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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:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Kadota, Sunto-gun, JP;
Kayoko Shigenobu, Mishima, JP;
Akira Miike, Sunto-gun, JP;
Kazuhito Miyauchi, Tagata-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Kyowa Medex Co., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 25 ; 536-111 ; 435-4 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are a method for quantitative determination of bilirubin and a reagent for the method, which are useful in clinical examinations. The method comprises subjecting the bilirubin in a sample to coexist with ascorbate oxidase and a reaction promoter in aqueous medium to thereby oxidize the bilirubin, measuring the change in absorbance of the aqueous medium and comparing the change in absorbance with a calibration curve. The reagent comprises ascorbate oxidase and a reaction promoter.