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Viability test device
Assignee: Bayer Corp
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Filing: 1985-02-26
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Granted: 1987-03-10
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Expires: 2005-02-26
Abstract
Abstract A viability test device wherein the viability of a test composition for the determination of an analyte of interest can be determined by simply wetting the device with ordinary water. The viability device can be prepared in three formats: a control or calibrator device, an internal control device and a self indicating device. Unreacted analyte, or an analog thereof, can be incorporated in a limited defined portion of a dried carrier matrix incorporated with a test composition to provide an internal control test device. When wetted with water, a positive optical response, usually color, indicates the test composition can provide a viable test for the analyte. The internal control test device is particularly advantageously used by diabetics in their own homes where a negative test response could be due to the desired control of the user's condition or due to deterioration of a test composition because of unfavorable storage conditions.
Inventors
- 👤 Ibrahim A. Ismail
- 👤 Paul Hemmes
- 👤 Mark T. Skarstedt
- 👤 Adam Zipp
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 17:41
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N33/00; G01N33/48; G01N33/50; G01N33/52; G01N33/521; C; C12; C12Q; C12Q1/00; C12Q1/54; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T436/00; Y10T436/10; Y10T436/104998
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
A solid state unitary test device useful for determining the viability of a test composition incorporated therein, comprising: (a) a carrier matrix; (b) a test composition for the determination of an analyte, incorporated substantially uniformly with the carrier matrix, which test composition is capable of providing a detectable optical response upon wetting of the test composition incorporated carrier matrix with water in the presence of the analyte to be determined; and (c) unreacted analyte, or analog thereof, incorporated in at least a portion of the test composition incorporated carrier matrix, at a concentration sufficient to provide a detectable optical response in the doubly incorporated carrier matrix upon wetting of the matrix with water.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
A solid state unitary test device useful for determining the viability of a test composition incorporated therein, comprising: (a) a carrier matrix; (b) a test composition for the determination of an analyte, incorporated substantially uniformly with the carrier matrix, which test composition is capable of providing a detectable optical response upon wetting of the test composition incorporated carrier matrix with water in the presence of the analyte to be determined; and (c) unreacted analyte, or analog thereof, incorporated in at least a portion of the test composition incorporated carrier matrix, at a concentration sufficient to provide a detectable optical response in the doubly incorporated carrier matrix upon wetting of the matrix with water.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The test device of claim 1 in which each detectable optical response is color.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The viability test device of claim 1 useful as a control device, in which the unreacted analyte, or analog thereof, is incorporated substantially uniformly with the entire test composition incorporated carrier matrix.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The viability test device of claim 1, useful as an internal control test device, in which the unreacted analyte, or analog thereof, is incorporated with a limited defined portion of the test composition incorporated carrier matrix.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The internal control test device of claim 4 in which each detectable optical response is color.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
146 words
The internal control test device of claim 5, useful as a self indicating device, in which the unreacted analyte, or analog thereof, is incorporated with a plurality of limited defined portions of the test composition incorporated carrier matrix, each analyte incorporation at a different concentration, and each incorporated analyte concentration is sufficient to provide a detectable optical response in each of said defined portions of the carrier matrix upon wetting of the matrix with water, which detectable optical response in each of said defined portions of the doubly incorporated carrier matrix is indistinguishable from the test composition detectable optical response developed, in a normal read time for the test device, in substantially the entire carrier matrix upon wetting of the matrix with an aqueous fluid sample containing the analyte at a concentration at least as great as the analyte incorporated concentration in said limited defined portion.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
37 words
self indicating test device of claim 6 in which the analyte is of clinical significance in a body fluid sample and the plurality of incorporated analyte concentrations are chosen to be clinically significant concentrations of the analyte.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
67 words
The internal control test device of claim 7, in which the analyte is glucose, the test composition includes glucose oxidase and an indicator system and the concentration of the glucose, or glucose analog, incorporated with the carrier matrix gives a detectable optical response which is equivalent to that given by about 100 milligrams per deciliter glucose in an aqueous fluid sample in less than about 2 minutes.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
73 words
The internal control test device of claim 4 in which the detectable optical response in said defined portion of the carrier matrix is substantially indistinguishable from the test composition detectable optical response developed, in a normal read time for the test device, in substantially the entire carrier matrix upon wetting of the matrix with an aqueous fluid sample containing the analyte at a concentration at least as great as the incorporated analyte concentration.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
The internal control device of claim 9 in which each detectable optical response is color.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
42 words
A process for determining the viability of a test device useful for the determination of an analyte in an aqueous test sample, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting the test device of claim 1 with water and (b) observing any detectable response.
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