Patent ID: 9594082
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B01L,G01N

Claim:
1. An apparatus for the detection of an analyte in a sample comprising: at least a first measurement channel comprising a detection reactant corresponding to the analyte to be detected; and at least a microstructure associated with the first measurement channel, wherein: when the apparatus is in use, the sample is introduced into the first measurement channel and propagated by way of the first measurement channel towards the microstructure such that the analyte, if it is present in the sample, interacts with the detection reactant to form a networked product, and the microstructure is configured to filter the networked product such that the networked product is collected by the microstructure and non-networked particles of the sample pass through the microstructure, wherein the microstructure comprises physical elements that are physically configured to present a physical barrier to networked products having at least one of a minimum physical size or a particular physical shape such that the networked products having at least one of the minimum physical size or particular physical shape do not flow past the microstructure while non-networked particles of the sample flow through the microstructure.