Patent 7713474 was granted and assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. on May, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A device for detecting an analyte in a fluid sample includes a liquid permeable composition for making a physical separation between compositions of the sample or for reacting with components. The liquid permeable composition has adhesive properties and can be used to make a multi-layered test strip or the composition can be used in the sample wells of microfluidic devices.