Patent ID: 8343526
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for performing a rapid blood test for an analyte of interest in a whole blood sample comprising acts of: (a) drawing a sample of blood from a patient to provide said whole blood sample; (b) applying said whole blood sample to a cartridge, wherein said cartridge comprises a binding surface within a flow cell; (c) flowing said whole blood sample over said surface by a back and forth laminar flow of said sample over said binding surface so that at least a portion of said sample contacts said binding surface, wherein said sample is flowed over said surface for a defined interval of time to immobilize an amount of said analyte on said surface; (d) measuring said amount of said analyte immobilized to said surface; (e) determining, from said amount, a concentration value of said analyte in said sample that differs from the actual plasma concentration of said analyte in said sample by no more than 20%; wherein said determining act does not include a hematocrit correction.