System and a device for detecting a target analyte

A diagnostic testing device comprising

• a plurality of detection chambers, each comprising a receptacle for a sample container containing a sample to be tested for a diagnostic feature,
• a plurality of sensors, each sensor being assigned to a respective one of the detection chambers,
• energy supply means
• a wireless or wirebound data interface
• a controller, and
• a data memory,
• wherein the plurality of detection chambers is arranged in a geometric pattern and wherein
• the data memory comprises a data structure wherein for each detection chamber a plurality of entries are provided that each are assigned to one individual detection chamber, the plurality of entries assigned to an individual detection chamber comprising at least an entry that indicates the presence or absence of a testing chamber in the individual detection chamber and an entry that indicates a detection or non-detection of the diagnostic feature by the sensor of the individual testing chamber,
• the controller is configured
• to read out the sensors and to determine whether the detection chamber assigned to a respective sensor contains a sample container and to generate a signal indicating presence or absence of a sample container in the individual detection chamber,
• to compare the signal indicating presence or absence of a sample container in the individual detection chamber with an entry in a data structure to which the respective detection chamber is as-signed, said entry indicating the need for a sample container in that individual detection chamber,
• to generate a first signal if the comparison indicates that a need for a sample container in that individual detection chamber is not met,
• wherein the controller is further configured
• to read out the sensors of those detection chambers that contain a sample container,
• to determine whether or not an output signal of the sensor indicates the presence of the diagnostic feature, and
• to cause an entry in the data structure that is assigned to the detection chamber for which the sensor indicated that the diagnostic feature was detected, said entry indicating the detection of the diagnostic feature,
• wherein the data structure can be configured via the data interface by means of an external device.