摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide modular point-of-care devices, and uses thereof.SOLUTION: Point-of-care methods have proven to be extremely useful in monitoring disease and therapy (for example, blood glucose systems in diabetes therapy, prothrombin time measurement in anticoagulant therapy using Warfarin). In an aspect, a cartridge is disclosed for automated detection of an analyte in a bodily fluid sample comprising: an array of addressable assay units configured to run a chemical reaction that yields a detectable signal indicative of the presence or absence of the analyte; and an array of addressable reagent units, where an individual addressable reagent unit is addressed to correspond to an individual addressable assay unit of the array of assay units, and where the individual reagent units are configured to be calibrated in reference to the corresponding individual assay unit before the arrays are assembled on the cartridge. |