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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark M. Richter, Springfield, MO (US);
Allen J. Bard, Austin, TX (US);
Russel H. Schmehl, New Orleans, LA (US);
Assignee:
IGEN International, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3532 ; G01N 3/378 ; G01N 3/3554 ; C07K 1/706 ; C12Q 1/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3532 ; G01N 3/378 ; G01N 3/3554 ; C07K 1/706 ; C12Q 1/68 ;
Abstract
Electrochemiluminescent label compounds containing multimetallic centers separated by bridging ligands are described. An example of a multimetallic electrochemiluminescent label suitable for use in electrochemiluminescence (ECL) methods, [(bpy) Ru] (bphb) , demonstrates ECL efficiencies 2 to 3 times greater than those for Ru(bpy) in acetonitrile and aqueous media. Such multimetallic ECL compounds may be especially useful in the design of new labels for bioanalytical applications, such as immunoassays and DNA probes.