Patents Assigned to Idexx, Corp.
  • Method and apparatus for assaying whole blood
    Patent number: 4939096
    Abstract: A method of assaying a sample of whole blood for one member of a specific binding pair, the method involving treating the sample with salt to alter the red blood cells in the sample to decrease their ability to pass through filter media, exposing the resulting sample to a filter which retains the red blood cells but allows the passage therethrough of filtrate of the sample containing the member of the specific binding pair, and measuring the member of the filtrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1990
    Assignee: Idexx, Corp.
    Inventor: Quentin J. Tonelli