Analyte test system using non-enzymatic analyte recognition elements

• Main Authors: STIENE MATTHIAS, KUHLMEIER DIRK, HORSTKOTTE ELKE, JONES EURIG WYN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.02.2010
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR ENZYMOLOGY OR MICROBIOLOGY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ENZYMOLOGY; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPIRITS; TESTING; VINEGAR; WINE

An analyte test element for the qualitative and/or quantitative determination of at least one analyte in a physiological or aqueous sample fluid having a first surface (2a) and a second surface (4a) in a predetermined distance opposite from each other, said both surfaces are provided with two substantially equivalent patterns forming areas of high and low surface energy which are aligned mostly congruent, whereby the areas of high surface energy (6, 6') create a sample distribution system with at least two detection areas (6a, 6'a), said at least one of the detection areas (6a, 6'a) of the first and second surfaces (2a, 4a) is provided with at least one non-enzymatic recognition element (32). The analyte test element is suitable for analyte test systems evaluating the affinity reaction between an analyte of interest and a recognition element and therefore provides a suitable test system to perform immunoassays, receptor-assays, or other affinity assays with a simple test element containing qualitative or quantitative calibration mechanisms suitable for point of care and home settings.