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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2017
Siemens Healthineers Nederland B.v., The Hague, NL;
Jeroen Hans Nieuwenhuis, Waalre, NL;
Markus Hendrikus Van Roosmalen, Berkel-Enschot, NL;
Per Venge, Uppsala, SE;
Siemens Healthineers Nederland B.V., The Hague, NL;
Abstract
A system () for detecting an analyte of interest in a sample is disclosed that comprises a measurement chamber () for metering the sample and including a defined concentration of an activator () causing the generation of a product when interacting with the analyte of interest, a heating element () thermally coupled to the measurement chamber, a controller () adapted to control the heating element such that the measurement chamber is maintained at a defined temperature (T), a sensor () adapted to detect said product, a timer () adapted to time an interaction time between the sample and the activator; and a processor () responsive to the sensor and the timer. The processor is adapted to, upon addition of the sample to the measurement chamber, determine an amount of the analyte of interest in the sample from a sensor signal indicative of an amount of said product in the measurement chamber provided by the sensor prior to termination of said interaction; known interaction kinetics between the analyte of interest and the activator at the defined temperature and the defined concentration; and the interaction time at time of generation of the sensor signal. A method of detecting an analyte of interest in a sample using such a system is also disclosed.