Patents by Inventor Kent E. Opheim

Kent E. Opheim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4803170
    Abstract: An immunoassay device including one or more reaction chambers, each adapted to receive and retain a volume of test fluid in fluid communication with nonoverlapping first, second, and third reagent-bearing surfaces. To the first surface is reversibly bound an analyte conjugate: analyte component conjugated to one or more components, termed ligand/marker, that serve ligand and marker functions as described herein. Analyte binding partner is immobilized on the second surface, and ligand/marker binding partner is immobilized on the third surface. The reaction chamber is preferably configured to receive and direct the test fluid sequentially past the first second, and third reagent surfaces. In use, analyte conjugate solubilized from the first surface completes with any analyte in the test fluid for analyte binding partner sites on the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Assignee: Ultra Diagnostics Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas H. Stanton, James A. Clagett, Deborah C. Schindele, George E. Renzoni, Niels H. Andersen, Kent E. Opheim