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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:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter Milchanoski, Milford, NJ (US);
Milan Jorik, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Kathleen J Reis, Milford, NJ (US);
Diane E Bechtold, Green Brook, NJ (US);
Linda Davis, Doylestown, PA (US);
Thomas M Setcavage, Milford, NJ (US);
Donald M Davies, Unionville, VA (US);
Assignee:
Ortho Diagnostic Systems, Inc., Raritan, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-725 ; 422 58 ; 422 59 ; 422101 ; 422102 ; 4352871 ; 4352872 ; 4352881 ; 4352884 ; 4352886 ; 435810 ; 436514 ; 436536 ; 436538 ; 436541 ; 436809 ; 436810 ;
Abstract
A vessel for conducting blood cell agglutination assays is disclosed. A barrier retains reactants in an upper chamber during incubation, then, in response to a force, permits reagents to enter a lower chamber containing a matrix for separating agglutination.