Flexible Testing Vessel with Partitioned Compartments
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional testing vessels fail to simultaneously and effectively absorb analyte extracts for multiple test pieces, leading to incomplete testing due to differences in immersion and absorption rates, preventing the examination of multiple items when test pieces are immersed sequentially.
Innovation Solution
A flexible testing vessel with a partition that divides the analyte extract space into multiple compartments, allowing for simultaneous or sequential immersion of multiple test pieces under identical conditions, ensuring uniform analyte distribution and absorption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If multiple test pieces are simultaneously immersed in an analyte extract in a traditional testing vessel, then testing efficiency is improved, but absorption uniformity deteriorates due to differences in position and absorption rate
Solution Approach 1:
The testing vessel is divided into multiple compartments by partitions, with each compartment containing a single test piece. This segmentation ensures that each test piece absorbs analyte extract independently and uniformly, eliminating the absorption uniformity problems that occur when multiple test pieces are placed in a single container. The vessel body includes a first compartment, second compartment, and additional compartments, each isolated from others to maintain consistent absorption conditions.
2Manufacturing precision
If test pieces are immersed sequentially in a traditional testing vessel, then absorption uniformity is maintained, but testing time increases and multiple items cannot be tested simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The vessel body is segmented into multiple independent compartments, each capable of holding a test piece and analyte extract simultaneously. This allows multiple tests to proceed in parallel while maintaining the absorption uniformity that would otherwise require sequential processing. The partitions prevent cross-contamination and ensure each test piece absorbs analyte at the same rate as if it were alone.
Solution Approach 2:
Each compartment in the vessel body serves the same function of holding a test piece and analyte extract for testing. This multi-functionality allows the single vessel to perform multiple tests simultaneously, combining the benefits of sequential testing (uniform absorption) with the efficiency of parallel processing. The standardized compartment design enables consistent testing conditions across all tests.
3Reliability
If a first test piece is immersed followed by a second test piece, then the first test piece completely absorbs the analyte extract, but the second test piece cannot be tested
Solution Approach 1:
The vessel body is divided into separate compartments by partitions, with each compartment containing its own analyte extract and test piece. This segmentation prevents the first test piece from absorbing all the analyte extract, as each compartment maintains its own separate supply. The partitions physically isolate the test pieces, ensuring that each test can be completed fully without depleting the analyte extract needed for other tests.
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 efficient and accurate testing of multiple items using the same analyte extract, ensuring that all test pieces can absorb the analyte extract without interference, allowing for simultaneous or sequential testing of different items with high detection probability and economic efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
a partition axially extending in the vessel body, the partition dividing an analyte extract containable space in the vessel body into two or more compartments
Implementation Method 2
test pieces can simultaneously or sequentially absorb the analyte extract
Implementation Method 3
assays using membranes, in particular, nitrocellulose membranes for antigen-antibody reaction
Data Source
AI summary
A testing vessel 1 includes a flexible vessel body 10 having a bottom and a hollow shape; and a partition 11 axially extending in the vessel body 10 and dividing an analyte extract containable space 50 in the vessel body 10 into two or more compartments. The testing vessel 1 enables two or more items to be readily tested with two or more test pieces.