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Cotton thread as a low-cost multi-assay diagnostic platform

  • US 8,206,992 B2
  • Filed: 03/27/2009
  • Issued: 06/26/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for performing an assay on a sample comprising one or more hydrophilic testing threads defining a sample inlet zone at a proximal end, an intermediate zone distal to the inlet zone through which fluid sample is carried by capillary action, and a testing zone distal to the intermediate zone and comprising a detection reagent which reacts with a predetermined analyte to produce a detectable signal.

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