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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:
May. 05, 1992
Filed:
May. 10, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce J Oberhardt, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cardiovascular Diagnostics, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; B01L / ; C12M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 13 ; 435310 ; 435305 ; 435810 ; 436 46 ; 436 69 ; 436809 ; 422 57 ; 422 58 ; 422 60 ; 422 73 ; 422102 ; 422110 ; 422292 ; 7386371 ; 7386372 ; 7386472 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for the measurement of clot formation times, clot dissolution times, or clotting parameters is disclosed. This method performs these measurements by monitoring movement of magnetic particles incorporated in the sample being assayed, where the movement is induced by a magnetic field.