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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1996
Mark R Pope, Grayslake, IL (US);
Peter J Tarcha, Lake Villa, IL (US);
David R Mees, St. Louis, MO (US);
Mary K Joseph, Libertyville, IL (US);
Terry A Pry, Libertyville, IL (US);
C Brent Putman, Round Lake Beach, IL (US);
Daniel D Subotich, Morton Grove, IL (US);
Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for increasing the binding activity of specific binding members bound to a solid phase material, e.g., a particle, that has been sterically stabilized. This increase in binding activity is brought about by degrading a steric stabilizer on the surface of the solid phase material. The method involves both immobilizing a specific binding member on the surface of a solid phase material and degrading a steric stabilizer on the surface of that solid phase material. In the preferred embodiment, the method involves the immobilization of a specific binding member on the surface of the sterically stabilized solid phase material, with subsequent degradation of the steric stabilizer.