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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2008
Applicants:
Uwe Kobold, Weilheim, DE;
Thomas Duelffer, Weilheim, DE;
Rupert Herrmann, Weilheim, DE;
Bernd Vogt, Tutzing, DE;
Herbert Von Der Eltz, Weilhelm, DE;
Inventors:
Uwe Kobold, Weilheim, DE;
Thomas Duelffer, Weilheim, DE;
Rupert Herrmann, Weilheim, DE;
Bernd Vogt, Tutzing, DE;
Herbert von der Eltz, Weilhelm, DE;
Assignee:
Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/37 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a reagent for digestion of hemoglobin comprising a buffer, pepsin and a-dialkyl-imidazolium salt. It also discloses to the use of this reagent in a method for digesting hemoglobin, in a method for detecting HbA1c, and to a sampling tube for collection of a whole blood sample comprising said reagent for digesting hemoglobin.