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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1998
Philip-Michael Formica, Lübeck, DE;
Rainer Polzius, Lübeck, DE;
Andreas Manns, Lübeck, DE;
Abstract
A test strip for the immunochemical detection of substances after sampling from surfaces, with a conjugate zone (,) located between an eluent application zone (,) at one end of the test strip and a reaction zone (,) at the opposite end, the zones being in liquid connection with one another. A section of the test strip in the area including the eluent application zone and the reaction zone is used to wipe off the surface and as a sampling zone (,). The eluent application zone may be used as a sampling zone. The test strip is connected to a preferably flexurally rigid test strip holder (,), which does not cover the sampling zone (,).