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US 5,702,913 AGranted
Chromgen-reagent test system
AssigneeHelena Laboratories Corporation
InventorPhilip A. Guadagno
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AssigneeHelena Laboratories Corporation
InventorPhilip A. Guadagno
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An improved chromogen-reagent test system for a slide, test kit or the like has particular utility in the testing of fecal specimens for occult blood. The chromogen-reagent system may include the use of colorless guaiac which, in the presence of a developing solution and a catalyst, is oxidized to yield a predetermined color such as blue. Hydrogen peroxide is used as the developing solution and hemoglobin in the fecal specimen functions as the catalyst. The chromogen-reagent test system includes an indicator area for determining if the guaiac and the developing solution are functioning properly, i.e., the test system of the present invention verifies that the guaiac has not lost its activity nor been improperly catalyzed and that the hydrogen peroxide has not lost its activity. The indicator area includes a catalyst which has a greater stability than blood, in respect to adverse environmental conditions, such that a determination can be made if the reagents are functioning properly.
An occult blood specimen test system including a sheet member carrying a first reagent which has a color change reaction in response to the presence of a second reagent and blood, and an indicator area defined as a portion of the sheet member for indicating the functionality of the system, said indicator area including a positive indicator region for indicating the functionality of said reagents and a negative indicator region for indicating if said first reagent has been improperly catalyzed, said positive indicator region including the first reagent and a catalyst for causing the color change reaction of the first reagent in response to the presence of the second reagent, said catalyst further characterized in not reacting to adverse environmental conditions in a manner similar to hemoglobin which adverse environmental conditions would cause the first reagent to lose the ability to change color in the presence of blood and the second reagent.
A method for detecting occult blood using a receiving sheet having a specimen area and a positive indicator area, the specimen area having a reagent which undergoes a color change in the presence of blood and a developing substance, the positive indicator area including a reagent and a catalyst;
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