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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
May. 18, 1995
Maciej Adamczyk, Gurnee, IL (US);
Donald D Johnson, Lindenhurst, IL (US);
Phillip G Mattingly, Grayslake, IL (US);
Diana E Clarisse, Naperville, IL (US);
Joan D Tyner, Beach Park, IL (US);
Mary M Perkowitz, Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
Immunoassay methods and reagents for the specific quantification of thyroxine in a test sample are disclosed employing antibodies prepared with thyroxine derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein P is an immunogenic carrier material and X is a linking moiety. The present invention also describes the synthesis of unique labelled reagent of the formula: ##STR2## wherein Q is a detectable moiety and W is a linking moiety, preferably fluorescein or a fluorescein derivative.