BIOLOGISK DIAGNOSTISK ANORDNING

摘要

A biological diagnostic device and process for efficiently and accurately analyzing for an analyte to be measured in a sample of a biological fluid. The device is, in a preferred embodiment, utilized for the analysis of blood samples and consists of a diagnostic test element and a sample application unit comprising a filter element and a fluid delivery element which is in fluid contact with the test element. The delivery element comprises a layer having a plurality of grooves, or channels, in the surface thereof which is adjacent to the filter element. The fluid which passes through the filter is collected in the grooves of the delivery element and subsequently delivered to the test element. <IMAGE>