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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Elva Kurchacova, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Meitak T Yip, Elkhart, IN (US);
Assignee:
Miles Inc., Elkhart, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 56 ; 422 55 ; 422101 ; 436 63 ; 436 66 ; 436 74 ; 436 80 ; 436 97 ; 436169 ; 436170 ; 436175 ; 436178 ;
Abstract
A layered device suitable for use in the analysis of blood samples which includes a first layer of a matrix material having dispersed therein a complex of copper and a polymer containing multiple pendant carboxyl groups which selectively combines with hemoglobin and bilirubin in fluid communication with a second layer which contains a reagent system which reacts with one or more predetermined analytes in the blood sample to provide a color change.