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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Rosann Marie Kaylor, Cumming, GA (US);
Chibueze O. Chidebelu-eze, Atlanta, GA (US);
Robert John Lyng, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Stephen Quirk, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Rosann Marie Kaylor, Cumming, GA (US);
Chibueze O. Chidebelu-Eze, Atlanta, GA (US);
Robert John Lyng, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Stephen Quirk, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Diagnostic devices, systems and methods for detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample are provided. In one embodiment, the device comprises a substrate, a binder printed in a pattern onto a surface of the substrate, and a means for directing a sample towards the surface of the substrate that is printed with the binder. Systems of the present invention further include a light source that can be directed through the aforementioned means or another opening to the binder-printed surface to test for diffraction.