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Clearblue is the flagship brand of SPD Swiss Precision Diagnostics GmbH and offers consumer home diagnostic products such as pregnancy tests, ovulation tests and fertility monitors. The Clearblue brand is distributed in 47 countries and was first launched in United Kingdom in 1985. ==Product history== Clearblue was introduced in 1985 with the launch of the first Clearblue Home Pregnancy Test system, which at the time was owned by Unilever.〔 It was the world’s first “rapid home test” that gave pregnancy test results in 30 minutes and allowed a woman to take a test before going to the doctor.〔 The test was a three-step process using a dipstick and small tray.〔 In 1988, Clearblue launched the first one-step pregnancy test with the invention of lateral flow technology.〔 This one-step test gave a result in 3 minutes, subsequently reduced to a 1 minute result when Clearblue introduced the world’s first one-minute home pregnancy test in 1996. In 2003, Clearblue released the first digital pregnancy test to show the result in words ‘Pregnant’ or ‘Not Pregnant’ on a digital screen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Timeline of Pregnancy Testing )〕 In 2008, Clearblue released the Clearblue Digital Pregnancy Test with Conception Indicator.〔 It was the first and only pregnancy test which showed the time since ovulation occurred (1-2, 2-3 or over 3 weeks) alongside a pregnant result.〔 It was released in Europe in 2008 and in the U.S in August 2013 under the name “Clearblue Advanced Digital Pregnancy Test with Weeks Estimator.”〔 Clearblue has also launched ovulation and fertility home diagnostic products to help women identify their fertile days and to maximize their chances of conception. In 1989, Clearblue released the first one-step home ovulation test, enabling women to measure their surge in Luteinising Hormone (LH) to determine their most fertile days.〔〔 In 1999, the brand launched the world’s first dual-hormone fertility monitor, which allowed women to measure estrone3-glucuronide (estrogen) in combination with LH. The company created the first digital ovulation test in 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2013-10-07 )〕 In 2013, the company also began offering an ovulation test with a dual hormone read detecting both estrogen and LH.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2013-10-07 )〕 Clearblue won the 2012 Red Dot Design Award in the product design category for its Clearblue Plus Pregnancy Test.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ClearBlue Plus )〕 The Clearblue Digital Ovulation test was the 2011 Platinum winner in the Prima Baby Reader Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Platinum winner - ovulation test )〕 Clearblue is a donor to Flight for Every Mother Ltd, a humanitarian project led by Dr. Sophia Webster which aims to improve maternal health in Africa.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2013-10-07 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clearblue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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