orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . december 2013 this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article includes inline citations but they are not properly formatted . please improve this article by correcting them . september 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message hycor biomedical inc. type subsidiary industry diagnostics founded 1981 headquarters indianapolis indiana area served worldwide parent linden capital partners website hycorbiomedical.com hycor biomedical inc. is an american corporation specializing in the manufacture and supply of high quality in vitro diagnostic products . majority owned by linden capital partners hycor biomedical s headquarters is located in indianapolis indiana but also has offices in garden grove california and kassel germany . 1 hycor biomedical mainly produces tests and equipment relating to allergy and autoimmune disease . 2 current equipment released by hycor includes the hytec 288 plus and the hycor ultra sensitive eia . currently hycor biomedical has an estimated 14 % market share 3 in allergy testing second to thermo fisher scientific s phadia . to increase its market share hycor has divested its urinalysis products kova and is focusing on improving allergy and autoimmune in vitro diagnostics . 4 products and services edit the most common method for allergy testing is through skin prick testing . however this method relies on examining a patient s reaction to the exposed allergen 5 and in some cases invokes large systemic reactions . 6 with a growing need for testing younger patients 7 without putting them at risk in vitro testing has become an increasingly more viable alternative . products edit hycor has developed multiple colorimetric assays . for allergy testing hycor has developed specific and total ige specific igg specific igg4 and specific ige eia tests . for autoimmune hycor also developed testing for organ specific autoantibodies systemic autoantibodies ena 6 dna autoantibodies anti nuclear cytoplasmic antibodies phospholipid autoantibodies rheumatoid autoantibodies celiac disease and circulating immune complexes . hycor also developed two devices for automating their colorimetric assays the hytec 288 plus and the hycor ultra sensitive eia a high throughput platform . both provide accurate and precise specific ige results ku l and a class of allergic response . 8 9 the hytec 288 plus also adds the ability to test for autoimmune disease and also allows user defined tests . references edit http www.hycorbiomedical.com sites usa about us http www.hycorbiomedical.com sites usa products http www.cap.org apps cap.portal nfpb true & cntvwrptlt actionoverride % 2fportlets % 2fcontentviewer % 2fshow & windowlabel cntvwrptlt & cntvwrptlt % 7bactionform . contentreference % 7d cap today % 2f1209 % 2f1209a allergy testing.html & state maximized & pagelabel cntvwr http finance.yahoo.com news hycor divests urinalysis business increase 130000788.html http www.webmd.com allergies allergy tests http www.jiaci.org issues vol16issue02 1.pdf http www.jci.org articles view 18233 http www.oregonallergy.com page12.html http www.archivesofpathology.org doi full 10.1043 2009 0518 oa .1 this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hycor biomedical inc. & oldid 743483119 categories united states manufacturing company stubscompanies based in indianapolismanufacturing companies of the united statescompanies established in 1981hidden categories orphaned articles from december 2013all orphaned articlesarticles lacking reliable references from september 2015all articles lacking reliable referencesarticles covered by wikiproject wikify from september 2015articles needing footnote reformattingall articles covered by wikiproject wikifyall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 21 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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