Magnetic separation device and methods for use in heterogeneous assays
US4988618A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 3, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/809
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Magnetic separation devices are described for use in immunoassay or hybridization assay procedures. The most preferred embodiments comprise a defined relationship between microtube and microtiter plate receiving orifices and rare earth cobalt magnets having predetermined magnetic field orientations.
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