Patent ID: 7838258
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: B01L,G01N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A diagnostic test method for detecting the presence of an analyte within a test sample, comprising: placing a first end of a sample meter in contact with the test sample and absorbing at least a portion of the test sample with the sample meter; filtering the absorbed test sample with a filtering section of the sample meter that is adjacent to the first end of the sample meter; storing the filtered test sample that passes through the filtering section in a storage section that is adjacent to the filtering section in the sample meter; inserting the sample meter through an opening in a housing of an assay device after the meter has been used for absorption, filtering, and storage of the test sample, the housing including a membrane disposed therein having a detection region and a collection region; said insertion step causing the storage section of the sample meter to be disposed in fluid communication with the collection region of the membrane such that the filtered test sample is transferred from the storage section of the sample meter to the collection region of the membrane for subsequent migration to the detection region; and cutting or scoring the sample meter along the storage section so as to present a desired length of the storage section to the collection region of the membrane.