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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:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
May. 28, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce J Oberhardt, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cardiovascular Diagnostics, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 13 ; 422 58 ; 422 61 ; 422 73 ;
Abstract
A method of performing a quantitative fibrinogen assay is provided which uses a dry reagent chemistry in combination with a rotational magnetic field and which has excellent correlation with the Fibrometer, the gold standard in the industry. Additionally, an apparatus for conducting the assay, a qualitative fibrinogen assay and a method for preparing a calibration curve for use with the quantitative fibrinogen assay are provided.