Analyte detector and analyte detection method
OwnerJohn C. McNeirney, William H. Burns JR. +1inventors
InventorsJohn C. McNeirney, William H. Burns JR., Roberta Burns
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Abstract
The invention relates to an analyte detector and an analyte detection method. An analyte detector according to the invention may include a first variable volume reagent container and a sample receiving cup in fluid communication with the first variable volume reagent container. The detector may include a capture chamber in fluid communication with the first variable volume reagent container and the sample receiving cup. The detector may include a first antibody residing in the capture chamber, the first antibody being specific for an analyte of interest. A method according to the invention involves using a detector such as that described above.
Claims40
An analyte detector, comprising:
- a first variable volume reagent container;
- a sample receiving cup in fluid communication with the first variable volume reagent container;
- a capture chamber in fluid communication with the first variable volume reagent container and the sample receiving cup;
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- a first antibody residing in the capture chamber, the first antibody being specific for an analyte of interest.
An analyte detection method, comprising:
- providing an analyte detector having a first variable volume reagent container with a first reagent therein, and having a sample receiving cup in fluid communication with the first variable volume reagent container, and having a capture chamber in fluid communication with the first variable volume reagent container and the sample receiving cup, and having a first antibody residing in the capture chamber, the first antibody being specific for an analyte of interest;
- providing a sample of body fluid in the sample receiving cup;
- reducing the volume of the first variable volume reagent container to force the first reagent toward the capture chamber;
- determining whether the first antibody combined with the analyte of interest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.