Fujifilm Corporation

Atsuhiko Wada

Naoyuki Nishikawa

Junichi Katada

Keiji Shigesada

Akira Wakabayashi

Mikinaga Mori

Yoshihiro Aburaya

Dai Ujihara

Ayumi Era

Natsuki Oyabu

Tomoya Ohara

An immunochromatography including steps of mixing an antigen-containable specimen and modified magnetic particles, which are magnetic particles modified with a substance having a specific affinity to the antigen; collecting the magnetic particles using magnetism; dissociating the modified magnetic particles to obtain an antigen-concentrated solution by mixing the collected magnetic particles with a dissociation solution, an amount of which is smaller than the antigen-containable specimen; obtaining a neutralized antigen-concentrated solution; spreading gold particle composite bodies on an insoluble carrier having a reaction site at which a second binding substance has been immobilized, in a state where the gold particle composite bodies which are composite bodies of an antigen in the neutralized antigen-concentrated solution and modified gold particles which are gold particles modified with a first binding substance are formed; capturing the gold particle composite bodies at the reaction site; and silver-amplifying the gold particle composite body.

Immunochromatography

An object of the present invention is to provide an immunochromatographic kit and a method, which are capable of detectingwith high-sensitivity and specificity. According to the present invention, an immunochromatographic kit for detectingis provided, the kit including: a label substance modified with a first antibody against lipoarabinomannan; a porous carrier having a reaction site holding a second antibody against lipoarabinomannan; a compound containing silver; and a reducing agent reducing silver ions, in which at least one of the first antibody or the second antibody is a monoclonal antibody.

Immunochromatographic kit and method for detecting mycobacterium tuberculosis

A nozzle includes a mounting opening that is to be connected to an opening portion of a container, an outlet that jets liquid stored in the container, a side face that connects the mounting opening to the outlet, and a liquid storage portion that stores a part of the liquid stored in the container in the nozzle without jetting a part of the liquid from the outlet in a case where the liquid is to be jetted from the dispensing container, that is, in a case where the outlet faces downward in the direction of gravity.

Nozzle and dispensing container

A housing case that includes an inspection strip, a first pot in which a first amplification liquid is sealed, and a second pot in which a second amplification liquid is sealed, includes a lower case, an upper case, and an intermediate member disposed therebetween, in which the upper case includes, on a part facing the first pot, a first protrusive deforming portion that deforms towards a side of the first pot when applied with pressing force from outside, whereby a tearing portion of the intermediate member tears a sheet member of the first pot, and includes, at a part facing the second pot, a second protrusive deforming portion that deforms towards a side of the second pot when applied with pressing force from outside, whereby a sheet member of the second pot is torn.

Immunochromatographic kit

The immunochromatographic kit includes an inspection strip which includes an insoluble carrier spreading the specimen liquid, a label-holding pad including a label substance modified with a first substance bondable to a test substance, a liquid-sending pad sending a first amplification liquid to the insoluble carrier, and an absorption pad disposed in contact with the other end of the insoluble carrier and sequentially has an inspection region including a second substance being bonded to the test substance, a confirmation region including a substance bondable to the first substance, and an amplification index region including a substance being reacted with the first amplification liquid between the label-holding pad and the absorption pad of the insoluble carrier, a first pot being disposed below the liquid-sending pad and enclosing the first amplification liquid, and a second pot being disposed above the absorption pad and enclosing a second amplification liquid in a housing case.

The chromatography method of the present invention includes (a) developing a complex of a test substance and a labeling substance modified with a first binding substance bindable to the test substance, onto an insoluble carrier, (b) causing the complex to be trapped in a reaction site on the insoluble carrier which contains a second binding substance bindable to the test substance or a substance exhibiting binding properties to the first binding substance, (c) washing the insoluble carrier with a washing solution containing at least one of the potassium iodide, urea, and guanidine after the step (b), (d) washing off the washing solution of the step (c) remaining in the insoluble carrier from the insoluble carrier, and (e) amplifying the labeling substance of the complex trapped in the reaction site.

Chromatography method, and chromatography kit

The chromatography method includes a step of forming a composite with a test substance and a labeling substance containing a metal modified by a first binding substance of the test substance and then developing the composite on an insoluble carrier; a step of capturing the test substance and the labeling substance in a detection site on the insoluble carrier including a second binding substance of the test substance or a substance having a binding property to the first binding substance of the test substance; and a step of amplifying the captured labeling substance using a first amplification reagent and a second amplification reagent to detect the test substance.

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Ashigarakami-gun, Japan

Atsuhiko Wada