Integrated disposable chip cartridge system for mobile multiparameter analyses of chemical and/or biological substances
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1. Disposable chip cartridge system for conducting mobile multi-parameter analyses of chemical and/or biological substances, comprising:
- a) a replaceable measuring chip cartridge module, comprisingsample inlets for the introduction of a sample substance into the measuring chip cartridge module,at least one separate reagent inlet for the introduction of reagents into said measuring chip cartridge module,a measuring chip, the surface of which at least partially confines two analysis cells each with two openings, such that a liquid comprising said sample substance can pass into the analysis cells through a first opening for sample analysis, as well astwo separate channel systems, in which said sample substance can be conveyed from said sample inlets to said analysis cells and said reagents can be conveyed from the at least one reagent inlet to said analysis cells, wherein said channel systems do not comprise solid reagents, and no other substances apart from air and/or inert gas, prior to the introduction of said sample substance via said sample inlets and/or said reagents via at least the one reagent inlet;
as well asb) a replaceable reagent module designed as a uniform block, having two or more reagent cylinders for receiving reagents, wherein each cylinder is designed with a drive system including a drive piston for conveying said sample substance as well as said reagents in the system and a cylinder outlet for the liquid-tight connection to a reagent inlet of the measuring chip cartridge module,wherein the cylinder outlets of the replaceable reagent module are closed by a membrane, and the respective reagent inlet or inlets of said measuring chip cartridge module include a hollow needle for puncturing said membrane,wherein said two identical analysis cells on said surface of said measuring chip designed for the analysis of samples correspond to said two separate channel systems, for simultaneously processing the sample substance and reference substance for the calibration of the sample analysis, andwherein said two separate channel systems are configured to be connected to two different reagent cylinders via the respective hollow needle and wherein the respective drive systems of said two different reagent cylinders include a coupling designed for synchronously operating the two drive systems.
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The invention relates to a measuring chip cartridge module conducting mobile multi-parameter analyzes of chemical and/or biological substances, comprising
- a sample inlet for the extraneous introduction of a sample substance into said measuring chip cartridge module,
- at least one separate reagent inlet for the extraneous introduction of reagents into said measuring chip cartridge module,
- a measuring chip, the surface of which—designed for sample analysis—at least partially restricts an analysis cell with two openings, such that a liquid surrounding said sample substance can pass into the analysis cell through a first opening for the sample analysis, as well as
- a channel system, in which said sample substance can be conveyed from said sample inlet to said analysis cell and said reagents can be conveyed from at least the one reagent inlet to said analysis cell, wherein
- said channel system has no solid reagents, preferably no other substances apart from air and/or inert gas, prior to the introduction of said sample substance via said sample inlet and/or said reagents via at least the one reagent inlet. Furthermore, the invention relates to a system containing a replaceable cartridge module and likewise replaceable reagent storage and processing module, as well as a process for conducting sample analyzes in this system.
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1. Disposable chip cartridge system for conducting mobile multi-parameter analyses of chemical and/or biological substances, comprising:
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a) a replaceable measuring chip cartridge module, comprising sample inlets for the introduction of a sample substance into the measuring chip cartridge module, at least one separate reagent inlet for the introduction of reagents into said measuring chip cartridge module, a measuring chip, the surface of which at least partially confines two analysis cells each with two openings, such that a liquid comprising said sample substance can pass into the analysis cells through a first opening for sample analysis, as well as two separate channel systems, in which said sample substance can be conveyed from said sample inlets to said analysis cells and said reagents can be conveyed from the at least one reagent inlet to said analysis cells, wherein said channel systems do not comprise solid reagents, and no other substances apart from air and/or inert gas, prior to the introduction of said sample substance via said sample inlets and/or said reagents via at least the one reagent inlet; as well as b) a replaceable reagent module designed as a uniform block, having two or more reagent cylinders for receiving reagents, wherein each cylinder is designed with a drive system including a drive piston for conveying said sample substance as well as said reagents in the system and a cylinder outlet for the liquid-tight connection to a reagent inlet of the measuring chip cartridge module, wherein the cylinder outlets of the replaceable reagent module are closed by a membrane, and the respective reagent inlet or inlets of said measuring chip cartridge module include a hollow needle for puncturing said membrane, wherein said two identical analysis cells on said surface of said measuring chip designed for the analysis of samples correspond to said two separate channel systems, for simultaneously processing the sample substance and reference substance for the calibration of the sample analysis, and wherein said two separate channel systems are configured to be connected to two different reagent cylinders via the respective hollow needle and wherein the respective drive systems of said two different reagent cylinders include a coupling designed for synchronously operating the two drive systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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