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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
May. 15, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew S. Janoff, Yardley, PA (US);
Joyce Rauch, Montreal, CA;
Theodore F. Taraschi, Tabernacle, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The Liposome Company, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/56 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/56 ;
Abstract
For use in a lipid-dependent diagnostic assay, a stable aqueous suspension of a phospholipid which normally has a hexagonal (H,) organization when dispersed in an aqueous medium without detergent, the suspension containing the phospholipid, a detergent, and an aqueous phase. In the stable suspension, the phospholipid remains in suspension at a temperature of 25° C. for at least one hour. The suspension is suitable for providing the phospholipid to an assay for lupus anticoagulants which includes the step of pre-incubating a test sample with the phospholipid.