Integrated disposable chip cartridge system for mobile multiparameter analyses of chemical and/or biological substances

Abstract

The invention relates to a measuring chip cartridge module (5) for carrying out mobile multiparameter analyses of chemical and / or biological substances, comprising . a sample inlet (13) for introducing a sample substance into the measuring chip cartridge module (5) from the outside, . at least one reagent inlet separate from said sample inlet for introducing reagents into the measuring chip cartridge module from the outside, . a measuring chip (7) with a surface which is provided for the sample analysis and which at least partly delimits an analysis cell with two openings such that a fluid surrounding the sample substance can reach the analysis cell through a first opening for the purpose of a sample analysis, and . a channel system (10) in which the sample substance can be transported from the sample inlet to the analysis cell and in which the reagents can be transported from the at least one reagent inlet to the analysis cell, wherein . the channel system (10) does not have any solid reagents, preferably no substances other than air and / or protective gas, before the sample substance is introduced via the sample inlet and / or before the reagents are introduced via the at least one reagent inlet. The invention further relates to a system consisting of such a replaceable cartridge module and a likewise replaceable reagent storing and processing module and to a method for carrying out sample analyses in said system.

Description

Technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a disposable measurement chip cartridge module (hereinafter also referred to as a measurement chip cartridge module, a measurement chip cartridge or a cartridge for short), which is used to implement preferably movable multi-parameter analysis of chemical and / or biological substances, especially for detection And / or determine the concentration of the target substance in the liquid sample. In addition, the present invention relates to a disposable chip cartridge system (hereinafter also referred to as a system for short) having a replaceable measuring chip cartridge module, and a method for implementing this type of analysis in such a system. [0002] Such systems are used in the field of mobile, reproducible chemical and biochemical analysis, especially in the field of point-of-care-diagnostik. The goal here is to abandon the traditional stationary laboratory analysis with unavoidable waiting time, and replace it with a meth...

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Problems solved by technology

[0027] - contamination of analyzer components, especially fluid components, due to contact with liquids, which requires laborious repairs and care;

[0028] - Complicated and laborious production and supply of consumables

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