Patents Assigned to University of Wales College of Medicine of Heath Park
  • Luminescent labelling material and procedures
    Patent number: 6414152
    Abstract: A compound for use as a chemiluminescent label in immunoassay comprises an aryl acridinium ester linked to an N-succinimidyl moiety. The compound is conveniently linked to a monoclonal antibody or other protein and is used in a two-site immunoassay for the quantitation of an antigen of interest, by initiation of the luminescent reaction and subsequent measurement of the photonic emission of the immune complex formed during the immunological reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: University of Wales College of Medicine of Heath Park
    Inventors: Anthony Keith Campbell, James Stuart Woodhead, Ian Weeks