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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7998757 | Container and method for supporting home testing and diagnosis of infectious diseases A container is configured to provide sequential access to contents therein, and includes an upper portion and a lower portion connected to the upper portion by a hinged portion, the lower portion defining an interior space bearing a moveable tray and an opening thro... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7442557 | Bi-directional flow assay device with reagent bridge A device for conducting an assay to determine the presence or amount of an analyte in a fluid sample. The device includes a flow path that facilitates fluidic flow by capillary action. The flow path has a first fluid permeable region, a second fluid permeable region... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7413880 | Test kit for immunochromatography A test kit for immunochromatography comprising a test strip and a test tube is described. The test strip comprises a detection zone for detecting an analyte in a sample. The test tube accommodates the test strip. The test tube comprises an indicator at a position co... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410612 | Gunpowder particle test kit A gunpowder particle test kit for determining gunpowder residue includes a transparent sleeve having a closed end and an open folded end sealed with a clip forming a sealed cavity carrying a test strip and a crushable ampoule carrying a diphenylamine solution. The t... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7396675 | Kit and method for determining a plurality of analytes The invention is related to different embodiments of a kit for the simultaneous qualitative and/or quantitative determination of a multitude of analytes comprising a sensor platform comprising an optical thin-film waveguide with a ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7371526 | Method and materials for bisulfite conversion of cytosine to uracil The invention provides methods and materials for conversion of cytosine to uracil. In some embodiments, a nucleic acid, such as gDNA, is reacted with at least one bisulfite salt having the formula X+HSO3− or Y+2(HSO... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7329536 | Piezoimmunosensor An apparatus comprising one or more piezoelectric mass sensors for use in diagnostic and analytic processes, in particular for immunochemical detection of diagnostically relevant analytes in real time, is described. Each piezoelectric mass sensor comprises a piezoel... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326578 | Urine assay for ovarian reserve It has been found that a urine test for ovarian reserve can be provided which is equivalent in sensitivity to current laboratory methods which determine ovarian reserve based on FSH levels in serum. A lateral flow device for indicating ovarian reserve is disclosed. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7309611 | Prewetting stop flow test strip A test strip and method for detecting an analyte present in a sample. The test strip comprising: a buffer addition zone to which a buffer may be added; an absorbent zone proximal to the buffer addition zone; one or more test zones distal to the buffer addition zone,... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7300750 | Analyte assay device with preabsorbing zone The present invention provides an assay device for detection of an analyte which is a member of a specific binding partner in a sample, the assay device comprising a sample application zone, a preabsorbing zone and a specific binding zone. The device can provide a H... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300802 | Membrane strip biosensor system for point-of-care testing The present invention relates to a biosensor for point-of-care testing (POCT) whose detection sensitivity was remarkably improved by introducing to membrane strip chromatographic assay system a successive cross-flow procedure for immune reaction and enzymatic reacti... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297151 | Method and apparatus for body fluid sampling with improved sensing A device is provided for use with a body fluid sampling device for extracting bodily fluid from an anatomical feature. The device comprises a cartridge having a plurality of cavities. The device may include a plurality of penetrating members each at least partially ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294502 | Device for collecting liquid samples The invention relates to a device for collecting samples of fluids, in particular of body fluids such as saliva, said device comprising an absorbent pad and two housing parts which are connected to the latter in a movable manner and can enclose the absorbent pad. Th... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7270995 | Analyzing device The present invention is an analytical device which comprises a porous piece assembly consisting of a liquid reagent-receiving porous piece (1), a labeled substance-retaining piece (2), a test piece (3) comprising a detection site (4) and... | 09/18/2007 |
| RE39816 | Conjunctive analysis of biological marker expression for predicting cardiac mortality A diagnostic tool is disclosed for accurately and rapidly diagnosing the condition of an ailing organ. Although applicable to numerous organ and organ systems, this application particularly illustrates the concept of conjunctive marker utilization as it relates to d... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7244392 | Slide-in cassette for a cup for testing of drugs of abuse A specimen cup (100) has slide-in cassette (102) hermetically sealed in a chamber (104), with a outer partition being transparent. The cassette comprised chemical test strips (106) used to provide testing of drugs of abuse or other chemic... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241418 | Method for immobilizing conjugates in diagnostic tests The invention concerns a method for the detection of an analyte in a sample using analyte-specific conjugates which have at least one heterologous group for an analyte-independent binding to a control zone. The present invention additionally provides new conjugates ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7195922 | Allergen detection A method of determining allergen activity in dust comprises: providing a dust sample; extracting from the dust sample at least one breakdown component or proteins or peptides; reacting the extracted at least one breakdown component with a colorimetric amine detectio... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7172728 | Test strip containers and methods of using the same Devices for dispensing test strips and methods of using the same are provided. The subject devices are characterized by having a base and a cover, where the cover includes a test strip selecting element. The subject devices may also be characterized by having a test... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172873 | Methods of detecting early renal disease in animals The present invention provides a method for the detection of early renal disease in animals. The method includes the steps of (a) obtaining a sample from an animal to be tested and (b) determining the amount of albumin in the sample. An amount of albumin in the rang... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7166473 | Transferrin assay The invention relates to an assay method for assessing a transferrin variant or combination of transferrin variants for the diagnosis and monitoring of alcoholism, and to kits for performing the assay. In particular, the invention provides a method of producing an a... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166474 | Method for the ESR-spectroscopic detection of changes in the transport properties of albumin in an albumin-containing samples, ESR-spectrometer for carrying out said method, and use of the method for diagnostic purposes and for controlling albumin-containing preparations The invention relates to method for the ESR-spectroscopic detection of changes in the transport properties of albumin in an albumin-containing sample. Said method can be used in the medical, biological, biotechnological and veterinary praxis for diagnostic purposes ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7160734 | Retentate chromatography and protein chip arrays with applications in biology This invention provides methods of retentate chromatography for resolving analytes in a sample. The methods involve adsorbing the analytes to a substrate under a plurality of different selectivity conditions, and detecting the analytes retained on the substrate by d... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7148330 | Binding compounds for IL-27 Purified genes encoding a cytokine or composite cytokine from a mammal, reagents related thereto including purified proteins, specific antibodies, and nucleic acids encoding these molecules are provided. Methods of using said reagents and diagnostic kits are also pr... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7144742 | Quantitative lateral flow assays and devices This invention provides solid phase specific binding lateral flow assay methods, devices and kits for quantitating high and low molecular weight analytes. The methods and devices of the invention employ labelled reagents which are either analyte analogs or complemen... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141431 | Microparticles with multiple fluorescent signals and methods of using same This invention provides a novel fluorescent particle including a core or carrier particle having on its surface a plurality of smaller polymeric particles or nanoparticles, which are stained with different fluorescent dyes. When excited by a light source they are ca... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7097981 | Reaction wells, assembly thereof, immunoassay apparatus and method using such well assemblies The present invention relates mainly to reaction vessels, to sets of such vessels for automatic immunological assay apparatuses, to automatic immunological assay apparatuses making use of such sets of vessels, and to a method implementing sets of such vessels. Accor... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7071006 | Carrier holding micro-substances, system suspending such carriers apparatus for manipulating such carriers and method of controlling positions of such carriers Carriers hold remote-acting bodies which can be manipulated by a remote force, and also hold a micro-substance which is a target substance of an assay. The remote-acting bodies are manipulated in order to control the positions of the micro-substances, so as to execu... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7060505 | Assay device An assay device and method are provided which allow the determination of the presence or absence of at least one analyte in a test sample, while providing specific identification of the test subject. The assay device includes a reaction medium having at least one re... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7052858 | Diagnostic assays for detection of This invention provides a novel Cryptosporidium parvum protein disulfide isomerase polypeptide, and nucleic acids that encode this polypeptide. The invention also provides methods, reagents, and kits that are useful for diagnosing infection by Cryptosporid... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052855 | Anti-APO-B-48 monoclonal antibody, hybridoma producing the same, and method for measuring APO-B-48 using the same A novel monoclonal antibody which specifically binds to apo-B-48 is disclosed. The monoclonal antibody specifically binds to apo-B-48 but does not bind to apo-B-100. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7041458 | Methods and reagents for determining protein S The present invention relates to an assay for free protein S comprising the addition of a ligand specific for free protein S to a biological fluid sample to form a protein S/ligand complex, and subsequent determination of the amount of the complex formed in the samp... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7041459 | Analyzing phosphorylated proteins Methods, compositions and kits are disclosed for determining one or more target polypeptides in a sample where the target polypeptides have undergone phosphorylation. A mixture comprising the sample and a first reagent comprising a cleavage-inducing moiety and an IM... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7015045 | Cigua-dart method for detection of ciguatera toxins A device for rapidly collecting tissue samples from organisms serves as a reaction chamber. It includes a solvent used to extract the analyte, a filter, and optional bioconcentrators. The filtered suspension is irradiated with a predetermined wavelength and the emit... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6991908 | Antiobestic agents methods for screening antiobestic agents and kits comprising same The present invention provides a method for screening a compound or its salt that alters the binding property between MCH or its salt and SLC-1 or its salt, characterized by using MCH or its derivative or a salt thereof and SLC-1 or its salt is useful for screening ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6979543 | Method for detecting biological agents A sensor is provided including a polymer capable of having an alterable measurable property from the group of luminescence and electrical conductivity, the polymer having an intermediate combination of a recognition element, a tethering element and a property-alteri... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6951727 | Methods and reagents for quantitation of cell-surface molecule expression on peripheral blood cells Improved methods, reagents, and kits for quantitation of HLA-DR and/or CD11b expression on peripheral blood cells are presented. Inclusion of a lysosomotropic amine, such as chloroquine, during staining stabilizes HLA-DR and CD11b expression. Use of a novel anti-CD1... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6942835 | Device for holding a solid in a tube, and test kit using such a device The invention provides a test kit, having a tube (17) and a reactant (30) which is held between two holding devices (8, 9). Each holding device has a filter (10), with an elastically deformable part (13) transverse to a disc (11... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6929778 | Solid phase microextraction field kit A field kit for the collection, isolation and concentration of trace amounts of high explosives (HE), biological weapons (BW) and chemical weapons (CW) residues in air, soil, vegetation, swipe, and liquid samples. The field kit includes a number of Solid Phase Micro... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6924153 | Quantitative lateral flow assays and devices This invention provides solid phase specific binding lateral flow assay methods, devices and kits for quantitating high and low molecular weight analytes. The methods and devices of the invention employ labelled reagents which are either analyte analogs or complemen... | 08/02/2005 |
