Method of distinguishing among strips for different assays in an automated instrument
CA 2003948 A1 · Owner: Bio-Tek Instruments, Inc. · Inventors: Kontorovich, Michael
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A method of distinguishing between strips for different assays in an automated instrument wherein, characteristics to which the instrument is sensitive are selectively introduced in microwells of individual microstrips which are pretreated with a specific antigen or antibody for a particular test. On each microstrip, the wells having the characteristic collectively define a multi-bit code which corresponds to a particular condition or analyte to be tested for. The automated instrument reads the characteristic from the selected wells and thus determines what test is to be conducted. The marks may have optical radioac-, tive, luminescent, fluorescent or magnetic charac-, teristics, in …
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- Filed November 27, 1989. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 27, 2009.
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