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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jianfang Wang, Wilmington, DE (US);
Kevin Bruce Johnson, Miami, FL (US);
Liliana Maria Tejidor, Raleigh, NC (US);
Hema Doobay, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Dade Behring Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/386 ; A61K 9/127 ; A61K 9/64 ; A61K 3/514 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/386 ; A61K 9/127 ; A61K 9/64 ; A61K 3/514 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to the field of prothrombin time reagents for determining dysfunction in the coagulation system and more specifically to reagents made from native thromboplastin or purified or recombinant tissue factor and phospholipids from a natural or synthetic source. The present invention relates to methods to make a diagnostic reagent that includes a membrane-bound protein incorporated into a liposome and having additional empty liposomes (liposomes without membrane-bound protein incorporated therein) added to the solution.