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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:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Bruce Oberhardt, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Cardiovascular Diagnostics, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3531 ; G01N 3/3543 ; G01N 3/3545 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3531 ; G01N 3/3543 ; G01N 3/3545 ;
Abstract
An element and method for easily performing liquid assays are disclosed. The element uses capillary action to draw a predetermined volume of a liquid sample into a reaction chamber charged with reagent, where reaction between the liquid sample and the reagent is monitored.