Patent ID: 8642355
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device comprising: a carrier having a plurality of groove formations in a face of the carrier, wherein the plurality of groove formations are formed such that, in operation, the plurality of groove formations receive test strips therein; a base opening at a first position in the face of the carrier within a first groove of the plurality of groove formations, wherein, in operation, a sample pad of a first test strip in the first groove is exposed to a fluid in contact with the face of the carrier through the base opening; a bleed port at a second position above the first position in the face of the carrier within the first groove, wherein, in operation, the sample pad of the first test strip in the first groove is exposed through the bleed port to the fluid; wherein, in operation, when the carrier is submerged in the fluid, a first fluid pressure existing at the base opening and a second fluid pressure existing at the bleed port, the first fluid pressure being greater than the second fluid pressure, a fluid pressure difference between the first fluid pressure and the second fluid pressure causing the ingress of a portion of the fluid through the base opening and the expelling of air between the base opening and the bleed port through the bleed port.