Devices for carrying out ligand/anti-ligand assays, methods of using such devices and diagnostic reagents and kits incorporating such devices
US4789628A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 16, 1986 |
| Grant date | Dec 6, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/81
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
This invention relates to devices and to methods, diagnostic reagents and kits embodying such devices for use in ligand/anti-ligand assays and the qualitative or semi-quantitative detection of a substance of interest thereby through use of light or photon detecting systems such as reflectometers, colorimeters, fluorimeters and the human eye. Such devices, methods and kits have applications in the biologic research and medical fileds for assaying drugs, hormones, peptides, proteins, enzymes, nucleic acids, antibodies, haptens, antibiotics, viri, infectious agents, tumor markers and the like, in the laboratory, the physicians' office, the veterinarian's office and the home.
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