Coreactant-including electrochemiluminescent compounds, methods, systems and kits utilizing same
AssigneeIGEN International, Inc.
InventorsJi Sun, Pam Liang, Mark T. Martin, Liwen Dong
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Abstract
A method of generating a electrochemiluminescent emission, which comprises exposing an electrochemiluminescent label linked to a coreactant, to conditions suitable for inducing electrochemiluminescence; said compound; a system for generating an electrochemiluminescent emission, which comprises said compound, means for exposing said compound to electrochemical energy, and means for detecting or measuring luminescence emitted from said compound or a composition containing same; and a kit for performing an assay using said compound.
Claims8
A method of generating an electrochemiluminescent emission, which comprises exposing an electrochemiluminescent label linked to a coreactant, to conditions suitable for inducing electrochemiluminescence.
A method of generating an electrochemiluminescent emission, which comprises exposing an electrochemiluminescent label including a coordinate complex of a metal, said label being linked to an electrochemiluminescence coreactant, to conditions suitable for inducing electrochemiluminescence.
A compound which comprises an electrochemiluminescent label linked to a coreactant, such that said compound emits electrochemiluminescence when exposed to electrochemical energy.
A compound which comprises an electrochemiluminescent label including a coordinate complex of a metal, which label is linked to an electrochemiluminescence coreactant, such that said compound emits electrochemiluminescence when exposed to electrochemical energy.
A system for generating an electrochemiluminescent emission, which comprises
- (a) a compound which comprises an electrochemiluminescent label linked to a coreactant;
- (b) means for exposing said compound to electrochemical energy;
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- (c) means for detecting or measuring luminescence emitted from said compound or a composition containing same.
A system for generating an electrochemiluminescent emission, which comprises
- (a) a compound which comprises an electrochemiluminescent label including a coordinate complex of a metal, which label is linked to an electrochemiluminescence coreactant;
- (b) means for exposing said compound to electrochemical energy;
- and
- (c) means for detecting or measuring luminescence emitted from said compound or a composition containing same.
A kit for use in performing an electrochemiluminescent assay for an analyte of interest, which comprises a plurality of solutions each including a different amount of a compound which comprises an electrochemiluminescent label linked to an coreactant.
A kit for use in performing an electrochemiluminescent assay for an analyte of interest, which comprises a plurality of solutions each including a different amount of a compound which comprises an electrochemiluminescent label containing a coordinate complex of a metal, which label is linked to an electrochemiluminescence coreactant.
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