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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Robert A. Levine, Guilford, CT (US);
Stephen C. Wardlaw, Lyme, CT (US);
Inventors:
Robert A. Levine, Guilford, CT (US);
Stephen C. Wardlaw, Lyme, CT (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Point of Care, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 30/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/569 (2006.01); C12Q 1/04 (2006.01); G01N 33/50 (2006.01); G01N 33/543 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); G01N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/56911 (2013.01); C12Q 1/04 (2013.01); G01N 33/5094 (2013.01); G01N 33/5432 (2013.01); G01N 15/1475 (2013.01); G01N 2015/008 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for performing a target analyte assay of a thin film anticoagulated blood sample, wherein the target analyte is the presence or absence of specific phagocytosis and/or binding of particles coated with a particular antigen or antigens by white blood cells present in the anticoagulated blood sample, wherein the particles are coated with the particular antigen or antigens, which antigens are similar or identical to antigens expressed by a defined pathogenic infectious agent of interest.