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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:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joel M Blatt, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Wilma M Mangan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paul J Patel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael P Allen, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Metrika, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436178 ; 436531 ; 436535 ; 422 73 ; 422101 ; 210482 ; 210496 ; 435-71 ; 435-721 ; 435-724 ; 435-725 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a filter for separating red blood cells from a whole blood sample to form plasma. The filter includes a solid phase support and an agglutinin for red blood cells. The agglutinin is insoluble in the whole blood sample and is immobilized on the solid phase support. The present invention also includes a device and method for determining the presence of at least one of a plurality of analytes in a sample of whole blood.