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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1998
Richard J. Massey, Rockville, MD (US);
Michael J. Powell, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Walter J. Dressick, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Jonathan K. Leland, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Janel K. Hino, Arlington, VA (US);
Mohindar S. Poonian, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Leopoldo Della Ciana, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
IGEN International, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
A labeled substance comprising a biological substance linked to a luminescent rhenium-containing label. Qualitative and quantitative electrochemiluminescent assays using the same. These methods comprise contacting a sample with a reagent labeled with an electrochemiluminescent chemical moiety containing rhenium and capable of combining with the analyte of interest, exposing the resulting sample to chemical, electrochemical, or electromagnetic energy and detecting electromagnetic radiation emitted by the electrochemiluminescent chemical moiety.