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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. 10, 1990
Filed:
May. 15, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel B Wagner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Glenn P Vonk, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US);
Assignee:
Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436501 ; 436518 ; 436519 ; 436528 ; 436536 ; 436544 ; 436546 ; 436800 ; 436821 ; 436829 ; 514 78 ;
Abstract
A sac, in particular a vesicle, having a detectable metal, in particular a rear earth metal, encapsulated therein. The sac may be sensitized with a ligand and used in an assay. The vesicle is stored and/or used in an aqueous solution which includes the rare earth metal to increase the concentration of metal in the sac.