摘要 |
Disclosed is a system for rapidly detecting the presence of an infectious agent in a biological sample. The system comprises a single biosensor reagent including at least one antibody specific for a predetermined infectious agent and a bioluminescent agent, a single-use disposable test cartridge (300) and a testing unit (100) adapted to receive the single-use, disposable test cartridge (300). The single-use, disposable test cartridge (300) includes a reservoir card and a test cartridge base. The test cartridge base is configured to accept the reservoir card and wherein the test cartridge base further includes a single reaction chamber with the shape of a revolved half ellipse and an inlet channel connected to the reaction chamber, wherein the inlet channel is positioned above the reaction chamber at an angle of 15-60 degrees above the horizontal. |