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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Noel Rolon, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
William Pagels, Oceanport, NJ (US);
Richard Egan, Flemington, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation, Raritan, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/00 ;
Abstract
The invention provides for a method of making more than one punchout from a single dried blood spot. The method comprising the steps of making a first punch and sequentially making at least a second punch in the dried blood spot. The second punch comprises boundaries which are at least partly outside of the boundaries of the first punch. The surface areas of the first punch and second punch are together equivalent to the minimum surface area required for testing of the dried blood spot.