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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nancy Maxfield Wilson, Bloomington, MN (US);
Catherine Larue, Vaucresson, FR;
Assignee:
Pasteur Sanofi Diagnostics, Marnes la Coquette, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424450 ; 435-71 ; 435-79 ; 435-792 ; 436501 ; 436518 ; 436543 ; 436829 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the detection of a variety of analytes in a patient sample employing liposomes with associated ligand, where the ligand is capable of binding target analyte in that sample. In another aspect of the invention, the assays employ liposomes as a soluble support matrix where at least a portion of the support is associated with the ligand and the ligand is in a confirmation permitting it to bind to target analyte in a patient sample.