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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2005
Applicants:
John G. Konrath, Lake Villa, IL (US);
David H. Wilson, Zion, IL (US);
Inventors:
John G. Konrath, Lake Villa, IL (US);
David H. Wilson, Zion, IL (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Laboratories, Inc., Abbott Park, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/00 (2006.01); A01N 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of extracting tacrolimus in a test blood sample to use in a tacrolimus quantification assay. The method of the present invention extracts tacrolimus in non-precipitating, non-denaturing aqueous environment, avoiding cumbersome manual pretreatment procedures or the use of organic solvents. The method of the present invention permits full automation of tacrolimus quantification assays.