ASSAY TEST STRIPS WITH MULTIPLE LABELS AND READING SAME

Application 102/DEL/2006 published 2007-08-17, filed 2006-01-13
In one aspect, an assay test strip includes a test label that specifically binds a target analyte and a control label that is free of any specific binding affinity for the target analyte and has a different optical characteristic than the test label. In another aspect, an assay test strip includes a test label that specifically binds a target analyte and at least one non-specific-binding label that is free of any specific binding affinity for the target analyte. Systems and methods of reading assay test strips also are described.

Applicant

1)AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
:395 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CALIFORNIA 94306, USA. U.S.A.

Inventor

1)PETRUNO, PATRICK T. , PETRILLA, JOHN F. & BROSNAN, MICHAEL J. 2)ZHOU, RONG 3)ROITMAN, DANIEL B.

International Info

Classification: G01N 33/50

Priority Information

11/044,394 U.S.A. 2005-01-26