DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ANALYTE AND IMMUNOASSAY

• Main Authors: LIN CHAO, LAUKS IMANTS R, DAVIS GRAHAM, MILLER CARY JAMES
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 09.07.2009
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; SPIRITS; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VINEGAR; WINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a substantial benefit exceeding that of the conventional art including use simplicity by an operator, quick decision for one or a plurality of analytes in situ, and a throwing away methodology for minimizing a contamination risk by an operator or a patient. SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a non-returnable cartridge that is designed so that it can adapt against an assay for deciding analytes in a biological sample, which uses various real time assay protocol, preferably an aspect of an immunosensor or a biosensor based on other ligand/ligand receptor. The cartridge provides new features for processing a sample portion measured, controlling the movement of a sample in the cartridge or a second liquid exactly and flexibly, correcting a solution by a further compound between assay methods, and constructing the immunosensor that can adapt for measuring various analytes. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT