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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas John Pankratz, Newark, DE (US);
Richard Wayne Stout, Wilmington, DE (US);
Assignee:
Dade Behring Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435-75 ; 435-793 ; 435-794 ; 436518 ; 436526 ;
Abstract
A luminescent specific binding assay method is used for detecting an analyte in whole blood. The assay is a heterogeneous sandwich or competitive assay in which a first binding reagent is labeled with a luminescent photoprotein and an immobilized second binding reagent serves as a capture reagent. The luminescent photoprotein, upon activation, emits light which may be detected by a luminescence detector. The assay is rapid, sensitive and may be performed on small sample volumes.