This invention enables increased
throughput of diagnostic tests, doubling, tripling, or even further the number of tests per
cartridge, and is therefore considered highly environmentally and ecologically friendly. Simultaneously, it provides multiple potentially life-saving test results for one or more patients. The present invention relates to an
in vitro diagnostic (IVD) testing
system (1a, 1b) for performing multiple diagnostic assays, wherein the IVD testing
system (1a, 1b) comprises: a test carrier (2) including a sample application port (3) configured to receive a sample fluid (30); a
test region (4) including a common recessed
assay membrane region (4a) and a sample release port (4b) for releasing at least one portion (30, 30a) of the sample fluid (30) into the common recessed
assay membrane region (4a); and a microfluidic sample channel
system (5) configured to guide the at least one portion (30, 30a) of the sample fluid (30) from the sample application port (3) to the sample release port (4b); the IVD testing system (1a, 1b) further comprises: a first
assay membrane (6) positioned in the common recessed assay
membrane region (4a) and configured to release the sample fluid (30) from the sample application port (3) into the sample release port (4b). The sample release port (4b) receives a first portion of the at least one (30, 30a) of the sample fluid (30) and indicates at least one first
analyte (31a) in the first portion of the at least one (30, 30a) of the sample fluid (30); and a second assay membrane (7) is positioned adjacent to the first assay membrane (6) in the common recessed assay membrane region (4a) and is configured to receive a second portion of the at least one (30, 30a) of the sample fluid (30) from the sample release port (4b) and indicate at least one second
analyte (31b) in the second portion of the at least one (30, 30a) of the sample fluid (30) and / or indicate at least one first
analyte (31a) in the second portion of the at least one (30, 30a) of the sample fluid (30) with a sensitivity range different from that of the first assay membrane (6).