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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Talley, Olney, MD (US);
Jonathan K Leland, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Gary F Blackburn, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Assignee:
IGEN International, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-4 ; 435-5 ; 435-6 ; 435-71 ; 435-77 ; 435817 ; 436526 ; 436518 ; 204400 ; 204403 ;
Abstract
An electrode can be derivitized by contacting it with a derivitizing solution to make it more sensitive to a desired analyte signal as opposed to interfering signals in an assay. Particularly, in an electrochemiluminescence (ECL) immunoassay the working electrode can be derivitized to be more sensitive to desired analyte signals, as opposed to interfering non-bound conjugate or serum matrix signals.