Assay apparatus and method
CA 2127980 A1 · Owner: Parton, Adrian · Inventors: Parton, Adrian
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Assay apparatus comprises a first assay zone constituted by a foam pad (26) on a first solid support component (10) constituted by a plastics card having a channel (14) on one face thereof bordered by undercut walls (12) receiving a plastics slide (18) as a second solid support component having as a second assay zone a window (24). The support components fit together for relative sliding movement such that said zones are slidable with respect to one another from a first position in which said zones are separated from one another to a position in which said zones are brought into mutual contact by sliding motion. An antibody may be bound to the foam pad. An enzyme antibody conjugate may be …
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- Filed January 15, 1993. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended January 15, 2013.
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