Test strip assembly for analysing bodily fluids
AssigneeInito Health Inc.
InventorsVarun AKUR VENKATESAN, Siddharth PATTNAIK, Dipankar DAS
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Abstract
A test strip assembly for dipping in a bodily fluid sample to analyze the presence or absence of one or more analytes is provided. The test strip assembly includes a basal layer, a porous membrane positioned over the basal layer to allow bodily fluid to flow in a lateral direction within the porous membrane, and a plurality of detection labels placed on the porous membrane. The detection labels receive bodily fluid flowing laterally through the porous membrane and redirect the flow in a vertical direction within the detection labels to enable interaction with reagents for analyte detection. A device including one or more such test strip assemblies is also provided.
Claims34
A test strip assembly for dipping in a bodily fluid sample to analyse a presence or absence of one or more analytes comprising:
- a basal layer;
- a porous membrane, wherein the porous membrane is present over the basal layer and the bodily fluid flows in a lateral direction in the porous membrane;
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- a plurality of detection labels placed on the porous membrane and receives bodily fluids flowing in the lateral direction in the porous membrane such that the bodily fluids then flow in a vertical direction in the detection labels.
A device for analysis of bodily fluids, by dipping the device partially in the bodily fluid, to detect presence or absence of one or more analytes comprises:
- a housing;
- one or more test strip assembly, wherein the test strip assembly is placed inside the housing;
- a top cover having an opening, wherein the opening provides a visualization of plurality of detection labels;
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- a plurality of openings present in the housing for controlling a flow of an analyte sample;
- wherein the housing controls the flow of the bodily fluids into the test strip assembly.
A method for detection of an analyte in the bodily fluid sample using a test strip assembly having a porous membrane and plurality of detection labels on the porous membrane comprising:
- dipping a device having a housing that encloses one or more test strip assembly into the bodily fluid sample by a tip;
- subjecting the device into an adapter that can be adapted to or attached to a handheld camera device;
- detecting the presence or absence of any analyte in the bodily fluid sample to obtain a result;
- conveying the results to a server;
- characterised in that the bodily fluid sample travels in a lateral direction in the porous membrane of the test strip assembly and the detection label, placed on the porous membrane, receives the bodily fluid such that in the detection label, flow of the bodily fluid sample is in vertical direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.