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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Abbott Point of Care Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Ewart, Toronto, CA;
Graham Davis, Princeton, NJ (US);
Pierre Emeric, Princeton, NJ (US);
Sergey Gershtein, Skillman, NJ (US);
Smitha Sutrala, Ottawa, CA;
Katrina Di Tullio, Stittsville, CA;
Assignee:
Abbott Point of Care Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/00 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/49 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2013.01); G01N 21/253 (2013.01); G01N 21/6452 (2013.01); G01N 33/492 (2013.01); G01N 33/54366 (2013.01); G01N 35/00029 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00108 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00128 (2013.01);
Abstract
This invention relates generally to devices and methods for performing optical and electrochemical assays and, more particularly, to testing devices having an optically readable microspot array and/or an electrochemical detector and to methods of performing microspot arrays and electrochemical assays using such devices. The present invention is particularly useful for performing immunoassays and/or electrochemical assays at the point-of-care.