Patent ID: 8343775

Claim:
A method for improving the statistical significance of readings from a single sample, the method comprising: a) placing a first assay on a microparticle media for reading by an instrument, the first assay comprising: i) m number of SMPCS-IDG assays targeted at a common analyte; ii) wherein each said SMPCS-IDG assay is designed to exhibit a different response curve to said common analyte based on a difference in affinity constant to the analyte; iii) wherein each said SMPCS-IDG assay comprises n number of SMPCS assays; iv) wherein each said SMPCS assay is designed to have an affinity to said common analyte and wherein the affinity of each SMPCS-IDG is identical; v) wherein m is an integer of at least 2 and n is an integer of at least 1; b) obtaining an SMPCS reading from each said SMPCS assay in each said SMPCS-IDG, wherein there are n number of SMPCS readings for each of said m number of SMPCS-IDG assays.