Composition for patient sample preparation
AssigneeGenzyme Corporation
InventorRaymond Chan
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Abstract
The object of the present invention is to claim a composition which when added to a patient sample containing a target antigen in an acidic or formalin-containing transport medium neutralizes the acid and formalin while preserving immunoreactivity of the antigen allowing its detection. The composition comprises an amino glycol buffer, an amino acid, a salt, and a non-ionic detergent. A further object of the present invention is to claim a method of processing a sample by adding a composition comprising an amino glycol buffer, an amino acid, a salt, and a non-ionic detergent.
Claims5
A composition comprising an amino glycol buffer, an amino acid, a salt and a non-ionic detergent, wherein the concentration of the amino glycol buffer is about 1M.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.