Diagnostic agent for the detection of protein in body fluids

US4260777A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Walter Rittersdorf · Mannheim, DE
• Werner Guthlein · Mannheim, DE
• Wolfgang Werner · Hersbruck, DE
• Hanz-Georg Rey · Mannheim, DE
• Peter Rieckmann

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 10, 1976
• Grant date: Apr 7, 1981
• Expiry date: Nov 10, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/6839
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Protein in body fluids, e.g., urine, is detected by contacting a sample of the body fluid with a diagnostic agent comprising an absorbent carrier impregnated with a pH indicator of the octahalosulfophthalein group, a buffer, and at least one linear or branched chain polypropylene glycol immiscible with water; the resulting test papers are highly sensitive to protein without being subject to interfering effects by nitrogen-containing compounds.