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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2005
Stacey Pazar Huth, Yarmouth, ME (US);
Marilyn I. Strong-townsend, Yarmouth, ME (US);
Stacey Pazar Huth, Yarmouth, ME (US);
Marilyn I. Strong-Townsend, Yarmouth, ME (US);
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME (US);
Abstract
A method and device for determining pancreatic lipase in an animal blood sample. In one aspect, the device includes a compartmentalized container for storing and reacting the reagents for use in the assay. In another aspect, the device include a multilayer device having a spreading layer and reagents layers with dried reagents for detecting pancreatic lipase. The devices also includes a system for the optical determination of a color change in the reaction mixture. The method includes the use of the device to detect pancreatic lipase in samples.