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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2006
Majid Mehrpouyan, Gilroy, CA (US);
Diether J. Recktenwald, San Jose, CA (US);
Rudolf Varro, Mountain View, CA (US);
Majid Mehrpouyan, Gilroy, CA (US);
Diether J. Recktenwald, San Jose, CA (US);
Rudolf Varro, Mountain View, CA (US);
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
Arrays of microparticle populations, each population labeled with a single fluorescent dye, are provided for use in multiplex assays. The populations form a virtual multidimensional array wherein each microparticle is identified by fluorescence intensity in two different fluorescence detection channels. The arrays are useful in a variety of assays, including multiplex, multi-analyte assays for the simultaneous detection of two or more analytes by, for example, flow cytometry, and a labeling reagents in, for example, microscopy. The use of singly-dyed microparticles to form multidimensional arrays greatly simplifies the creation of multiplex assays.