Method of assay
US5585241A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 1, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/805
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for the flow cytometric assay of an analyte using monodisperse particles carrying a specific binding partner, the analyte and binding partner being selected from the group consisting of (a) antigen and specific antibody, (b) hormone and hormone receptor, (c) hapten and antihapten, (d) polynucleotide and polynucleotide binding protein, (e) biotin and avidin or streptavidin, (f) enzyme and enzyme cofactor and (g) lectin and specific carbohydrate, and the method comprising the steps of adding to the aqueous sample a predetermined amount of particles and a predeterminded amount of a labelled ligand having affinity for the analyte or the binding partner and detecting and quantifying the resulting labelled ligand-carrying particles by a flow cytometer, the method using a pair of different particle types which are distinguishable from each other by the flow cytometer and which respectively carry binding partners having the same specificity but different binding affinity for the analyte and independently but simultaneously detecting the two types of labelled ligand-carrying particles by the flow cytometer.
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