A test device for detecting or quantifying an analyte in a test sample includes an absorbent material having separate contact and measurement portions. The contact portion is positioned at or proximate to a first end of the absorbent material. The measurement portion has a receptor for a conjugate of an analyte analog and marker-encapsulating liposomes. In a method for using the test device, a binding material specific for the analyte is combined with the liposome-analyte analog conjugate and the test sample to form a test mixture. The mixture is incubated for a time sufficient to permit competition between any analyte present and the conjugate for the binding material. Following incubation, the mixture is allowed to traverse the absorbent material from the contact portion through the measurement portion of the absorbent material. Following traversal by the test mixture, the presence or amount of marker in the measurement portion of the absorbent material is then detected and correlated with the presence or amount, respectively, of the analyte in the sample. Liposomes encapsulating an electroactive marker are used in conjunction with a test device as described above but which includes an electrochemical measurement portion in place of the measurement portion described above. Test devices and methods employing electrochemical detection or quantification of an electroactive marker corresponding to the amount of analyte in a sample may be either amperometric or potentiometric.
一种检测或定量测试样品中分析物的测试装置,包括具有分离接触和测量部分的吸收材料。接触部分位于吸收材料的第一端或靠近第一端。测量部分具有分析物类似物和标记封装脂质体的结合物的受体。在使用测试装置的方法中,将特异于分析物的结合材料与脂质体 - 分析物类似物结合物和测试样品结合形成测试混合物。混合物孵育一段足够的时间以允许任何存在的分析物与结合材料竞争。孵育后,允许混合物从接触部分穿过吸收材料到达吸收材料的测量部分。穿过测试混合物后,检测吸收材料的测量部分中的标记的存在或数量,并将其与样品中的分析物的存在或数量相对应。封装电活性标记的脂质体与上述测试装置一起使用,但是在上述测量部分的位置上包括电
化学测量部分。使用电
化学检测或定量电活性标记对应于样品中分析物量的测试装置和方法可以是安培计或电位计。