Patent ID: 7470540

Claim:
A method for integrated synthesis and analyte determination on a support, comprising the following steps: a) providing a support body ( 2 ), b) conducting a liquid containing particles ( 46 ) into or onto the support body ( 2 ), c) permanently immobilizing the particles ( 46 ) on at least one inner or outer surface ( 45 ) of the support body ( 2 ), d) conducting a liquid which contains receptors or building blocks (A, B) for synthesizing polymeric receptors over the immobilized particles ( 46 ), e) coupling the receptors or receptor building blocks (A, B) location-specifically, time-specifically or both to the immobilized particles ( 46 ) at predetermined positions of the support body ( 2 ), f) repeating, where appropriate, (d) and (e), until the desired receptors have been synthesized on the immobilized particles ( 46 ) at predetermined positions of the support body, g) contacting the receptors with a sample containing the analyte to be determined, and h) determining the analyte via binding to the receptors which are coupled to the immobilized particles ( 46 ).