Diagnostic system employing a unitary substrate to immobilize microspheres
CA 1309343 C · Owner: Smith, Michael W. · Inventors: Pierce, Robert S.; Smith, Michael W.
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In a diagnostic apparatus system a one piece, porous substrate is provided in a container. The substrate serves both to extract an antigen in or on a top layer thereof with the remainder of the substrate serving as a reservoir. The pores in the top surface of the substrate are microscopic for entrapment of microspheres carrying antibodies. A target antigen in a test sample attaches to the antibodies when the test sample is poured through the top layer. The pores in all but the top layer of the substrate have a much greater pore size to comprise the reservoir portion of the substrate.
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- Granted October 27, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 27, 2009.
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