Patent number: 9068981

Lateral flow assays with time delayed components

Original Assignee: Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc.

Field of technology: Medical

Patent granted on: Tue, 30 Jun 2015

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Abstract

A lateral flow device may include one or more enhancement elements, where the enhancement elements bind to the analyte sandwich to increase a detection signal in the test zone. In preferred embodiments, some or all of the enhancement elements are encapsulated.