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Test device for detection of an analyte

US5985675A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 31, 1997
Grant dateNov 16, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 31, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S436/81
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A test device, system and method, the device composed of an elongated, toothbrush-shaped, transparent, plastic housing and a lateral-flow test strip for the detection of an analyte, such as a beta-lactam in milk, in the housing, the housing having an expansion cavity to receive expanded, liquid-contacted, absorbing material in the test strip, and to control lateral flow rate and times in the test strip.

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