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US 9,488,585 B2Granted
Reader devices for optical and electrochemical test devices
AssigneeAbbott Point of Care Inc.
InventorsPierre Emeric, Graham Davis, Thomas Ewart, Sergey Gershtein
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Abstract
This invention relates generally to devices and methods for performing optical and electrochemical assays and, more particularly, to devices having optical and electrochemical detectors and to methods of performing optical and electrochemical assays using such devices. The present invention is particularly useful for performing immunoassays and/or electrochemical assays at the point-of-care.
Claims12
An instrument comprising:
- a housing including a cartridge receiving port configured to receive a plurality of testing cartridges, wherein said plurality of testing cartridges comprises at least two selected from the group consisting of:
- a qualitative or semi-quantitative lateral flow test device;
- a quantitative non-lateral flow test device;
- and a combined qualitative or semi-quantitative lateral flow test device and a quantitative non-lateral flow test device;
- an optical sensor within said port configured to read a first signal from an optical feature of said qualitative or semi-quantitative lateral flow test device or said combined qualitative or semi-quantitative lateral flow test device and a quantitative non-lateral flow test device;
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- an electrical connector within said port configured to mate with one or more electrodes of said quantitative non-lateral flow test device or said combined qualitative or semi-quantitative lateral flow test device and a quantitative non-lateral flow test device.
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An analyte testing system comprising:
- a plurality of testing cartridges including at least two selected from the group consisting of:
- a qualitative or semi-quantitative lateral flow test device;
- a quantitative non-lateral flow test device;
- and a combined qualitative or semi-quantitative lateral flow test device and a quantitative non-lateral flow test device;
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- an instrument including:
- a housing with a cartridge receiving port configured to receive said plurality of testing cartridges;
- a first detector comprising an electrical connector configured to connect to a quantitative electrochemical sensor in at least one of said plurality of testing cartridges;
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- a second detector comprising an optical imager configured to image an optical assay in at least one of said plurality of testing cartridges.
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An instrument comprising:
- a connector configured to mate with electrical contacts of at least two test devices selected from the group consisting of:
- a qualitative or semi-quantitative lateral flow test device;
- a quantitative non-lateral flow test device;
- and a combined qualitative or semi-quantitative lateral flow test device and a quantitative non-lateral flow test device;
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- an imager configured to image a detection zone on a lateral flow test strip on the qualitative or semi-quantitative lateral flow test device or said combined qualitative or semi-quantitative lateral flow test device and the quantitative non-lateral flow test device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.