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US 10,295,539 B2Granted
Serology assays
AssigneeMeso Scale Technologies, LLC.
InventorGeorge Sigal
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Abstract
The invention provides methods and kits for measuring the ability of a test sample to inhibit the binding of a receptor expressed by a pathogen to a host cell ligand of the pathogen.
Claims28
A kit for measuring a sample's inhibition of a binding of a sialic acid receptor expressed by a pathogen to a host cell ligand of said pathogen, wherein said host cell ligand is sialic acid, said kit comprising:
- (a) a first container, vessel or compartment comprising a first surface comprising said sialic acid receptor immobilized thereto;
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- (b) a second container, vessel or compartment, the second container containing within a cavity of the second container a particle reagent comprising said sialic acid, wherein said sialic acid is bound only to the particle reagent and not the second container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.