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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1987
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Francis J Martin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Viola T Kung, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cooper-Lipotech, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436533 ; 436520 ; 436534 ; 436808 ; 436819 ; 436829 ;
Abstract
An enhanced agglutination assay method for determination of a multivalent analyte is disclosed. Analyte is added to agglutinatable particles coated with anti-analyte molecules to produce particle agglutination. The extent of agglutination is enhanced by mixing the particles and analyte with an analyte-binding reagent composed of lipid bodies. The reagent bodies act by promoting multiple analyte bridge connections between individual bridged particles and a reagent body. Also disclosed is a kit containing such particles and reagent.