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G01N 33/533 (2006.01) G01N 33/543 (2006.01) G01N 33/78 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1284620
ABSTRACT In order to measure the concentration of an analyte in a liquid sample the sample is contacted with a receptor molecule having binding sites for the analyte and labelled with a first marker, whereby a fraction of the binding sites on the receptor molecule become occupied by the analyte, the sample being contacted with such a small amount of the receptor, having regard to its affinity constant with the analyte, that only an insignificant fraction of the analyte becomes bound to the receptor. The receptor having fractionally occupied binding sites is then back-titrated by means of a back-titration tech- nique involving a system including a second marker differ- ent from the first, and the relative strengths of the two signals produced by the two markers are measured to provide a value representative of the fractional occu- pancy of the binding sites on the receptor molecule by the analyte. This value is compared with one or more corresponding values obtained in the same way using one or more standard liquid samples of known analyte concen- tration. An analytical device suitable for use in such a method comprises an extended solid substrate bear- ing at a plurality of spaced-apart locations a plur- ality of different receptors each having binding sites on their molecule for an analyte, the receptor at any one location having binding sites specific for an analyte different from the analyte for which the recep- tor at one or more other locations has specific binding sites, each of the receptors being optionally labelled with a marker. This device can be used as part of a kit for the method.
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Multilyte Limited
Ridout & Maybee Llp
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