Test cassette for fluid analyses
First Claim
1. A process for detecting analytes from fluid samples by means of a test cassette, the process comprising:
- providing a housing with an inlet opening and with a reservoir for receiving a fluid sample with the analyte;
providing a separate carrier platform, which can be displaced horizontally in said housing selectively toward, and selectively away from, said reservoir;
providing a plurality of flexible, strip-like capillary-active detection elements, for analytes, on the carrier platform in the housing;
inserting a fluid sample into the reservoir in the housing of the test cassette;
providing a reading/evaluating device;
placing said housing with said carrier platform in a reading/evaluating device;
said reading/evaluating device selectively moving said carrier platform inside said housing from an inoperative position toward said reservoir to deflect the detection elements such that the detection elements dip into the reservoir for receiving the fluid sample;
said reading/evaluating device selectively moving said carrier platform away from said reservoir to remove the detection elements from the reservoir and arrange said carrier platform in a reading/evaluating position; and
measuring a biochemical detection reaction by means of said reading/evaluating device on the capillary-active detection elements in said reading/evaluating position to determine the concentration of the analytes.
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Abstract
A test cassette for the detection of analytes from fluid samples is provided which has a housing (1, 2) with an inlet opening and with a reservoir for receiving a fluid sample containing the analyte. A separate carrier platform (3) can be horizontally displaced in the housing (1, 2), for fixing one or more flexible, strip-like, capillary-active detection elements. The carrier platform (3) in the housing (1, 2) is designed such that the capillary-active detection elements are deflected from the longitudinal direction of the strips and dip into the fluid sample in the reservoir during a lateral motion of the carrier platform (3).
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11 Claims
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1. A process for detecting analytes from fluid samples by means of a test cassette, the process comprising:
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providing a housing with an inlet opening and with a reservoir for receiving a fluid sample with the analyte; providing a separate carrier platform, which can be displaced horizontally in said housing selectively toward, and selectively away from, said reservoir; providing a plurality of flexible, strip-like capillary-active detection elements, for analytes, on the carrier platform in the housing; inserting a fluid sample into the reservoir in the housing of the test cassette; providing a reading/evaluating device; placing said housing with said carrier platform in a reading/evaluating device; said reading/evaluating device selectively moving said carrier platform inside said housing from an inoperative position toward said reservoir to deflect the detection elements such that the detection elements dip into the reservoir for receiving the fluid sample; said reading/evaluating device selectively moving said carrier platform away from said reservoir to remove the detection elements from the reservoir and arrange said carrier platform in a reading/evaluating position; and measuring a biochemical detection reaction by means of said reading/evaluating device on the capillary-active detection elements in said reading/evaluating position to determine the concentration of the analytes.
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2. A test cassette system for the detection of analytes from fluid samples, the system comprising:
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a housing with an inlet opening and with a reservoir for receiving a fluid sample with the analyte; a separate carrier platform selectively movably arranged in said housing in a direction selectively toward said reservoir, and selectively away from said reservoir; a carrier platform strip mount for supporting one or more flexible, strip-like capillary-active detection elements; and deflection means for deflecting the capillary-active detection elements into said reservoir; a reading/evaluating device for reading/evaluating the detection elements in a reading/evaluating position, said reading/evaluating device receiving said housing and said carrier platform, said reading/evaluating device including an actuator selectively moving said carrier platform relative to said housing in a direction selectively toward said reservoir, and selectively away from said reservoir. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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