Patent ID: 7488608
Filing Date: 2009-02-10
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. The method for reducing non-specific binding in a binding assay for the determination of an analyte in a sample, said method comprising: providing in combination in an assay medium said sample and reagents for conducting said binding assay wherein one of said reagents comprises a specific binding member for said analyte and one of said reagents comprises a solid support comprising a second polysaccharide, wherein a soluble compound comprising a protein linked to a first polysaccharide is included in said assay medium in an amount sufficient to reduce non-specific binding and wherein said protein does not bind to any of said reagents or for said analyte, incubating said combination, examining said assays medium for the presence of a complex comprising said specific binding member and said analyte wherein the presence of said complex indicates the presence of said analyte.