Boehringer Mannheim Gmbh

Ellen Mossner

Helmut Lenz

Dieter Mangold

Rolf Lerch

Albert Roder

Gunter Pappert

Manfred Baier

Helmut Jering

Werner Stock

Siegfried Notzel

Harald Haug

Robert C McCarthy

A carrier fleece is prepared for use as reagent carrier from which reagents can be dissolved in as assay such as immunological analysis. The carrier fleece contains from 5 to 60% by weight of cellulose-containing fibers, from 40 to 95% by weight of polyester or polyamide polymer fibers or a combination thereof and from 5 to 30% by weight of the fibers of an organic binding agent which has a hydroxyl or an ester group or a combination thereof. In an immunological analysis, the carrier fleece is impregnated with an immunologically active agent such as a beta-galactosidase conjugate and then introduced into a solution of a sample containing an immunologically active substance to be analyzed. The immunologically active agent is eluted into the sample solution and the presence of the immunologically active substance in the sample is determined.

Carrier fleece for use as a reagent carrier from which reagents can be

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.

Reagent and method for determination of a polyvalent substance using an

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Ellen Mossner