Poc test system and method
AssigneeDst Diagnostces System & Technologies GmbH
InventorsMarc DANGERS, René RÜBENHAGEN
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a test system or an assay system (detection system) and test method preferably for use in the Point-of-Care (PoC) field.
Claims20
-19. (canceled)
A test method for the detection of at least one analyte from a sample fluid comprising two sample chambers, which are separated by a carrier having at least two surfaces, wherein a front side of the carrier points towards the first sample chamber and a rear side of the carrier points towards the second sample chamber, and
- a) at least one receptor molecule is fixed on the front side of a carrier,
- b) at least one free volume is formed over each of the front side and rear side of the carrier and is delimited in each case by a chamber wall,
- c) the first sample chamber has at least two openings, wherein a sample fluid flows through a first opening along a flow gradient over the front side of the carrier to the second opening distanced from the carrier,
- d) the second sample chamber has at least two openings, wherein the sample fluid flows through a first opening from the first sample chamber along a flow gradient over the rear side of the carrier and preferably in a direction opposite the flow on the front side of the carrier to the second opening,
- e) the second opening of the first sample chamber and the first opening of the second sample chamber are interconnected by a channel,
- f) the second opening of the second sample chamber enables the discharge of the fluid,
- g) the free volumes from b.) are formed at least partially with a fluid column,
- h) wherein the flow gradient along the front and rear side of the carrier is provided by means of pressure application and entrains the fluid column from g.).
A test method for the detection of at least one analyte from a sample fluid, comprising two sample chambers, which are separated by a carrier having at least two surfaces, wherein a front side of the carrier points towards the first sample chamber and a rear side of the carrier points towards the second sample chamber, and
- a) at least one receptor molecule is fixed on the front side of a carrier,
- b) at least one free volume is formed over each of the front side and rear side of the carrier and is delimited in each case by a chamber wall,
- c) the sample fluid is divided into the sample chambers via a channel branching into two channels, wherein each leads into a respective one of the two sample chambers, wherein the sample fluid flows in each case through a first opening along a flow gradient over the front and rear side of the carrier to a second opening distanced from the carrier,
- d) the second opening in each of the sample chambers transitions in each case into at least one channel, which enables the discharge from the sample chambers,
- e) the free volumes from b.) are formed at least in part with a fluid column,
- f) wherein the flow gradient along the front and rear side of the carrier is produced by means of pressure application and entrains the fluid column from e.).
A kit consisting of a test system having two sample chambers, which are separated by a carrier having at least two surfaces, containing a carrier together with fixed receptor molecules for carrying out a binding assay with an inlet and outlet, wherein a free space exists to the chamber ceiling and chamber base, and optionally a further auxiliary chamber, which is fluidically connected to the sample chamber, together with a means for pressure application and further auxiliaries and additives.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.