Multi-test kit
AssigneeInfiniplex Ltd.
InventorZe'ev RUSSAK
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Abstract
A prefabricated multi-test kit, the kit that comprises a plurality of reaction cells, each one of at least two of the reaction cells holding reagents of a respective, different set of at least two tests selected from a group consisting of a plurality of different tests, the tests being distributed among the reaction cells in a manner that leaves reagents of each different one of the tests of the group in a respective different sub-combination of the reaction cells, and allows any sub-combination of the reaction cells to be indicative of a sub-group comprising all positive tests of the group when each reaction cell of the sub-combination that is indicative of the sub-group, contains an at least one positive test and none of the remaining reaction cells contain a positive test.
Claims17
A multi-test kit, the multi-test kit comprising:
- a plurality of reaction cells, each one of at least two of said reaction cells holding a respective, different set of at least two tests selected from a group consisting of a plurality of different tests, the tests of the group being distributed among the reaction cells in a manner that leaves each different one of the tests of the group in each reaction cell of a respective different sub-combination of said reaction cells, and allows any sub-combination of said reaction cells to be indicative of a sub-group comprising all positive tests of the group when each reaction cell of the sub-combination that is indicative of the sub-group, contains an at least one positive test and none of the remaining reaction cells contain a positive test, such that the reaction cells are fewer than the tests being distributed among the reaction cells.
A method of manufacturing a multi-test kit, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of reaction cells;
- and
- distributing a group consisting of a plurality of tests among the reaction cells, by adding each different one of the tests of the group to each reaction cell of a respective different sub-combination of the reaction cells and leaving a set of at least two of the tests of the group in each respective one of at least two of the reaction cells, in a manner that allows any sub-combination of the reaction cells to be indicative of a sub-group comprising all positive ones of the tests of the group when each reaction cell of the sub-combination that is indicative of the sub-group, contains at least one positive test and none of the remaining ones of the reaction cells contain a positive test, such that the reaction cells are fewer than the tests being distributed among the reaction cells.
A method of carrying out a plurality of tests using a multi-test kit, the method comprising:
- receiving data identifying for each respective one of the plurality of tests, all reaction cells of the multi-test kit that contain an at least one positive test when the respective one of the plurality of tests is positive;
- dividing a sample among a plurality of reaction cells of the multi-test kit,
- each one of at least two of the reaction cells of the kit holding a respective, different set of at least two tests selected from the plurality of tests, the tests being distributed among the reaction cells in a manner that leaves each different test of the plurality of tests in each reaction cell of a respective different sub-combination of the reaction cells, and allows any sub-combination of the reaction cells to be indicative of a sub-group comprising all positive tests of the plurality of tests when each reaction cell of the sub-combination that is indicative of the sub-group, contains an at least one positive test and none of the remaining reaction cells contain a positive test, such that the reaction cells are fewer than the tests being distributed among the reaction cells;
- measuring a physical property over each cell of the reaction cells of the kit that holds at least one of the tests;
- for each one of the reaction cells of the kit that holds at least one of the tests, determining whether the reaction cell contains an at least one positive test, based on said measuring;
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- based on said determining and using the received data, identifying a subgroup comprising all positive tests of the plurality of tests.
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