Systems and methods for combined vertical/lateral flow blood separation technologies with cotinine detection

Abstract

A system for determining a level of cotinine in a sample includes a test strip system configured to receive a sample, the test strip system including a first lateral flow test strip and a second lateral flow test strip, the first and second lateral flow test strips each having an overlapping but non-identical range for cotinine. The system further includes a meter configured to receive the test strip, wherein the meter is configured to read the test strip and detect a level of cotinine.

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Problems solved by technology

Current point-of-care or near-patient settings are limited to qualitative testing of urine and saliva, complicating sample collection and sample processing

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