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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Scott Marshall Clark, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Michael Raymond Kepron, Standish, ME (US);
Inventors:
Scott Marshall Clark, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Michael Raymond Kepron, Standish, ME (US);
Assignee:
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/558 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for conducting an assay to determine the presence or amount of an analyte in a fluid sample. The device includes a flow path that facilitates fluidic flow by capillary action. The flow path has a first fluid permeable region, a second fluid permeable region, a barrier that inhibits fluidic flow between the first and second regions, and a fluidic bridge. The bridge includes a fluid permeable material overlapping at least a portion of each of the first region, the barrier and the second region.