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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6932969 | Ig fractions having immunomodulatory activity The invention concerns a method for preparing Ig fractions from human polyvalent intravenous Immunoglobulins (IV Ig) which are in particular likely to be responsible for the immunomodulatory effect observed during the treatment of certain autoimmune diseases. The in... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6927035 | Antiuracil monoclonal antibody A monoclonal antibody which reacts strongly with uracil and thymine but scarcely with N-carbamyl-β-alanine; a hybridoma producing this monoclonal antibody; a method of immunochemically assaying uracil or thymine characterized by using the above-described monoclonal... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6727072 | EGF-r detection kit A kit containing the reagents necessary for the qualitative or quantitative demonstration of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections. A immunohistochemical staining procedure is employed which utilizes a primary m... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6670196 | Rapid evaluation of the ratio of biological molecules The invention relates in part to novel methods of rapidly determining the ratio of biological molecules. The invention also relates in part to a kit for rapidly determining the ratio of biological molecules.... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6548306 | Placental protein 13 The full amino acid and DNA sequences of placental protein 13 (PP13) are disclosed. Also described are various PP13 derived peptide fragments, and a recombinant method for the production of PP13. PP13 may be used in a screening and a diagnostic method for... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6309646 | Protein-polysaccharide conjugate vaccines and other immunological reagents prepared using homobifunctional and heterobifunctional vinylsulfones, and processes for preparing the conjugates A method is disclosed for producing a soluble conjugate vaccine, and preferably protein/polysaccharide conjugates. In this process, the polysaccharide is reacted with a reagent so as to provide a functional group on the polysaccharide molecule. Once the f... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6204005 | Immunoassay for toxic congeners of polychlorinated biphenyls The present invention provides a method for determining qualitatively or quantitatively the presence of toxic congeners of polychlorinated biphenyl in a test sample. The method includes the steps of: providing a known quantity of antibodies to the toxic p... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6190921 | Ouabain immunoassay and kit and ouabain labeled with 125I or fluorescent label The invention deals with the use of a reactive compound in immunological analyses. The compound is ouabain or its analog to which another compound, labeled by radioiodine or by a fluorogen, is coupled. The invention covers also the method to measure ouaba... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6068981 | Marking of orally ingested products A method of monitoring a therapeutic regimen in an animal, the method involving a) providing to the animal a therapeutic compound and a detectable compound that passes into the bloodstream, excretory system, or other tissue or body fluid in detectable for... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5942442 | Detection of low level analytes in samples using agglutination reaction capillary slide test and apparatus therefor Apparatus and method for detection of low levels of about 1 ppb of analyte in samples using an enclosed permeable membrane enrichment device and agglutination reaction slide test apparatus.... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5869348 | Methods for the preparation of antibodies directed against dithiocarbamates and the use thereof for detection of nitric oxide in body fluids In accordance with the present invention, ELISA methods for the measurement of NO levels in mammalian body fluids utilizing monoclonal antibodies directed against dithiocarbamates and related iron complexes are described. It has been found that conjugatio... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5851781 | Reagents and methods for the detection and quantification of testosterone in fluid samples The present invention discloses novel immunogens, antibodies prepared from such immunogens, and labeled reagents useful in immunoassays for the detection and quantification of testosterone in a test sample. Also disclosed are immunoassays using these reag... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5840588 | Agglutination inhibition assay methods and reagents for psychoactive substances Immunoassays of psychoactive drugs including psychotomimetic drugs, narcotic drugs, and tetrahydrocannabinols and treatment methods based on the antigenic properties of protein conjugates of these drugs. These methods are based upon treating the psychoact... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5811246 | Process for immobilization onto the surfaces of ELISA plates of a compound carrier complex and for immunization The invention relates to a process for immobilization onto the surface of enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) plates of a compound or for immunization with a compound, wherein said compound is in the form of a compound carrier complex which is eithe... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5780319 | Immunoassays to detect antiphospholipid antibodies Liposome reagents used in assays to detect the presence or amount of an analyte in a test sample, particularly where the analyte is antiphospholipid antibodies are described. The liposome reagents comprise a liposome, a ligand chosen to bind specifically ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5776713 | Marking of products to establish identity and source In general, the invention features a method of marking a product for identification in which a marker, composed of a low molecular weight hapten covalently bound to a compound, is associated with the product. Where the marker is non-deleterious to the pro... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5770390 | Lipohaptens comprising a multifunctional substituted lipohilic carrier linked to an antigen and their use Lipohaptens of the general formula I (X)m --R--Y--(S)n --P (I) wherein R is a hydrocarbyl backbone having from 2 to 30 carbon atoms X is a hydrocarbyl radical having from 6 to 30 carbon atoms, which is linked to R vi... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5686253 | Method of stabilizing enzyme conjugates A method is disclosed for stabilizing a conjugate of an enzyme and a member of a specific binding pair (enzyme conjugate). The method comprises the step of combining the enzyme conjugate with an effective amount of an antibody for the enzyme where the ant... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5674753 | Epidermal growth factor receptor ectodomain Diagnostic/prognostic methods are provided for detecting and/or quantitating in the body fluids, preferably serum, of mammals carrying a malignant tumor burden, elevated levels of a portion of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFr) which comprises su... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5656447 | Antibodies specific to quinolinic acid Polyclonal antibodies which are specific against quinolinic acid are provided. The antibodies are used for immunohistological detection of quinolinic acid.... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5643732 | Immunological assay methods Immunoassays of psychoactive drugs including psychotomimetic drugs, narcotic drugs, and tetrahydrocannabinols and treatment methods based on the antigenic properties of protein conjugates of these drugs. These methods are based upon treating the psychoact... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5641690 | Method of determining haptens, use of method and components useful in method A method is described for determining a hapten which method comprises (i) contacting the hapten with a binding partner of the hapten, whereby the hapten becomes bound to some of the binding partner, (ii) contacting the unbound binding partner with a secon... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5639670 | Determination of free thyroid hormones by competitive immunoassay A method is revealed for the quantitative determination of the proportion of the free form of a thyroid hormone ligand in a sample of a biological fluid in which the ligand is present partly in the free form and also partly in a form in which it is bound ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5631138 | Method for the measurement of serum bile acids by elisa and method for the diagnosis of liver disease A method for the measurement of serum bile acids by ELISA comprising: preparing a bile acid active ester, reacting the ester with a bovine serum albumin solution, dialyzing, and immunizing a mammal other than human being with the dialyzate thus obtained a... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5616505 | Haptens tracers, immunogens and antibodies for 3-phenyl-1-adamantaneacetic acids Novel tethered hapten intermediates and related conjugates based on 3-phenyl-1-adamantaneacetic acid, as well as methods for making and using such conjugates. Haptens based on the above core structure may be substituted at any position on the phenyl ring,... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5616503 | Determination of haptens A method of determining a hapten which comprises: (1) contacting the sample which contains or may contain the hapten with a first binding partner which binds the hapten; (2) separating the hapten bound to the first binding partner from material which is n... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5614419 | Reagents and methods for the quantification of amitriptyline or nortriptyline in biological fluids Immunoassay methods and reagents for the specific quantification of amitriptyline or nortriptyline in a test sample are disclosed employing antibodies prepared with amitriptyline or nortriptyline derivatives of the Formula III: ##STR1## wherein ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5607862 | Assay for N-terminal type I collagen telopeptide that survives bone resorption in vivo A method for assaying bone resorption rates which consists of quantitating the concentration of peptide fragments derived from bone collagen, found in a body fluid is disclosed. The method includes immunometric assay, fluorometric assay and electrochemica... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5580741 | Chemiluminescence immunoassay for chlorinated aromatic compound detection A sensitive chemiluminescence immunoassay method for field detection of the presence or the amount of low chlorinated biphenyl compounds in a solution is disclosed. The assay has a five minute analysis time and a working range of detection as low as about... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5580742 | Method for the detection of proteins containing phosphorylated tyrosine For the detection of proteins containing phosphorylated tyrosine the sample of a body fluid is incubated with at least two receptors R1 and R2 whereby a change in signal is produced by binding of at least the receptors R1 ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5573955 | Reducing tyramine interference in immunoassays for amphetamine and methamphetamine A method for reducing or eliminating tyramine interference from amphetamine and methamphetamine immunoassays, comprising treating the sample with aqueous tyramine oxidase for a time and at a temperature and pH sufficient to deaminate any tyramine present ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5565326 | Separation-free specific binding assays using anti-inhibitor antibodies Specific binding ligands can be detected with an assay which utilizes an immobilized receptor for the ligand, a reporter enzyme, an inhibitor antibody and an anti-inhibitor antibody. Both antibodies are specific for the reporter enzyme. The inhibitor anti... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5538852 | Immunoassay for polychlorinated biphenyls A method for determining qualitatively or quantitatively the presence of polychlorinated biphenyl in a test sample. The method includes the steps of: providing a known quantity of antibodies to polychlorinated biphenyl; providing a competitor that will bi... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5527711 | Method and reagents for binding chemical analytes to a substrate surface, and related analytical devices and diagnostic techniques A method is provided for detecting an analyte of interest in a sample. The method involves binding the analyte to the surface of a substrate through a biotin-biotin binding protein interaction, contacting the surface-bound analyte with a quantitatively de... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5525526 | Immunoassay for inositols Antibodies raised against derivatives of inositol are used to assay for specific isomers of inositol in a sample by first converting any inositol present in the sample to the derivative that was used to raise the antibody and then conducting an immunoassa... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5525524 | Crosstalk inhibitors and their uses Assay for detecting the amount or presence of target ligand in a sample. The assay includes a ligand analogue conjugate having a linkage site and a binding site, a ligand receptor, and a sample. The assay includes the steps of providing at least one cross... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5518887 | Immunoassays empolying generic anti-hapten antibodies and materials for use therein The present invention relates to immunoassay methods for detecting and measuring the amount of an analyte in a sample by means of generic anti-hapten antibodies. Also disclosed are multi-analyte immunoassay methods. Reagents, devices, and kits using the a... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5501985 | Analyte-substitute reagent for use in specific binding assay methods, devices and kits Assay reagents, devices, methods and kits used in the analysis of low molecular weight analytes which by themselves are too small or unable to bind to two specific binding members at the same time. The invention involves the use of an analyte-substitute r... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5492839 | Immunogenic ryanodine derivative and related uses Disclosed is a novel photo-activatable derivative of ryanodine 9-hydroxy-21-(4-azidobenzoyloxy)-9-epiryanodine. This novel ryanodine derivative has been conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) and used for the production of antibodies with high affi... | 02/20/1996 |
