Analyte detection apparatus

US12208384B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Defense Diagnostics Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ahmad Hussain · Santa Monica, US
• Jeremy Ridley · Philadelphia, US
• Chris Kolb · Philadelphia, US
• Justin Bechstein · Philadelphia, US
• Ayan A. Bhandari · Roanoke, US
• Stefan Grady Foulstone · San Francisco, US
• Rose Olivieri · Philadelphia, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 21, 2024
• Grant date: Jan 28, 2025
• Expiry date: Mar 21, 2044

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01L2400/0683
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An analyte detection apparatus is disclosed and configured for testing a substance for the presence or absence of at least one target analyte. In at least one embodiment, a housing provides a mixing chamber and a testing chamber in selective fluid communication with the mixing chamber. During use of the apparatus, an end cap is disengaged from the housing, a volume of the substance is collected via a collection scoop provided by the end cap, the end cap is re-engaged with the housing, thereby introducing the substance from the collection scoop into the mixing chamber, the substance is mixed with a delivery fluid within the mixing chamber, and a mixing valve is rotated into an open position, allowing the substance to travel into the testing chamber and come into contact with a test medium, with a resulting visual indication from the test medium being viewable via a result window.