Multi-Analyte Test Strip for Fertility Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional fertility testing methods are inconsistent and unreliable, requiring multiple tests to monitor various parameters like E3G, LH, PdG, and FSH, making them time-consuming and frustrating for users, and failing to provide effective data for predicting fertility status in females.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented system and method using a handheld device with test strips that simultaneously determine the concentrations of E3G, LH, PdG, and FSH in a biological sample, reacting with detector reagents and biochemicals to produce characteristic colors, allowing the user device to analyze and calculate fertility levels based on these reactions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional fertility testing methods are used to monitor multiple parameters (E3G, LH, PdG, FSH), then comprehensive fertility assessment can be achieved, but the testing process becomes time-consuming and requires multiple separate tests
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple fertility parameter tests (E3G, LH, PdG, FSH) into a single integrated test strip system. The test strip contains multiple detection zones, each equipped with specific antibodies that simultaneously detect different analytes in one biological sample application, eliminating the need for multiple separate tests and reducing total testing time while maintaining comprehensive fertility assessment capability
Solution Approach 2:
The test strip is designed as a universal platform capable of detecting multiple fertility-related analytes through a single device. The strip incorporates universal components including a sample application area, multiple conjugate pads with different antibodies, and a common detection system that can universally assess all four parameters (E3G, LH, PdG, FSH) simultaneously, providing multi-functional fertility monitoring in one test
2Measurement precision
If conventional fertility testing methods are used with multiple separate tests, then each parameter can be measured individually, but the process becomes complex and frustrating for users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual parameter tests into a single integrated test strip that simultaneously measures E3G, LH, PdG, and FSH levels. The strip uses multiple detection zones with specific antibodies for each analyte, all processed through a unified system, thereby reducing procedural complexity while preserving the precision of individual parameter measurements through simultaneous detection
Solution Approach 2:
The test strip is segmented into distinct functional zones, each dedicated to detecting a specific analyte (E3G zone, LH zone, PdG zone, FSH zone). Each zone contains specialized antibodies and reagents optimized for its target parameter, allowing precise individual measurement while organizing the complexity into manageable, spatially-separated segments that simplify the overall user process
3Reliability
If conventional fertility testing methods are used relying on parameter variation during ovulation cycle, then fertility status can be monitored, but the results become unreliable due to inconsistency in parameter variation
Solution Approach 1:
The test strip serves as a universal monitoring platform that simultaneously tracks multiple fertility parameters (E3G, LH, PdG, FSH) throughout the ovulation cycle. By measuring all four parameters together rather than relying on variation of single parameters, the system adapts to individual cycle variations and provides more reliable fertility predictions through comprehensive multi-parameter analysis that accounts for inter-parameter relationships
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables accurate, personal, and home-based fertility testing with a single test, providing reliable data on fertility levels and ovulation status, reducing the need for multiple tests and improving user experience by offering efficient and effective fertility monitoring.
Implementation Method 1
reacting each of the plurality of analytes with corresponding biochemical reagent at the corresponding detecting zone producing a characteristic colour on one or more control lines for each of the plurality of analytes
Implementation Method 2
wherein the corresponding biochemical reagent is covalently attached to magnetic and electronically charged labels
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention relates to a computer-implemented system [100] and method [300] for determining and monitoring multiple health conditions in a female body based on analytes present in a biological sample of said body. In an embodiment, the system [100] comprises test strips [110A-110N] coupled with a user device [130]. When said biological sample is poured on the test strip [110], the sample is pre-treated followed by reactions comprising (if) reaction between pre-treated sample and a detector reagent; (ii) reaction between each analyte of the reacted sample with corresponding biochemical reagent thereby producing a characteristic colour for each analyte. The information relating to the reactions is transmitted to the user device [130] that further determines a concentration value of each analyte based on said reactions. The user device [130] then analyses a comparison between the measured concentration value and pre-defined concentration value of each analyte to determine the fertility level.