| 摘要 |
Test apparatus includes sample receiving means operable to receive a sample to be tested, sample manipulating means operable to manipulate a received sample, reagent receiving means operable to add to the received sample a reagent and result indicating means operable to indicate whether the received sample contains a substance reactable with the reagent; wherein 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 mu l. It includes manipulating means able to manipulate a small size sample and including electrical field generating means 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 electrical manipulating means for manipulating a sample, at least one micropump pumping and mixing sample with a reagent and indicator means 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. |
