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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1994
Jonathan K Leland, Laurel, MD (US);
Haresh P Shah, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
John H Kenten, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Jack E Goodman, Arlington, VA (US);
George E Lowke, Laytonsville, MD (US);
Yuzaburo Namba, Ibaraki, JP;
Gary F Blackburn, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Richard J Massey, Rockville, MD (US);
Igen International, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Eisai Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed and claimed are methods and apparatus for performing a binding assay for an analyte of interest present in a sample based upon measurement of electrochemiluminescence at an electrode. The method uses magnetically responsive particles. The method and apparatus call for a plurality of electromagnets or permanent magnets in north-south orientation for imposing a magnetic field so as to collect the particles.