Patent ID: 7972871

Claim:
A method for identification of an analyte from a plurality of samples, comprising: a. providing a testing device comprising a housing, wherein said housing comprises a) a sample application matrix, wherein said sample application matrix comprises a plurality of desiccated samples applied at discrete locations on said sample application matrix, and b) an aperture in said housing to receive a insertable testing element and hold said testing element in direct liquid-conductive communication with said sample application matrix; wherein said sample application matrix and said aperture are configured such that said plurality of samples are combined and flow onto said testing element upon rehydration of said samples; b. inserting an insertable testing element into said aperture in said housing; c. rehydrating said desiccated samples by applying sufficient solvent, wherein analytes from said samples are aggregated and flow onto said testing element; d. identifying said analyte in the aggregated sample using said testing element.