Patent ID: 6337214
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: A61K,C12N,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
A method for detecting the presence of a test material in a test sample comprises the steps of:(a) introducing a test sample and a control material into a test column, wherein the column has at least two snares, one of said snares having thereon a control capture material; at least one of said snares thereon having a target capture material specific to a corresponding test material in the test sample for which the detection is being sought, so that the control capture material will bind with the control material to form a bound control material; and the target capture material will bind with the corresponding test material to form a bound material; and wherein said snares are separate spatially one from another by an intervening air space so that said snares are not in contact with one another; (b) washing the test column to remove materials which have not been bound to the capture materials; and (c) detecting the presence of bound materials on each of the snares.