Patent ID: 9606118
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,C12Q,G01N

Claim:
1. An assay kit for concurrently detecting H. influenzae, M. catarrhalis and S. pneumoniae from a mucosal sample, the assay kit comprising: a lysis buffer to lyse cells within the sample and form a single sample solution, wherein the lysis buffer comprises between 0.01% and 5% (w/w) of an anionic surfactant and between 0.1% and 15% (w/w) of an osmotic agent, wherein the anionic surfactant of the lysis buffer comprises sarkosyl and wherein the osmotic agent of the lysis buffer comprises sucrose; a cartridge containing one or more solid phase substrates holding a first agent that binds specifically to a first antigen specific to one or more sample inlets on the cartridge in fluid communication with the one or more conjugation regions; and one or more windows through which the specific regions of the solid phase substrate to which the first, second and third agents are bound may be viewed.