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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:
Jul. 18, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce Oberhardt, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cardiovascular Diagnostics, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; B01L / ; C12M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 13 ; 435-7 ; 436 69 ; 436517 ; 436525 ; 436526 ; 422 57 ; 422 58 ; 422 73 ; 422110 ; 7386371 ; 7386472 ;
Abstract
An element and method for easily performing liquid assays are disclosed. The element uses capillary action to draw a predetermined volume of a liquid sample into a reaction chamber charged with reagent, where reaction between the liquid sample and the reagent is monitored.