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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Egil Olsen, Strommen, NO;
O slashedrjan Olsvik, Oslo, NO;
Assignee:
Nycomed AS, , NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-72 ; 436518 ; 436527 ;
Abstract
A method for the qualitative or quantitative determination of an analyte in a test sample wherein a labelled reagent is caused to be immobilized in bound form on a solid phase to provide an indication of the presence or quantity of the analyte in the sample is disclosed and is characterized in that the labelled reagent comprises a gold sol bound to a substance capable of specifically binding to said analyte or to a specific binding partner therefor, at least 75% by weight of the gold particles of the gold sol having a mean diameter of less than 5 nanometers.