# US 12,761,218 B2 · Microfluidic immunoassay chip and microfluidic line immunoassay method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,761,218 B2 - Document ID: US12761218B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/015,646 - Filed: 2021-08-20 - Published: 2023-08-10 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-09-08 - Assignees: Shenzhen Yhlo Biotech Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Shenzhen Yhlo Biotech Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yanping Zheng; Xiaoyu Cheng; Daoshun Wei; Chungen Qian; Kunhui Hu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12761218B2 ## CPC - G01N 33/54366: {Apparatus specially adapted for solid-phase testing} - G01N 33/581: {with enzyme label (including co-enzymes, co-factors, enzyme inhibitors or substrates)} - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) ## Abstract The present disclosure relates to a microfluidic immunoassay chip and a microfluidic line immunoassay method. The microfluidic immunoassay chip includes a loading cell, a reaction and detection cell, a washing cell, an enzyme storing cell, a substrate cell, and a termination cell, and a waste liquid cell. A detection membrane strip is disposed in the reaction and detection cell and coated with a capture antigen or a capture antibody. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A microfluidic immunoassay chip, comprising at least one detection unit and having a rotation center, wherein the detection unit comprises: a loading cell provided with a loading hole; a reaction and detection cell being in communication with the loading cell, the reaction and detection cell being provided with a detection membrane strip coated with a capture antigen or a capture antibody; a washing cell configured to be pre-filled with a buffer solution, the washing cell being in communication with the reaction and detection cell; an enzyme storing cell configured to be pre-filled with an enzyme labelled antibody, the enzyme storing cell being in communication with the reaction and detection cell; a substrate cell configured to be pre-filled with a reaction substrate for the enzyme labelled antibody, the substrate cell being in communication with the reaction and detection cell; a termination cell configured to be pre-filled with a reaction terminating liquid, the termination cell being in communication with the reaction and detection cell, the reaction and detection cell being configured to receive the reaction terminating liquid released from the termination cell; and a waste liquid cell configured to receive a waste liquid discharged from the reaction and detection cell, the waste liquid cell being in communication with the reaction and detection cell; wherein the reaction and detection cell is further away from the rotation center than the loading cell, the washing cell, the enzyme storing cell, the substrate cell, and the termination cell, and is closer to the rotation center than the waste liquid cell. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 1, further comprising a valve disposed between the reaction and detection cell and each of the loading cell, the washing cell, the enzyme storing cell, the substrate cell, and the termination cell. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 1, wherein the reaction and detection cell comprises a plurality of detection slots spaced from each other, and the detection membrane strip is a plurality of detection membrane strips embedded in the plurality of detection slots in a one-to-one correspondence. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 3, wherein a height difference between a top surface of each detection membrane strip and a top edge of a side wall of a corresponding detection slot is about 20 μm to about 200 μm. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 1, wherein the detection unit further comprises a dilution cell configured to be pre-filled with a diluent; the dilution cell is further away from the rotation center than the loading cell and closer to the rotation center than the reaction and detection cell; the dilution cell is in communication with the loading cell through a siphonic channel; and the reaction and detection cell is in communication with the loading cell through the dilution cell. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 5, wherein the siphonic channel from one end thereof being in communication with the loading cell extends in a direction towards the rotation center, bends at a position closer to the rotation center than the loading cell, and extends in a direction away from the rotation center, thereby being in communication with the dilution cell. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 1, wherein the detection unit further comprises a precipitation cell being in communication with the loading cell, and the precipitation cell is further away from the rotation center than the loading cell. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 1, wherein the capture antigen is an autoantibody target detection substance or an allergen. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 8, wherein the autoantibody target detection substance is selected from dsDNA, nucleosome, Ku antigen, histone, ssDNA, SM antigen, nRNP, RIB-P, AMA-M2, Jo-1 antigen, SSA, or SSB. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 8, wherein the allergen is selected from pollen, mite, mold, cat hair, dog epithelium, cockroach, house dust, or grass allergens. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 1, wherein the washing cell is at least three washing cells each being in communication with the reaction and detection cell. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 1, wherein the detection unit further comprises an excess sample cell being in communication with the loading cell, and a distance between the excess sample cell and the rotation center is equal to a distance between the loading cell and the rotation center. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 1, wherein the detection unit further comprises a venting hole and a gas channel, the venting hole is closer to the rotation center than the washing cell, the enzyme storing cell, the substrate cell, and the termination cell; the washing cell, the enzyme storing cell, the substrate cell, and the termination cell each are in communication with the venting hole through the gas channel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 13, wherein a width of the gas channel is about 50 μm to about 100 μm, and a height of the gas channel is about 50 μm to about 100 μm. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 13, further comprising a bar code disposed on the detection unit. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) A microfluidic line immunoassay method, comprising: providing the microfluidic immunoassay chip of claim 1; loading a sample liquid into the loading cell through the loading hole; centrifuging the microfluidic immunoassay chip, releasing the sample liquid from the loading cell into the reaction and detection cell, and incubating the sample liquid with the detection membrane strip; releasing the buffer solution from the washing cell into the reaction and detection cell to perform a first washing; releasing the enzyme labeled antibody from the enzyme storing cell into the reaction and detection cell, and incubating the enzyme labeled antibody with the detection membrane strip; releasing the buffer solution from the washing cell into the reaction and detection cell to perform a second washing; releasing the reaction substrate from the substrate cell into the reaction and detection cell, and incubating the reaction substrate with the detection membrane strip; releasing the buffer solution from the washing cell into the reaction and detection cell to perform a third washing; releasing the reaction terminating liquid from the termination cell into the reaction and detection cell to terminate the reaction; detecting a reaction result from the reaction and detection cell. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein in the releasing the sample liquid from the loading cell into the reaction and detection cell, the sample liquid is released from the loading cell into a dilution cell and diluted, and then the diluted sample liquid is released from the dilution cell into the reaction and detection cell. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein in the releasing the sample liquid from the loading cell into the reaction and detection cell, the sample liquid is stratified by centrifugation and an impurity in the sample liquid is precipitated into a precipitation cell, and the sample liquid after the precipitation is released from the loading cell into the reaction and detection cell. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein in the releasing the sample liquid from the loading cell into the reaction and detection cell, excess sample liquid is forced into an excess sample cell. ### Claim 20 A microfluidic immunoassay chip, comprising at least one detection unit and having a rotation center, wherein the detection unit comprises: a loading cell provided with a loading hole; a reaction and detection cell being in communication with the loading cell, the reaction and detection cell being provided with a detection membrane strip coated with a capture antigen or a capture antibody; a washing cell configured to be pre-filled with a buffer solution, the washing cell being in communication with the reaction and detection cell, the reaction and detection cell being configured to receive the buffer solution released from the washing cell; an enzyme storing cell configured to be pre-filled with an enzyme labelled antibody, the enzyme storing cell being in communication with the reaction and detection cell; a substrate cell configured to be pre-filled with a reaction substrate for the enzyme labelled antibody, the substrate cell being in communication with the reaction and detection cell; a termination cell configured to be pre-filled with a reaction terminating liquid, the termination cell being in communication with the reaction and detection cell, the reaction and detection cell being configured to receive the reaction terminating liquid released from the termination cell; and a waste liquid cell configured to receive a waste liquid discharged from the reaction and detection cell, the waste liquid cell being in communication with the reaction and detection cell; wherein a side of the reaction and detection cell adjacent to the rotation center is further away from the rotation center than the loading cell, the washing cell, the enzyme storing cell, the substrate cell, and the termination cell, and a side of the reaction and detection cell away from the rotation center is closer to the rotation center than the waste liquid cell.