DEVICE FOR SIMULTANEOUS AND RAPID DETERMINATION IN SALIVA OF THE FERTILITY HORMONES ESTRADIOL, PROGESTERONE, LUTEINIZING HORMONE AND PROLACTIN
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Device for simultaneous and rapid determination of the fertility hormones estradiol, progesterone, luteinizing hormone and prolactin in saliva comprising a biosensor (10) provided with four working electrodes (12, 13, 14, 15), an auxiliary electrode (11) and a reference electrode (16) and a single potentiostatic circuit (2) having a single channel, which shares the auxiliary and reference electrodes, a multiplexer (3) to multiplex the signals from the four working electrodes, a transimpedance amplifier (4), an analog-digital signal converter (5) and a controller (6).
The object of the present invention is to provide a device capable of detecting the four hormones characteristic of the fertile cycle by means of a small volume of saliva maintaining reliabilitiy and with a compact equipment.



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