Patent ID: 6268209
Filing Date: 2001-07-31
Classification: B01J,B01L,C12M,G01N

Abstract:
An assay device for determination of the amount of an analyte in a sample, said device comprising:a pipette having two open ends, one of said open ends being tapered for uptake of liquid;an elongate support structure in said pipette and comprising at least one surface; anda plurality of discrete sample uptake islands, each of said uptake islands being on said elongate support structure, each of said islands being adapted to hold an aliquot of liquid and being sized, shaped, and formed of a material suitable to hold said aliquot within said uptake island, said uptake islands containing at least one reagent for the detection of an analyte said device will not provide any positive response for said analyte in the absence of a said analyte present in a sample applied to said device.