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US 12,458,964 B2Granted
Fluid specimen testing
AssigneeAbbott Toxicology Limited
InventorsNigel John Fairbank, Jr., Barry Lillis, Timothy John Abbott, Paul Ngui
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Abstract
Provided herein is technology relating to testing fluid specimens and particularly, but not exclusively, to apparatuses, devices, methods, systems, and kits for testing a fluid specimen, e.g. urine, saliva, or other body fluids, to detect specified chemical components in the specimen.
Claims20
An assay system for detecting an analyte, said assay system comprising:
- a) an assay device comprising an assay device cup and an assay device lid, wherein said assay device cup is configured to hold a sample and said assay device lid comprises an inlet hole, a test strip, and a vent hole that is actuatable to release an airlock and provide a metered amount of said sample to said test strip;
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- b) a reader apparatus comprising a piercing means configured to actuate said vent hole,
- wherein the test strip is between the inlet hole and the vent hole.
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A method for detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample, the method comprising:
- a) providing a sample in an assay device comprising an assay device lid and an assay device cup, wherein said assay device lid comprises an inlet hole, a test strip, and an actuatable vent hole sealed by a label wherein the test strip is between the inlet hole and the vent hole;
- b) actuating said vent hole to release an airlock to provide a metered amount of said sample through the inlet hole to said test strip;
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- c) obtaining a test result by viewing or imaging said test strip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.