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Diagnostic Devices

  • US 20110189791A1
  • Filed: 11/23/2010
  • Published: 08/04/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A platform comprising one or more dry porous membranes for detecting at least one component in a liquid sample, wherein:

  • the platform is formed from top and bottom layers comprising respective top and bottom hydrophilic surfaces that are brought into fixed face to face contact to enclose and position the membranes and form a platform flow channel and a sample application means; and

    the platform flow channel is in fluid communication with the membranes and is configured to promote increased capillary force and uniform flow of the sample by capillary action in a continuous pathway from the upstream sample application means through the platform flow channel and then to an edge of an upstream end of the membranes towards the distal end of said membranes.

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