TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING OPTICAL AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ASSAYS WITH UNIVERSAL CIRCUITRY

    公开(公告)号:US20210310978A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-07

    申请号:US17350426

    申请日:2021-06-17

    摘要: This present invention relates generally to devices, systems, and methods for performing optical and electrochemical assays and, more particularly, to devices and systems having universal channel circuitry configured to perform optical and electrochemical assays, and methods of performing the optical and electrochemical assays using the universal channel circuitry. The universal channel circuitry is circuitry that has electronic switching capabilities such that any contact pin, and thus any sensor contact pad in a testing device, can be connected to one or more channels capable of taking on one or more measurement modes or configurations (e.g., an amperometric measurement mode or a current drive mode).

    COMBINED IMMUNOASSAY AND MAGNETIC IMMUNOASSAY METHODS FOR EXTENDED RANGE OF SENSITIVITY

    公开(公告)号:US20210156852A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-27

    申请号:US17165282

    申请日:2021-02-02

    摘要: The present invention relates to methods that utilize a combination of immunoassay and magnetic immunoassay techniques to detect an analyte within an extended range of specified concentrations. In particular, a method includes forming, in a biological sample, a first complex of signal antibodies and analyte, and a second complex of the first complex and capture antibodies immobilized on magnetic beads, and contacting a first immunosensor with the biological sample to form a third complex localized on or near a surface of the first immunosensor. The first immunosensor includes an immobilized layer of capture antibodies configured to bind to the analyte, and the third complex includes the first complex bound to the immobilized layer of capture antibodies. The method further includes contacting a magnetic field localized around a second immunosensor with the biological sample such that the second complex is localized on or near a surface of the second immunosensor.

    Single channel cartridge device for coagulation assays in fluid samples

    公开(公告)号:US10598675B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-24

    申请号:US16150818

    申请日:2018-10-03

    摘要: The present invention relates to analytical testing devices comprising a single channel with micro-environment sensors and methods for assaying coagulation in a fluid sample applied to the micro-environment sensors, and in particular, to performing coagulation assays using a single channel with micro-environment sensors in a point of care test cartridge. For example, the present invention may be directed to a sample analysis cartridge including an inlet chamber configured to receive a biological sample and a conduit fluidically connected to the inlet chamber. The conduit includes a sensor chip including a first micro-environment sensor and a second microenvironment sensor, and a fluid lock valve. The sample analysis cartridge further includes a pump configured to push the biological sample over the first micro-environment sensor and the second microenvironment sensor to the fluidic lock valve such that the biological sample is positioned over the first micro-environment sensor and the second micro-environment sensor.