PoC test system and method
AssigneeDst Diagnostische Systeme & Technologien GmbH
InventorsMarc Dangers, René Rübenhagen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a test system or an assay system (detection system) and test method preferably for use in the Point-of-Care (PoC) field.
Claims18
A test method for the detection of at least one analyte from a sample fluid in a first sample chamber and a second sample chamber, which are separated by a carrier having at least two surfaces, wherein a front side of the carrier points towards the first sample chamber and a rear side of the carrier points towards the second sample chamber, and
- a) at least one receptor molecule is fixed on the front side of a carrier,
- b) at least one free volume is formed over each of the front side and rear side of the carrier and is delimited in each case by a chamber wall,
- c) the first sample chamber has at least two openings, wherein a sample fluid flows through a first opening along a flow gradient over the front side of the carrier to the second opening distanced from the carrier,
- d) the second sample chamber has at least two openings, wherein the sample fluid flows through a first opening in the second sample chamber from the first sample chamber along a flow gradient over the rear side of the carrier,
- e) the second opening of the first sample chamber and the first opening of the second sample chamber are interconnected by a channel,
- f) the second opening of the second sample chamber enables discharge of the fluid,
- g) the free volumes from b.) are formed at least partially with a fluid column,
- h) wherein the flow gradient along the front and rear side of the carrier is provided by means of pressure application and entrains the fluid column from g.).
A test method for the detection of at least one analyte from a sample fluid, comprising two sample chambers, which are separated by a carrier having at least two surfaces, wherein a front side of the carrier points towards the first sample chamber and a rear side of the carrier points towards the second sample chamber, and
- a) at least one receptor molecule is fixed on the front side of the carrier,
- b) at least one free volume is formed over each of the front side and rear side of the carrier and is delimited in each case by a chamber wall,
- c) the sample fluid is divided into the sample chambers via a first channel branching into two additional channels, wherein each leads into a respective one of the two sample chambers, wherein the sample fluid flows in each case through a first opening along a flow gradient over the front and rear side of the carrier to a second opening distanced from the carrier,
- d) the second opening in each of the sample chambers transitions in each case into at least one channel, which enables the discharge from the sample chambers,
- e) the free volumes from b.) are formed at least in part with a fluid column,
- f) wherein the flow gradient along the front and rear side of the carrier is produced by means of pressure application and entrains the fluid column from e.).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.