[Features and the need for patenting of medical developments].

Modern health care is impossible to imagine without the constant development of the methodology of treatment; a fundamentally new methods or devices are often developed. In this case, there are many reasons for the need to protect copyright, and it is easy. The article describes: how and what can be patented, what are the main features and complexity of the organization of this process, what is needed to do this specifically? Actual examples are presented.

[Metabolic syndrome diagnosis in patients with arterial hypertension and obesity].

AIM: To develop a universal method of metabolic syndrome (MS) diagnosis which is valid irrespective of the version in patients with documented arterial hypertension (AH) and obesity. MATERIAL AND METHODS: MS was diagnosed according to two versions (WHO and ATPIII) in 517 males and 1041 females aged 20 to 75 years. All the patients had documented obesity and hypertension. RESULTS: Two versions used (WHO and ATPIII) provided the same results only in 44% patients: MS was confirmed in 16% and rejected in 28%. The rest 56% patients had MS only by one of the versions. A computer program has been created for making decision about MS presence in obese patients with hypertension. CONCLUSION: A diagnostic rule has been elaborated for MS diagnosis by associated disorders with accuracy of 94% even in the absence of information about such key components of MS as HDLP and triglycerides.