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Test-tube assembly for immunoassays utilizing magnetically attractable particles

US4438068A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 12, 1980
Grant dateMar 20, 1984
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2000

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S436/824
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A test-tube assembly and method for carrying out immunoassays. The apparatus features two independent components, the first having a series of test-tubes fixed to a support and equidistantly dependent therefrom, and the second having a base including magnets permanently fixed therein, the two components being releasably couplable to hold the lower ends of the test-tubes adjacent the magnets in the base.

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