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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2021
Applicants:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Ku Leuven Research & Development, Leuven, BE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/54386 (2013.01); B01L 3/502761 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0642 (2013.01); B01L 2200/0647 (2013.01); B01L 2200/16 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0636 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0645 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0893 (2013.01); B01L 2300/161 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein is a method of loading wells with a liquid droplet, or a portion thereof, wherein each liquid droplet comprises solid supports and a detergent or surfactant, such that the detergent or surfactant reduces the contact angle between the liquid droplet and the wells. Also provided is a method of detecting and quantifying an analyte of interest in a sample, which involves loading wells in an array with a liquid droplet according to aforementioned method, wherein the liquid droplet comprises an analyte captured on a solid support.