsandsigns,iffFNis
increasedwithinodayof22weeksand6daysof30weeks,theprematuredelivery
riskwillincreasewithin6daysof34weeks.
Thisproductusescolloidalgoldmethod,andtakesdoubleantibodysandwichmethod
andprincipleofcolloidalgoldimmunechromatographtechnologytotest.