Device for assaying analytes in bodily fluids

摘要

A device for determining the presence and/or quantity of one or more analytes in a sample of human body fluid has a container for receiving a sample of body fluid, with an interior that is delimited by a base and by a circumferential surface. It further comprises at least one test strip and a holding element for receiving and holding the one or more test strips. The holding element is designed such that it has a shape corresponding and adapted to the peripheral circumferential surface of the container. The device further comprises an elongate sampling element having an absorbent sampler that takes up the sample of body fluid and by means of which the sample of body fluid is transferred into the container. The sampling element can include an indicator strip for determining whether the amount of liquid sample sufficient for carrying out an assay.

主权项

1. A device for determining the presence of one or more analytes in a sample of human body fluid, comprising:
a container for receiving a sample of body fluid, an interior that is delimited by a base and by a circumferential surface, the circumferential surface having an inner face; a plurality of test strips, each including an absorbent section and reagents for determining a presence of analytes in the sample of body fluid; a holding element for receiving and holding the plurality of test strips at the inner face, said holding element having a shape corresponding to the inner face of the circumferential surface of the container; and an elongate sampling element including an insertion element and an absorbent sampler at a first end of the insertion element, the absorbent sampler being insertable into the container for transfer of the sample of body fluid into the container wherein the body fluid may be absorbed by the plurality of test strips, wherein at least one of the insertion elements and the absorbent sampler includes an indicator for indication of the presence of the liquid sample of sufficient quantity for the carrying out of the assay for determining the presence of the analytes in the sample.