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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:
Dec. 19, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
John K Shuler, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Becton Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ; G01N / ; C12M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422 58 ; 422 56 ; 422 58 ; 422 60 ; 422 61 ; 422104 ; 436518 ; 436530 ; 436161 ; 436164 ; 436169 ; 436529 ; 436805 ; 435-792 ; 435-793 ; 435-794 ; 435810 ; 4352872 ; 4352877 ; 4352878 ; 4352879 ;
Abstract
Devices for conducting an assay are disclosed which utilize shrink wrap as a casing material. The use of shrink wrap casings enables the preliminary fluid filtering step and the chemical detection step to be combined, provides improved control over the flow of fluids into and through the assay device and reduces the time, material, effort, expense and risk of contamination involved in conducting assays.