Patent ID: 6096269
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for rapidly detecting an analyte in a volume of biological fluid, wherein the volume is as low as five to ten microliters, said device comprising:a) means for detecting said analyte; andb) a separation matrix vertically adjacent, compressed to and coincident with said detection means such that analyte applied to said separation means can move from said separation matrix to said detection means, wherein said separation matrix and said detection means are under a volume compression of between 14 to 43 percent;c) a cover portion having an aperture, the cross-sectional area of which aperture is less than 90 percent of the cross-sectional area of said separation matrix; andd) a base portion containing an access means to allow detection of an analytical signal generated by the detection means.