Patent ID: 7033775
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for determining the presence of one or more analytes in a sample suspected of containing any of a plurality of said analytes, said method comprising: (a) providing in combination in a medium (i) said sample, (ii) a binding partner for each of said analytes, (iii) for each of said analytes, a first reagent that of a conjugate comprising a member of a signal producing system, a ligand and an analyte analog, (iv) a second reagent comprising a binding partner for said ligand, wherein the binding, to said ligand, of said binding partner for said ligand alters the signal produced by said member of a signal producing system if one or more of said analytes are present in said sample, and (b) measuring said altered signal, the amount thereof being related to the presence of one or more of said analytes in said sample.