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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2016
The Provost, Fellows, Scholars and Other Members of Board of Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, IE;
University College Cork—national University of Ireland, Cork, Cork, IE;
Peter Fleming, Cork, IE;
Michael Morris, Dublin, IE;
Thomas Fitzgerald, Kerry, IE;
Ramesh Babu Padamati, Dublin, IE;
Paul Delaney, Cork, IE;
Clifton Ngan, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Niamh Hennessy, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Kamran Beyzavi, Carrigtwohill, IE;
Abstract
A poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) membrane having a highly porous, reticulated, 3-D structure suitable for lateral flow diagnostic applications is described. Also described is a method for producing a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) membrane that comprises the steps of mixing a suitable amount of PMMA, a solvent and a optionally one of either a co-solvent or a non-solvent to produce a solution, casting a thin film of the solution onto a support, and removal of the solvent from the solution to produce the PMMA membrane. A lateral flow diagnostic device comprising a highly porous PMMA membrane as a reaction membrane is also described.