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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yasuo Yamao, Miyanohigashi-machi, JP;
Narihiro Oku, Miyanohigashi-machi, JP;
Assignee:
Horiba Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
436533 ; 436523 ; 436524 ; 436525 ; 436526 ; 436527 ; 436528 ; 436529 ; 436530 ; 436531 ; 436532 ; 436534 ; 436165 ; 436514 ; 435-721 ; 435-725 ; 435-78 ;
Abstract
An immunoassay method in which blood can be measured even without pretreatment by a centrifuge etc. In the present invention, antibodies or antigens in a sample are subjected to agglutination reaction with insoluble carriers onto which antigens or antibodies specifically reacting with the antibodies or antigens in the sample have been imrobilized and the resulting agglutination mixture is determined for the change in its absorbance or in its scattered light by irradiation with light, wherein said sample is whole blood and the whole blood is forcibly lysed.