Patent ID: 9581588
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,B01J,B01L,G01N,G16H,Y02A,Y10T

Claim:
1. A cartridge for detection of a plurality of analytes in a bodily fluid sample comprising: a housing comprising a plurality of defined locations, each of which defined locations being configured to receive a unit or a tip, wherein said unit is selected from a sample collection unit, a reagent unit, and an assay unit; a sample collection unit configured to receive the bodily fluid sample; a plurality of reagent units configured to contain reagents for running chemical reactions for detecting analytes; and a plurality of assay units, each assay unit comprising an assay tip configured to engage with a fluid transfer device and having an interior surface defining an interior region configured to receive at least a portion of the sample from the sample collection unit and to receive reagent from a reagent unit, each assay tip comprising: i) an opening configured to allow the transfer of fluids in and out of the assay tip; ii) a clear and transparent portion configured to allow passage of an optical signal therethrough; and iii) an interior surface having immobilized thereon reactants for a chemical reaction that yields a detectable optical signal indicative of the presence of an analyte in the sample; wherein said assay units may be moved by said fluid transfer device to locations within said housing effective to place fluid within said sample collection unit or within reagent units into fluid communication with said interior regions of the assay units, and wherein sample, reagents, and reactants may contact each other effective to run chemical reactions and to provide optical signals for detecting said analytes, whereby said cartridge carries said sample collection unit, said plurality of reagent units, and said plurality of assay units in said plurality of defined locations of said housing.