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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Hashem Akhavan-tafti, Howell, MI (US);
Dean G. Binger, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
Ying Chen, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Renuka DE Silva, Northville, MI (US);
Terri Mclernon, Mounds View, MN (US);
James Mendoza, Robbinsdale, MN (US);
Bruce H. Odegaard, Crystal, MN (US);
Michael Salvati, Minnetrista, MN (US);
Nir Shapir, Falcon Heights, MN (US);
Wenhua Xie, Novi, MI (US);
Hashem Akhavan-Tafti, Howell, MI (US);
Dean G. Binger, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
Ying Chen, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Renuka De Silva, Northville, MI (US);
Terri McLernon, Mounds View, MN (US);
James Mendoza, Robbinsdale, MN (US);
Bruce H. Odegaard, Crystal, MN (US);
Michael Salvati, Minnetrista, MN (US);
Nir Shapir, Falcon Heights, MN (US);
Wenhua Xie, Novi, MI (US);
Beckman Coulter, Inc., Brea, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, reagents, kits and systems are disclosed for determining an analyte in a sample suspected of containing the analyte where all reagents are soluble in aqueous solution. One assay method includes treating a sample suspected of containing the analyte under conditions such that if the analyte is present, an activator is brought into reactive configuration with a chemiluminescent compound to activates it. The sample is also treated with an agent to reduce signal not related to analyte. Finally, the sample is treated with a trigger solution thereby producing light from the activated chemiluminescent compound. No reagents are associated with a surface or other solid phase.