Methods and devices for integrating analyte extraction, concentration and detection

    公开(公告)号:US11635432B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US16751114

    申请日:2020-01-23

    IPC分类号: G01N33/558 G01N33/543

    摘要: Disclosed herein are devices and methods that use aqueous two phase systems and lateral flow assays to detect target analytes in a sample. These devices and methods may be used to diagnose a disease or condition in a biological sample, such as blood or serum. In addition, these devices and methods may be used to detect allergens in a food samples or contaminants, such as environmental toxins, in water samples. Device and kit components may be conveniently assembled in a portable container and are amenable to actuation in most settings. The devices are simple to use, requiring a non-trained operator to simply add the sample to the device. Conveniently, the time it takes to detect the target analyte is very short. Thus, the devices and methods disclosed herein provide novel and useful means for point-of-care.

    TIME-RESOLVED IMMUNOQUANTITATION TEST STRIP FOR DETECTING TETRODOTOXIN IN SHELLFISH FOOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230081132A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-16

    申请号:US17884792

    申请日:2022-08-10

    摘要: The present invention discloses a time-resolved immunoquantitation test strip for detecting tetrodotoxin (TTX) in shellfish food, which belongs to the technical field of rapid detection of time-resolved immunoassay. In the present invention, fluorescent microspheres are adopted to replace the traditional colloidal gold; the fluorescent microsphere is used for labeling a TTX antibody complex; by utilizing a competitive immunization method, the fluorescent microsphere, serving as a fluorescent probe, is used for immunochromatography; and by reading the fluorescence value of a detection line on a fluoroimmunoassay instrument, the TTX in shellfish samples can be analyzed quantitatively and rapidly. The time-resolved immunoquantitation test strip of the present invention can be used for detecting the content of the TTX in various types of shellfish food quantitatively and rapidly and is strong in specificity and high in sensitivity, wherein when the concentration of the TTX is 0.5-40 ng/mL, the logarithmic value of the concentration has a linear relationship with T/To, a linear equation is: Y=0.57365-0.2668LgX, R2=0.9940, and the limit of detection can reach 0.047 ng/mL.

    Electric, Magnetic, and RF Sensor Based Methods to Register and Interpret Lateral Flow Assay Measurements

    公开(公告)号:US20230067165A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US18053052

    申请日:2022-11-07

    申请人: Xtrava, Inc.

    摘要: A method for reading a lateral flow assay test strip comprises providing a microwave antenna in proximity of a stain line region of the test strip. The method includes causing a chemical compound to travel to the stain line region, an amount of the chemical compound varying in accordance with a quantity of an analyte. The method comprises connecting an instrumentation to the microwave antenna. The method includes measuring a feed impedance of the microwave antenna using the instrumentation, the feed impedance of the microwave antenna varying with the amount of the chemical compound. The method comprises determining the quantity of the analyte based on the feed impedance of the microwave antenna.

    NASAL IRRIGATION DIAGNOSTIC ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20230032349A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-02

    申请号:US17888396

    申请日:2022-08-15

    摘要: A nasal irrigation diagnostic assembly comprising an irrigation device including a fluid collection portion structured to retain a biological sample, in the form of waste solution from the nasal cavity resulting from irrigation. A detection member disposed on said irrigation device is exposed to the biological sample and is structured to determine the existence of at least one analyte within the biological sample of the waste solution. The detection member comprises a plurality of detection zones individually structured to analyze the biological sample upon engagement therewith, wherein said plurality of zones include at least a reaction zone and a detection zone, which respectively include reagents cooperatively and collectively formulated to detect the existence of the at least one analyte within biological sample of the waste solution. A control zone may also be included to indicate the intended operability of at least the detection member.

    Microfluidic devices having isolation pens and methods of testing biological micro-objects with same

    公开(公告)号:US11565259B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US16683798

    申请日:2019-11-14

    IPC分类号: B01L3/00 G01N33/558

    摘要: A microfluidic device can comprise at least one swept region that is fluidically connected to unswept regions. The fluidic connections between the swept region and the unswept regions can enable diffusion but substantially no flow of media between the swept region and the unswept regions. The capability of biological micro-objects to produce an analyte of interest can be assayed in such a microfluidic device. Biological micro-objects in sample material loaded into a microfluidic device can be selected for particular characteristics and disposed into unswept regions. The sample material can then be flowed out of the swept region and an assay material flowed into the swept region. Flows of medium in the swept region do not substantially affect the biological micro-objects in the unswept regions, but any analyte of interest produced by a biological micro-object can diffuse from an unswept region into the swept region, where the analyte can react with the assay material to produce a localized detectable reaction. Any such detected reactions can be analyzed to determine which, if any, of the biological micro-objects are producers of the analyte of interest.

    Immunoassay for the determination of Fc-region modified antibodies

    公开(公告)号:US11561229B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-24

    申请号:US15988939

    申请日:2018-05-24

    摘要: Herein is reported a method for the determination of the amount of a bivalent antibody in a serum or plasma sample obtained from a non-human experimental animal, whereby the antibody comprises one or more mutations in the Fc-region compared to the corresponding wild-type Fc-region that has a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 01, 02, or 03, wherein the method comprises the following steps a) immobilizing a non-antibody polypeptide to which more than one copy of the antigen of the antibody is covalently conjugated on a solid surface, b) incubating the immobilized antigen with the sample to form an immobilized antigen-antibody complex, c) incubating the immobilized antigen-antibody complex with the antigen conjugated to a detectable label to form an immobilized ternary complex, and d) determining the amount of the antibody by determining the amount of the detectable label in the immobilized ternary complex.