Reagent and method for determination of a polyvalent substance using an immunoaggregate

US4914040A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Helmut Lenz · Tutzing, DE
• Ellen Mossner · Tutzing, DE
• Werner Stock · Gräfelfing, DE
• Albert Roder · Seeshaupt, DE
• Harald Haug · Peißenberg, DE
• Robert McCarthy · Carmel, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 1988
• Grant date: Apr 3, 1990
• Expiry date: Mar 3, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/25125
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The invention teaches a method for improving the ability to determine a polyvalent substance via use of an immunoaggregate during the assay. The immunoaggregate eliminates substances which can lead to incorrect results otherwise.