Quantitative non-instrumental immunoassay and device using coloured particles
OwnerErling Sundrehageninventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a reproducible method of analysis for determining the concentration of one or several analytes in a sample, a device for performing the method, use of the method to perform specific analysis and a kit for performing the method.
Claims32
A quantitative chemical method of analysis for determining concentrations of one or several analytes in a sample, characterized in that a sample containing the analyte or analytes is mixed with a reagent contained in a container, wherein the reagent contains signal-providing substance(s), thus providing a mixture which is subsequently absorbed by a fluid-transmitting material contained in a fluid-transmitting device after coupling of the container to the fluid-transmitting device, and simultaneously or afterwards bringing the fluid-transmitting device in contact with a fluid-receiving device containing a fluid-receiving material which includes immobilized reagents with specific binding capacity for the analyte or analytes, or immobilized analyte molecules or analogues or derivates or fragments thereof, wherein the mixture is transported out in the porous fluid-receiving material in the said other fluid-receiving device and create a pattern wherein the pattern or area of the pattern or area of the pattern elements are utilized as a measure of the concentration of analyte or analytes in the sample.
A device for performing a method for determining concentrations of one or several analytes in a test sample, characterized in comprising a liquid leak proof container for mixing of the test sample with a reagent, a fluid-transmitting device which contains a fluid-transmitting material, and a fluid-receiving device which contains a fluid-receiving material, assembled such that the fluid-transmitting device is able to be contacted with the content of the said container through a liquid leak proof port and contacted with the fluid-receiving device containing the fluid-receiving material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.