Methods of electrochemical assay employing a field effect transistor
US4778769A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 15, 1985 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2005 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/807
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In its broadest aspect, the present invention provides a method of assaying a ligand in a sample which comprises contacting the sample with a predetermined quantity of a specific binding partner to the ligand, said specific binding partner being immobilized on the effective gate electrode of a field effect transistor, and determining whether (and, if desired, the extent to which) an appropriate transistor characteristic is changed as a result of complex formation between the ligand and the specific binding partner.
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