| 摘要 |
Test apparatus includes a sample receiver operable to receive a sample to be tested, a sample manipulator operable to manipulate a received sample, a reagent receiver operable to add to the received sample a reagent, and a result indicator operable to indicate whether the received sample contains a substance reactable with the reagent. Two or more of the elements of the apparatus are provided on a common substrate. The apparatus is designed to test small size samples, for example a drop of blood or less, typically a sample of the order of 5 mul. It includes a manipulator able to manipulate a small size sample and an electrical field generator operable to move a sample under test through the apparatus. The elements of the apparatus are provided on a common substrate and the apparatus includes an electrical manipulator for manipulating a sample, at least one micropump pumping and mixing sample with a reagent and an indicator for indicating whether the reagent has indicated the existence of a specified component within the sample under test. The apparatus can be in the form a kit which provides a sterile, disposable, consumable laboratory-on-a-chip device.
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