NZ752685B2 - Method and analysis system for testing a sample - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure is concerned with the field of bioanalytics. Described methods concern in particular testing a sample by means of an analysis system. The problem addressed by the present embodiments is to provide a method for testing an in particular biological sample, a computer program product and an analysis system, it being possible to achieve a high level of flexibility and reliability. The claimed solution involves using an analysis system that comprises a method for testing a sample by means of an analysis system, the analysis system comprising a cartridge for receiving the sample, the analysis system comprising an analysis device for receiving the cartridge and subsequently carrying out a test using the received cartridge, the cartridge supporting different tests on the sample, which can also be carried out separately, wherein at least two different pieces of control information, which are stored in a database, are provided that correspond to the different tests, wherein for the different tests, the sample is conveyed and/or treated in different manners specific to the respective tests, and in that the method comprises unblocking only certain of said pieces of control information for the cartridge, thus the certain pieces of control information being enabled for selection, being enabled for retrieval and/or the control using only the certain of said pieces of control information being enabled; and/or blocking for the cartridge one or ones of said different pieces of control information, said blocked pieces of control information thus being prevented from being selected, being prevented from being retrieved and/or the control using said blocked pieces of control information being prevented, selecting and/or using at least one unblocked piece or certain unblocked pieces of said control information for carrying out the test using the cartridge. uct and an analysis system, it being possible to achieve a high level of flexibility and reliability. The claimed solution involves using an analysis system that comprises a method for testing a sample by means of an analysis system, the analysis system comprising a cartridge for receiving the sample, the analysis system comprising an analysis device for receiving the cartridge and subsequently carrying out a test using the received cartridge, the cartridge supporting different tests on the sample, which can also be carried out separately, wherein at least two different pieces of control information, which are stored in a database, are provided that correspond to the different tests, wherein for the different tests, the sample is conveyed and/or treated in different manners specific to the respective tests, and in that the method comprises unblocking only certain of said pieces of control information for the cartridge, thus the certain pieces of control information being enabled for selection, being enabled for retrieval and/or the control using only the certain of said pieces of control information being enabled; and/or blocking for the cartridge one or ones of said different pieces of control information, said blocked pieces of control information thus being prevented from being selected, being prevented from being retrieved and/or the control using said blocked pieces of control information being prevented, selecting and/or using at least one unblocked piece or certain unblocked pieces of said control information for carrying out the test using the cartridge.

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(12) Granted patent specificaon (19) NZ (11) 752685 (13) B2 (47) Publicaon date: 2021.12.24 (54) METHOD AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR TESTING A SAMPLE (51) Internaonal Patent Classificaon(s): B01L 3/00 G01N 35/00 (22) Filing date: (73) Owner(s): 2017.10.05 Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GmbH (23) Complete specificaon filing date: (74) Contact: 2017.10.05 FB Rice Pty Ltd (30) Internaonal Priority Data: (72) Inventor(s): EP 16020387.3 2016.10.07 SCHOEDER, Heinz WUERZ, Kai (86) Internaonal Applicaon No.: (87) Internaonal Publicaon number: WO/2018/065118 (57) Abstract: The present disclosure is concerned with the field of bioanalycs. Described methods concern in parcular tesng a sample by means of an analysis system. The problem addressed by the present embodiments is to provide a method for tesng an in parcular biological sample, a computer program product and an analysis system, it being possible to achieve a high level of flexibility and reliability. The claimed soluon involves using an analysis system that comprises a method for tesng a sample by means of an analysis system, the analysis system comprising a cartridge for receiving the sample, the analysis system comprising an analysis device for receiving the cartridge and subsequently carrying out a test using the received cartridge, the cartridge supporng different tests on the sample, which can also be carried out separately, wherein at least two different pieces of control informaon, which are stored in a database, are provided that correspond to the different tests, wherein for the different tests, the sample is conveyed and/or treated in different manners specific to the respecve tests, and in that the method comprises unblocking only certain of said pieces of control informaon for the cartridge, thus the certain pieces of control informaon being enabled for selecon, being enabled for retrieval and/or the control using only the certain of said pieces of control informaon being enabled; and/or blocking NZ 752685 B2 for the cartridge one or ones of said different pieces of control informaon, said blocked pieces of control informaon thus being prevented from being selected, being prevented from being retrieved and/or the control using said blocked pieces of control informaon being prevented, selecng and/or using at least one unblocked piece or certain unblocked pieces of said control informaon for carrying out the test using the cartridge.

Method and analysis system for testing a sample The present disclosure relates to a method according to the preamble of claim 1, or a computer program product, and to an analysis system according to the preamble of claim 18.

Preferably, the present disclosure deals with analysing and testing a sample, in particular from a human or animal, particularly preferably for analytics and diagnostics, for example with regard to the presence of diseases and/or pathogens and/or for determining blood counts, antibodies, hormones, steroids or the like. Therefore, the present disclosure is in particular within the field of bioanalytics. A food sample, environmental sample or another sample may optionally also be tested, in particular for environmental analytics or food safety and/or for detecting other substances.

Preferably, by means of the present disclosure, at least one analyte (target analyte) of a sample can be determined, identified or detected. In particular, the sample can be tested for qualitatively or quantitatively determining at least one analyte, for example in order for it to be possible to detect or identify a disease and/or pathogen.

Within the meaning of the present disclosure, analytes are in particular nucleic-acid sequences, in particular DNA sequences and/or RNA sequences, and/or proteins, in particular antigens and/or antibodies. In particular, by means of the present disclosure, nucleic-acid sequences can be determined, identified or detected as analytes of a sample, and/or proteins can be determined, identified or detected as analytes of the sample. More particularly preferably, the present disclosure deals with systems, devices and other apparatuses for carrying out a nucleic-acid assay for detecting or identifying a nucleic-acid sequence and/or a protein assay for detecting or identifying a protein.

The present disclosure deals in particular with what are known as point-of-care systems, i.e. in particular with mobile systems, devices and other apparatuses, and deals with methods for carrying out tests on a sample at the sampling site and/or independently and/or away from a central laboratory or the like. Preferably, point-of-care systems can be operated autonomously and/or independently of a mains network for supplying electrical power.

US 5,096,669 discloses a point-of-care system for testing a biological sample, in particular a blood sample. The system comprises a single-use cartridge and an analysis device. Once the sample has been received, the cartridge is inserted into the analysis device in order to ‐ 2 ‐ carry out the test. Th e c artridge co m prises a m icrofluidic syst em a nd a sens o r appar a tus comprising electrodes, which appa r a tus is calibrated by means o f a calibr ation liquid and is then used t o test t he s a m ple.

Furtherm ore , WO 20 06/1 2 5 7 6 7 A 1 di scloses a point‐of‐care system for int egrated and automat e d DNA or protei n analysi s, comprising a single‐use c art ridge and an analysis device for ful ly automatically p rocessing and evaluating molecu lar‐diagnostic analyses using th e sin g le‐use c artridge. Th e c a rtridge is desi g ned t o re c e ive a sample, in particular blood, and in particular allows c ell disruption, PCR and det ect io n of PCR amplification products, which are bond ed to c a ptur e molecules and provided wi th a l abe l enz ym e, in order for it t o be possible to d et ect b o nded PCR amplificatio n products or nucleic sequenc e s as target an aly t es in wh at i s known as a redox cyclin g process.

US 20 11/ 02 53 22 4 A 1 di s closes a f e e d back contr o l in m icrofl uidic systems. The control of fluids involves the use of feedb a ck f ro m o n e or m o r e processes or events t a k i ng plac e in the microfluidic system. For inst anc e , a detect or m ay det ect o n e or more flu i ds at a measur em en t zon e a nd, u s ing this dat a, a c ontrol s y stem m ay d et ermin e wh e ther t o modulate subsequent fluid flow i n the microfluidic system. Howe ver, th e re is no hint h ow to achi e ve a m ore fle x ibl e use. More o v er, there is no hint re g arding any particular evaluation procedures.

US 20 14/ 02 96 08 9 A 1 di s closes syst ems and methods for multi‐anal ysis an d sample processing. A device m ay b e provide d , capable of r eceivin g th e sample, and performing one or more of a sample preparation, sample a ssa y, and det ect i on step . T he device may be capable of performing multiple a ssays. A cartridge may be a uni versal c art r idge th a t ca n be configured for the s ame selecti on o f t ests. Howeve r, there is n o hint regardi ng wh e ther specific tests can b e selec t ed o r how the universal cartridge i s used. Moreo v er, there is no hint regardi ng any partic ular evalu a ti on procedur es.

US 20 02/ 13 72 18 A1 discloses devices and meth ods for usin g c e ntr ipetal acceleration to drive fluid m o ve ment in a microfluidic s system. T h e inv entio n p rovides a microsystem platform and a micromanipulation d e v i ce for m ani p ulating the pl atform that utilizes the centripetal force resulting fr o m r o tati on of th e platform to motivate fluid movement through mic r o‐channels. The micro sy stem plat f or ms are optio nall y provided having system i nfor matics and d ata acqu isition, analysis and storage a nd retrieval infor matics encoded on the surface of the disk opposite to the surf ac e cont ai ning the flui d ic compon ents. Th e plat for m co m prises multiple si m i lar devices. I t ca n b e sele cted to run a n exh a ustive or limited set of dia gnostics. However, as ther e is n o hint how t o do this a nd whether identical tests are sele ctable. Further, there is no hi nt r egardin g e v a luatio n 40 handling app arent. A n ext e nd o f det a il a nd a m etho d of rep ortin g ca n b e sel e c ted, ‐ 3 ‐ howev e r, thi s does not m ean that an evaluati on of measur e men t r esults wer e conducted or influ enced.

Point‐of‐c are systems ar e genera lly s pecifically designed for a particular test, in order to thus provide a co m pact a nd the refore transportabl e form.

T he problem addressed by the p resent embodiments is to p rovide a meth od for t esting an in particular biologic al sample, a computer program product and an an alys is system, it being possible to achieve a hi g h level of fl e xibility and reliability .

This probl e m is solv ed b y a m e thod according to c laim 1 or 14, by a computer progr a m product according to cl a im 27 or by an analysis system accordin g t o clai m 2 8 or 40.

Advant ageo us develop m e nts ar e th e subject o f th e depe n dent clai ms.

Some e mbod iments r elat e to a m et ho d for t e sting a sample b y mea ns o f an analysis system, the analysis system comp rising a cartridge f or recei vin g the s a mple, t he analys i s system co m prising a n a n a lysis device for r eceivin g th e cartrid g e and su bse q uently carrying out a test using t he rec eived c a rtridge, the cartridge su pporting different t ests o n the sample, which can al so be ca rried out s eparat e l y, wherein a t least tw o di ffer e nt pi e ces of co n trol in f ormatio n , w h ich ar e stored in a dat a b a se, are pro vided that cor respond to t h e differe nt test s , wherein fo r the differe n t tests, the s ample is c o n vey e d a n d/or treat ed in different manners specific to the resp e ctive t e sts, and in that t he m ethod c o mprises unblockin g o nly certai n o f said piec es of control information f or the c artridge, thus th e certain pieces of control inform ation being enabled for selecti on, being en abled for retrieval and / or the co n tr ol using only the c e rtain o f said pie c e s of co n trol in f ormatio n bein g enabled; and/or blocking f or t h e cartridge o ne or on es o f said differen t pieces o f control infor m atio n, said blocke d piec es of control information t hus bei n g p r event e d fr o m bein g select e d , being prev ented from b eing retriev e d and/or th e control using said blocked piec es of control inform ation being prevented, selecti n g and/or us i ng at least o n e unblocked pi ece or certai n un b lo cked pieces of said control inf ormatio n for carryin g ou t the test usin g th e cartrid ge.

Some e mbod iments r elat e to a m et ho d for t e sting a sample b y mea ns o f an analysis system, the analysis system comp rising a cartridge f or recei vin g the s a mple, the analysis system co m prising a n a n a lysis device for r eceivin g th e cartrid g e and su bse q uently carrying out the test usin g th e r eceived cartridge, wherein mea sureme nt re s ults are determin ed b y me ans o f s aid test, wh erein at le a st two differe n t pieces o f ev aluatio n information are provid ed for c arryin g out differe n t ev aluatio n s of said measureme nt results, and a t le ast on e piece or c ert a in piec e s o f s aid ev alu ati on in formati on is/are selected and/or used for evaluat in g th e m e asur em ent results d e t ermin e d b y the test on 40 the sample. ‐ 4 ‐ Some e mbod iments r elat e to an a lysis system f or t e s ting a sa m p l e , the anal ysis system comprising a cartridge for recei vin g t he sa m ple, t he a nalysis s ystem comprising an analysis de v i c e for receivi n g th e c a rtridge and subs eque ntly c a rrying out a test using the received c artridge, the c a rtridg e supp orting differ e nt t ests on t he sa m ple, w hich can a lso be carried o ut separ ately , where in at l e ast two pieces of contr o l infor matio n are provid e d that corresp ond to s a id differ e nt t ests, wherein at l east o ne p iece or certain pieces o f said control infor m ation is/ar e selec table for carryin g out the test, and wherein t he analysis device is co n f igur ed to be contro lled using the selected piece of control infor m atio n, prefera b ly s uch that the s ample is c o n vey e d a n d/or treat ed wi t h in the cart r idge in t h e man n er spec i fic to th e t est correspond ing t o th e sel ected piece o f control info rmation, wherein t h e cartridge is c onfi g ur ed su c h that f or di ffer e nt t es ts t he sa m ple i s conve y ed and/or treated within the cartri dge i n different m ann e rs specif ic to t h e r e spective t ests, and in that o n ly certai n o f said piec e s of co n trol in f ormatio n are unblock e d f o r the cartridge, th e a nalysis sy stem b ein g c onfi g ured t o only ena b le unblocked pi eces o f contr o l information for selection, for r etriev al and/or t o e nable the c o n trol using s aid certain pieces of control infor m ation; a nd/or i n that on e or ones of sa id pieces of control information are bl ocked for the c a rtridge, the anal y sis system being configured to prevent blocked piec es of control inform atio n for o n e or more o f : t o b e s elected, to b e retrie v ed, and to enabl e the control using said bl o cked pieces of control i n formation.

Some e mbod iments r elat e to an a n aly s is system fo r testing a sa m ple, the analysis system comprising a cartridge for recei vin g t he sa m ple, t he a nalysis s ystem comprising an analysis de v i c e for receivi n g th e c a rtridge and subs eque ntly c a rrying out t h e test using th e received c artridge, the an alysis device being confi g ured to det ermine measureme nt results by means of th e t e st, wherein at le a st two d iffere nt pi e c es of ev aluation information are provid ed for c arryin g out differe n t ev aluatio n s of th e me asu r eme nt results, and a t le ast on e piece or c ert a in piec e s o f s aid ev alu ati on in formati on is/are selectable for evaluating the me asur ement results, and/or the m easur e m e n t results are evalu a ble specified b y th e selec ted piece or pieces of ev a luati o n informatio n.

Some e mbod iments r elat e to a m et ho d for t e sting a sample b y mea ns o f an analysis system, the analysis system comp rising a cartridge f or recei vin g the s a mple, the analysis system co m prising a n a n a lysis device for r eceivin g th e cartrid g e and su bse q uently carrying out a test using t he rec eived c a rtridge, the cartridge su pporting different t ests o n the sample, which can al so be ca rried out s eparat e l y, wherein a t least tw o di ffer e nt pi e ces of co n trol in f ormatio n a re provided th at correspon d to the diff erent tests, w herein for t h e different tests, the sample is c onveyed and/or treat e d in diffe rent manners s pecific to the respective t e s ts, wherein each o f the d i ffer e nt pi e ces of contr ol informatio n comprises respective i nstructions, and in t h a t th e method comprises selec ting at least one piece or 40 certain pieces of s a id control in for m ation for carrying out the test using the c a rtridge, the instructions of said piece or pi eces o f c ontrol in for m atio n for ming and/or r e placing a module of the analysis device, w hich module is i mplemented b y t he analysis device, as a ‐ 5 ‐ result of which the behaviour of the a nalysis devic e is cha n ged .

Some e mbod iments r elat e to an a n aly s is system fo r testing a sa m ple, the analysis system comprising a cartridge for recei vin g t he sa m ple, t he a nalysis s ystem comprising an analysis de v i c e for receivi n g th e c a rtridge and subs eque ntly c a rrying out a test using the received c artridge, the c a rtridg e supp orting differ e nt t ests on t he sa m ple, w hich can a lso be carried o ut separ ately , where in at l e ast two pieces of contr o l infor matio n are provid e d that corresp ond to s a id differ e nt t ests, wherein at l east o ne p iece or certain pieces o f said control infor m ation is/ar e selec table for carryin g out the test, and wherein t he analysis device is co n f igur ed to be contro lled using the selected piece of control infor m atio n, prefera b ly s uch that the s ample is c o n vey e d a n d/or treat ed wi t h in the cart r idge in t h e man n er spec i fic to th e t est correspond ing t o th e sel ected piece o f control info rmation, wherein t h e cartridge is c onfi g ur ed su c h that f or di ffer e nt t es ts t he sa m ple i s conve y ed and/or treated within the cartri dge i n different m ann e rs specif ic to t h e r e spective t ests, wherein eac h of the diffe r ent piec es o f control info rmation comprises respective instructions which can form and/ or replace a m od ule o f th e a n a l ysis device, which m odu l e can b e i mple ment ed b y t h e a n alysis d evice, as a re sult of which the b eh avio ur of the analysis de v i c e is cha nge a ble.

The present disclosure relates to the t e sting of an i n particul ar biologic a l sample using an analysis syst e m. F or this purpos e, the analysis system pr e fer a bl y comprises a cartridge for receiving the sample. Furthermor e, the analysis sys t em pr e fer a b ly comprises an an alysis device f or re c eiving the c artrid ge and subsequentl y carrying ou t the test using th e received c artridge. Th e pr esent disclosure is partic ularly advantag eous in this r egar d; howev e r, it may also be used for other analysis s y stems, subs t a ntially or i n part. I n th e following, however, the disclosure is al ways e xplai n ed on the b asis of th e pre f erred analysis syst e m.

For the test s upported by the cartridge, the cartridge preferab ly com prise s a se nsor apparatus and a fluid s y stem comprising channels for preparing, treatin g an d/or conveying th e sample to a sensor apparatus. Th e test therefore preferably takes place at least substantially or excl us ively withi n the cartridge.

According to some embodiments, t he cartridge supports differ e nt t ests on t h e sa mple, which can al so be carried out s eparat e l y. For this p u rpose, the s ample is con vey e d and/o r prepared wit hin the cartri dge in differ e nt w ays th a t are specif ic to th e respective tests.

Using other words, the cartridge preferably supports different tests on the s a mple mea n in g th a t the c artridge is co nfigured such th at the sample c an b e tr eat e d differe ntly 40 inside the c a r tridge such that d iffere n t test proced ures and te st results can b e o b tai n ed. In ‐ 6 ‐ particular, the cartridge s upports different tests by the cartr idge bein g co n fi gured such that differe n t assays are e na bled due to the constr uction o f th e cartridge suc h that different substances or ingredien ts of the sample c an be det e ct ed by m e ans of th e cartridge. For that purpose, the sa m pl e can b e tre a t ed differen t l y in or by m eans o f the cartridge for perfor ming the dif f erent assays and d etec ting o f differ e nt substances or ingredients.

It m ay thus b e provided t h at th e sa m p l e is conv ey e d on differe n t paths formed by channels of th e f luid system and/o r in di fferent directions and/or diffe r e ntly i n anot her mann er.

This means t hat different tests can be carried out. Alternatively or additionally, the sample is prepared or treated differ e nt ly, in particular heat‐treated differ e ntly and /or brou ght into cont act with different reage n t s. F or this purp ose, the s am ple is prefer a bly always transported from a r ecep tacle tow ards the se n sor apparat u s as a r esult, in o r der to use t he sensor app ar atus to deter m ine, a t this point, specifi c measured values for the sample that can b e e val u ated or an aly s ed subsequ ently.

Prefer ably, t h e same cart r idge suppor t s the t e sts o n the sampl e , which can also be c a rried out separately. For this purpose, the c a rtridge is prefer a bly d esigned, in p a rticular by mea n s o f v al ves a n d/or b y supportin g differ e nt tr a nsport and/ o r pump directions, to conve y , to tr e at a nd/or t o prepar e th e sa m ple in d iffere nt m a n n ers and/or on different paths. In par t icular, the c a rtri dge comprises corresponding r e agents for carrying out different tests, comprises one or more different cavities, pref er a b ly h avin g di ffer e nt functions, an d/or comprises a bypass, in order t o b ypass portio ns of the fluid system depending o n the selecte d test.

For e x a m ple, the c artridge is designed to prep are d i ffer e nt co m ponents of t he sample i n different manners in the different tests, in particular by mean s of different mixing processes, heat tr eat m en ts and/o r by carrying out different reactions.

In p articular, on t he one h and, t he c art r idge can su pport a t es t in which a PCR is carried out, the sam ple bei n g or b ein g a ble t o be te mperat ure‐controll e d in a region provided or designed th e refor. On th e other hand, in an o ther te s t a PCR is not carried out and/or the sample is guided past or bypasse s a temperature‐control region. Alternatively or additionally, the sample c an also b e tr a nsported th r ough t he t e mperature‐control region without temperature‐co ntrol taki ng place. In this manner or i n another mann er, the sample c an b e prepar ed and/or treat e d differe ntly. ‐ 7 ‐ In order to c a rry out the d iffe rent tests, corresponding pieces of control information ar e preferably p rovided for t h e respecti v e tests. The p i eces o f con t r ol infor mati on can b e stored in a d a tab a se a nd/ o r can be ret rieved f rom a dat a bas e .

Therefor e, prefer a bly at l east two, in particular differ e nt, pi ec es of control information are provided wh i ch correspo n d to th e different t ests, in particular different test s on th e same sample and/ or using the same ana lysis system, th e same analysis device and / or the s am e cartridge. Pr e fer a bly, using the differ e nt t ests, different me a su reme nt resul ts can b e determined and/or different anal yt e s can b e det e cted, in parti c ular m easu red, when th e same sampl e is used.

Providing a piece o f co n t r ol inf or mati on preferabl y means that said piece of control information is made avail a ble su ch th a t said pi e ce of control i n f ormatio n ca n be provide d to a nd/or us ed by the an alysis d evice for perfor ming the test o r test seq uen c e. In particular, th e pieces of c ontrol in for m atio n are s t ored and ca n be recei ved or retrieved on demand. However, there are different me a sures k nown i n th e a rt to pr o vid e pieces of control infor m ation as w ell.

A piece of co n trol information pr eferably corresponds to a test in the sense of th e pres e nt disclosure prefer a bly if or when said p i ece o f co n trol infor mat i o n is con figur e d to be used for contr o lling a test, tes t sequ ence, test procedur e or test p rocess. Thus, differ e nt pieces of co n trol in f ormatio n in the sens e o f the present disclosure p refer a bly correspond to differe nt test s , test seque nces, test pr o cedures or t est proces s e s if t he pi e c e s of control information are different in com p a riso n to each oth e r and, resp ectively, are c onfi g ured t o be us e d for controlling differ e nt tests, test procedures, test sequences or test processes, which in particular are support ed b y the same car tridge.

Accordingly, it is preferred that th e differen t pieces of contr ol i n f ormation ar e con figured, in particular containing instruc tions, parameters or the like, to p erform differ e nt t ests, test sequenc e s, test procedur es or t e st processes the cartridge supp orts, i.e., the cartridge is configured f or said differ ent t e sts, test sequences, test proce dures or test processes to be carried out – prefer a bly by treat ing the sample differently, tr an sporting th e sample differe ntly, mixin g it wit h different substances, h eatin g it di fferently, p erforming diffe r ent reactions with it or the like.

The (differe nt) pieces o f control infor m atio n are p r efer ably de signed to b e i nterpreted b y the analysis d evice, wher e upon actuators of the analysis device are controll ed in the man n er spec i fied b y th e ( r espective) p ieces o f cont rol infor m at i on such t hat the test is ‐ 8 ‐ carried out (differently), the sam ple p r efer ably bei ng co nv e yed a nd/or prep ared in a specific (different) m ann e r.

Prefer ably, at least one pi e ce o f the control information is or ca n be select ed for c arryin g out th e test using th e c artridge . Subsequently, the selected te st c an b e c a rrie d out usin g the analysis system and/ or the a nalys i s device and /or the c a rtr idge on the basis of this selected piec e of contr o l inform ation. The analysis system ther e f ore pr eferably supports a selection process between a plura lity of possible tests which a re supported by the analysis system, the analysis devic e and/or the c artridge, prefer ably by selecting the ( desired) piece o f co n t r ol infor mati on.

Particularly preferably, the ana lysis d e vice c an be controlled using the selected piece of control infor m ation. In this res pect, the analysis device can p referably be controlled using the selected piece of control infor m ation su ch t hat the sample i s conveyed within the cartridge in a specific manner which corresponds to the selecte d piece o f co n trol information or test. In particul ar, it is therefore pr ovided th a t d iffere nt test s or pieces o f control infor m ation corresponding th e r eto ar e or can b e s e lecte d and, on the basis of the selected piec e of contr o l inform ation, the test corresponding t hereto is c a rried out by the sample b ein g con ve yed i n the cartridge on t he bas i s of th e pi e c e o f contr o l i n formatio n and/or b ein g con ve yed within the ca r tridge in th e m a nn er sp e cif ic to the selected test.

By it being p o ssible to s elect th e piece of co n trol in f ormatio n , it is simply and effectivel y made possib l e to c arry o ut different t ests using th e sa m e an aly sis system, and optionally using th e same c artridge. For ex a m pl e, a c artridge can supp o rt both a nucleic‐acid assay and a protei n assay and, by selecti n g the piec e o f c ontrol in fo r m atio n speci f ic to one o f these tests, the analysis d e vice c an be controlled such that, u sing th e c artridge, the selected test and/or the t est de fined by or corresponding to th e selected piece of control inform atio n is carried ou t on t h e s a m p le receiv e d in the cartri dge. Her e, the s ample is preferably c orrespondingly convey ed and/or tr eat e d within th e c artridge, i n order to th en be anal y sed using th e sensor app arat us. There f or e, the pr e sen t disclosure allows for a convenient and flexible test.

In so m e em b o diments, w hich can a lso be imple me nted indep e n dentl y, it is provided that measur ement results are determin ed by carryi n g out th e test usi ng th e se n sor app a rat u s of th e c artridge. F o r this p urpose, it is i n particular provide d tha t the s ample, which has preferably b een prepare d, is fed to t h e sensor app a ratus and s a mple‐specific measur ement results are determin ed, in particular measur e d, or can be determined, in particular ca n be m e asur ed, by th e se n sor app a rat u s. ‐ 9 ‐ Different pie c es of ev aluation in formation ar e preferably provi ded in order to evaluate the measur em en t results in d iffer e nt manners, in particular in orde r to o btain differ e nt evalu a tion r esults, such as char act e ri stic values, i ndicators or the like.

Providing a piece of eval uation information preferably means th at said pi e c e of e valu at ion information is avail able such that said piece of e v a l uation inf or matio n ca n b e provided t o and/or used for per f ormi ng th e e valu ation. In p a rt icular, the p ieces of evaluation informatio n are stored and can b e received or re trieved on d ema nd. How e ver, there ar e different measures kn ow n in th e a rt t o provide pieces o f evalu ation i n formation as w ell.

A piece of evaluation information preferably corresponds to an evaluation i n the sense of the prese n t e m bodim e nts prefer ably if or whe n sai d piece o f ev a luation information is configured t o be used for ev aluatin g a me a sure me nt result. Sai d measurement r es ult prefera b ly is a r e sult or o u tcome o f th e test, test se quence, t est procedure o r test proces s.

The measurement result preferabl y is indicative of a prop e rty o f the sample, in particul a r of an an alyte contai ned in the s ample.

Different pie c es of ev aluation in form ation in the se n se o f th e pr esent em bod i ments preferably c orrespond to differ e nt e v a luatio ns o f t h e same m eas urement result or of differe nt m e a surem e nt r esults, prefe r ably det erm i ned usin g th e same c artridge. The pieces o f evaluation i n formatio n are d i ffer e nt i n co mparison to each other and, respectively, are configur ed to be u se d for e v alu a t i ng said me a surement results differently.

The meas urement results prefer ab ly are either the outcome from th e same t est, test sequenc e , test procedure or test process or the outcome from on e or m ore tests, test sequenc e s, test procedur es or t e st processes carried out using the same car tridge.

Accordingly, it is preferred that th e differen t pieces of ev a lu ati o n inf o rm atio n are configured, in particular contai ning i nstructions, parameters o r the like, to perform evalu a tion o f me asure m e n t results differen tly – pr efer ably by p rocessing, computing or calculating based on the measur em en t results on e or mor e eval ua tion results, in particular wherein di fferent t y pes and/or c oncentrations an d /or (absolu t e) qu a ntiti e s of one, and particularly preferably more tha n one , analyt e is o r are det e rm ined.

Prefer ably, a t least tw o di ffer e nt pi e ce s of e v a luati on in form a ti on are pro v i d ed for carrying out different evaluations of the meas urement results. In order to carry out the different evaluations of t h e meas ur ement results, at least one piece o f th e e valu ation ‐ 10 ‐ inform atio n is selected a n d/or used for ev aluati n g th e m easur e m ent results determined by th e t est o n the sampl e .

For e x a m ple, it is possible for dif f er ent characterist ic values , ind i cators or the like to be determin ed u sing th e m e a surem e nt r esults fro m t h e sa me test. Th is is, how ever, o f te n associated w ith computational ef fort a nd waitin g ti m e. Howe v e r , by selecting particul ar evalu a tions o r pieces o f evalu a ti on in f ormation co rresponding thereto from the entiret y of all the ev alu a tions th a t are possible with the m e a sureme nt re s u lts or that are supported, the prese n t disclosure makes it possible to carry o ut o nly th os e particular evaluations target‐ o rient e d, and to th erefor e o b tai n only thos e correspondi ng r esults, that ar e required at that particular time . In addition, it is p ossible t o ev aluate the m easure men t results in stages. Therefore, it is possible, initially using a f irst piece o f eva l ua tion information, to carry out a first evaluation of the measurement r esults and, i f req uired, in a second s tep, to eva l ua te t he s ame measurement results in a nothe r mann er using anot her piece or di ffe rent piec e s o f e va lu ation i n formatio n, in order to obtain additional or different evaluation r e sul t s.

"The sam e m e asure m en t results" a re preferably measurement resul ts from the same tes t and/or fr o m the same sample and/or obt ained using th e s a m e s ens or app ar atus. This do e s not e xclude t he sa m e m e a s ureme n t re sults bein g o r comprising a set of results, in particular a plurality of indivi dual measured values. It is pos sible for the same measur em en t results to c omprise different su b ‐re s ults and, in t he different evalu ations, for th e same r esults or su b‐results to b e evalu a ted using preferably different met hods, or for different sub‐results to be eval uated using the same or dif fe rent m ethod s .

The cartridge preferably compris es a s ensor app a r a tus, which t e sts the s a mple in such a way th at m e a surem e nt r esults which a re g en erat e d by th e se nsor appar a tus during sample t esti ng c an b e ev aluated in di ffer e nt m ann e rs.

The sensor a pparatus or a sensor array ther eof pre f erably co m pr ises multi ple sensor fields and/or electrodes f or spe cificall y bonding and/or detecting one or more analytes to be det ected or me a sured . Further , the sensor apparatus prefer ab ly is c onfi g ured for electrical or electroche mical de tection of an a lytes of th e sa m p le.

Alternatively or additionally, th e sensor apparatus and/or the s e nsor devic e can be configured f or detectin g o r me as urin g oth e r or fu r ther an a lyt e s compou n ds, materi al characteristics, or the like without specific bonding and/or by means o f opt i cal measur em en t, impedanc e me a sure me nt, capacitance measurement, sp ectr ometric measur em en t, mass spect r ometric me asurem ent, o r tomo graph y like MRT. In this regard , ‐ 11 ‐ the sens or a pparatus, th us, can b e fo rmed b y a n a rrange m e n t ena bling such mea surement.

In particular, the s ensor appara tus or cartridge or any other s ample carrier o f th e anal ysis device or system c an c om prise or form a ca vity h a v ing a wi ndo w for s a id op t ical measur em en t. The optical sensor or th e sensor app a ratus, such a s a spectro m eter, c a n b e realized i nde p endently of the c a rtridge and/or can for m part of the analysis device.

In th e f ollow i ng, the pres ent di sclosure is explained based pri marily on the s e nsor apparat u s having multipl e sensor fiel d s and/or be i ng o r compr i s ing a chip having electrodes for electrochemical d et ection. Howe v er , unless state d or conduct i ble una m biguou sly to th e co n trary, i t is t o be underst ood that measurement results alternati v ely or addition a lly can b e ac hieved b y or c an b e th e o utcome o f o n e or more o f the above mentioned measurement t ec hniques even i f not mentione d expl icitly.

The sensor apparatus may comprise a plurality o f sensor fi e lds, differe nt te s ts bein g a bl e to be carried out on the s a mple w ith s a id sensor fields. Accord ingly, th e different pi e ces of evalu a tion in f ormation may co m pr ise instructions on cho osing or selectin g c ertain se n s o r fields, and th erefor e o n ly c ertain se n s o r fields ar e e valu ated an d other sensor fields ar e disregarded. Alternatively or a dditionally, the (different) pieces of evaluatio n information may, however, also cont ain instru cti ons re g ardin g th e m an ne r in which t o ev aluat e measur em en t results fro m th e sam e sensor fields in different w a ys, in order to the r e by generate different e valuation results.

The piece/pi eces o f contr o l infor m ati o n and/or evaluation i n for matio n is/ar e particularl y preferably s elected b y a n oper atin g i n strument t hat is in part i cular designed to be separated an d/or disconnected fro m t h e analysis d evice or is se parable or di s connectable from the an a lysis device, in par ticular with respect to a data connection and/ or physically.

The different pieces o f co ntrol information and/or evaluatio n i nformatio n c an be stor ed on th e op erating instru ment for sel ection. Altern a t i vely or add itionally, the different pieces of control infor m ation an d/or evaluati on i n formatio n are stored in an external datab a se, to w hich the c o n trol instru m ent is or c a n be con nect e d by a d ata connectio n.

Particular pi e ces o f contr o l infor m ati o n and/or evaluation i n fo rmation can be selected using the operating instr ument. For this purpose, a selection o f possible pieces of contr o l informatio n and/or evalu ation i n formation c a n be output by th e oper atin g i n strument, i n particular a n output appa ratus, a nd c an be displayed for s e lecti on. A sel ection can th en be made by the operatin g i n strument , in particular by means of an input app a ratus thereof.

Subsequ e ntl y or as a res ult, the (sele cted) piece/ pieces o f con trol infor mat i on and/or evalu a tion in f ormation can be re trie ve d from the datab ase. T he piece/pieces of control ‐ 12 ‐ information is/are prefer a bly tr ansmitted to the analysis devic e in order to carry out the test. The pie c e/pieces o f evalu a tion in f ormation is/are prefera bly used b y t h e op eratin g instrument t o ev alu a te m easure men t r esults recei ved fro m t he an alysis device.

Another asp e ct of the pr esent di sclosure, which c a n also be imp lemented independently, relates to a c omputer program pr oduc t comprising program code m ea ns w hich, when exec uted, for exampl e b y a proce ssor, computer, microcontroller or on e or more other data process ing apparatuses for execu t ing th e pro g ram code m e a n s, in p a rticular o f the operatin g i n strument an d /or of the analysis devi ce, cause the m ethod step s or the m et hod according to the present disclosu re to be carried out. The comp uter program product preferably is a non‐transitory co m put e r‐readabl e media.

Another asp e ct of the pr esent di sclosure, which c a n also be imp lemented independently, relates to a n analysis syst e m, which is designed t o carry out t he met hod.

Here, the an alysis syste m, in p a rticular the c artridge th e reo f , supports different tests on the sa mple, which can al so be carried out s eparat e l y, the sa m pl e b e ing con v eyed, tre a ted and/or prepared for the different tests within the cartridge in different manners th a t are specific to th e respectiv e t ests.

Furthermore, at least two differe nt pieces of contro l infor m ati o n are provid e d that correspond t o the different tests. At l e ast on e piec e or certai n pi eces o f th e c ontrol information can be sel ected for c a rryi n g out th e t e st using t he c artridge. Fur t hermor e, th e analysis device can be controlle d using the sele cted piece of c o ntrol information, and therefore th e sample is c onve y ed , treated and/or prepared withi n the cartridge in the man n er th a t is specific to t he test corresponding to the s elected piece of control information.

Alternatively or additionally, me asur ement results can be deter mined using the sens or apparat u s of the c artridge b y m e a n s o f the test, a n d at le ast t w o different pi e ces o f evalu a tion in f ormation ar e provi ded for carrying o u t different evaluati ons of the measur em en t results. It is provided h e re that at lea st one piec e of th e evalu ation information can be sel ected for evaluating th e measurement resu lts that are determined by th e t est o n the sampl e .

The term "piec e of c ontrol infor mation" is preferably und e rstoo d to mean o n e or mor e data sets, f ile s or oth e r un its that correspond to th e control of a preferably c o mplete test sequenc e . Fo r this purpos e , the pi ece o f control info rmation an d/or data s e ts, files or o the r ‐ 13 ‐ units in particular comprises pa rameters and/or instructions fo r controlling the (entire) test. If refere n ce is b e in g made to different pi e ces of co n trol information, th ese are particularly preferably differ e nt d ata sets, files or other uni ts t hat are preferably desi g ned to carry out different (complete ) test s. Selecting p articular p ieces of contro l infor m atio n therefore pr efer ably corresponds to s electing on e o r mor e o f t h e differe n t data sets, f ile s or other unit s . If re quired , the ter m "pi e ce o f co ntro l infor m a tio n " or "pi eces of control inform atio n" can t here for e b e substitu ted with o ne o r mor e o f t he ter ms or t h e e x pressio n "data sets, files and/or o t h er u nits c o m prising on e or more pi e ces o f contr o l infor m ati o n".

The term "test" as used h e rein p refer a bly means a test procedur e and/or p e r formin g an assay, in par t icular one, sever al or all steps for per f orming a n a ssay to deter mine on e or more a n a lyt e s of a sampl e. Th e steps a re pre fer a bl y re alized b y or within th e a nalysis system, anal ysis device and/or cartridge.

An "ass a y" according to the prese nt d isclosure is prefer ably an investigative procedure for qualitati v ely and/or qu a n t itatively m e a suring, det e cting and/or identifying t he prese nce, amo u nt, and/or functi o n a l activit y o f a tar g et entit y or an a lyt e of th e sa m pl e. Th e a nal y t e can, e.g., b e a drug, a biolo gica l, chemical and/or biochemic al su b stance, and / or a c ell in a n organism or organic sample. In p articular, the analyte c an be a molecule, a nucleic‐acid sequenc e , a DNA, an RNA and/or a pr o tein.

Prefer ably, the ass a y according to the present disc l osure is a nucleic‐acid assay for detecting or identif ying a nucle ic‐acid sequenc e and/or a prote in assay for d e tecting or identifying a protein.

An assa y, tes t or test procedure accor d ing to the p resent discl osure accordingly pr eferably covers at least one of: controlli ng actuators of th e an alysis d ev ice like a pu m p drive, temper ature control apparatus, a nd v alve a ctu a tor s ; actin g o n t he cartridge or sample; treatin g th e s ample; prep a ring the sa m ple; p erfor m ing on e or m o re mixing processes and/or react ions with th e sample ; co n v eyin g t h e s a mple; and m e a suring one or more properties o f the s a mple, particularly w ith the s e n s or appar a tu s of t he c artridge.

An assa y, tes t or test procedure accor d ing to the p resent discl osure preferably starts or begi ns with the analysis d evice actin g on and/or co n trolling pr ocesses on the cartridge and/or the s ample. I n p a rticular, a te st starts or b egins with ac tuators actin g o n th e cartridge. For example, a test c an start with con v ey ing th e sa m p l e within th e cartridge. ‐ 14 ‐ Methods and / or steps per form ed b e f o r e insertion or receivi ng o f th e c artridge i nto/b y th e analysis de v i c e and/or be f ore c onveyi n g, treatin g and/or prepar ing the sample within s a id cartridge are prefer ably not par t of an assay, test or test pro cedure according to the present disclosure.

The "piece of control informatio n", thus, prefer ably is configu red to c arry o ut such an assay, test or test procedu r e or to e n ab le the an a lys i s system or the analysis device to carry out suc h an assa y, t est or t est pr ocedure. Pre ferably, sa id piece of control informatio n is confi g ured to co nt rol or to define a control seq uence or t o b e used by the analysis de v i c e to c arry o ut sai d ass a y , test or t est procedure . A "piece of control information", thus, prefer ably h as inst r uctions bei ng co n fi gure d for controlling the ass ay, test or test procedure. In particular, the piece of control inf ormation is confi g ured to control an as s ay, test or test p rocedur e b y de finin g steps or p arame t ers o f st e ps includin g controlling and/or feedback cont rolling actuators like the pump d rive, the temper ature control apparatuses an d valve actu at ors.

The term "pi ece o f e v a luation in formation" is preferably u nders tood to me a n on e or mor e data sets, f ile s or oth e r un its that are provided and suitable for eval uating measurement results, preferably from the sen s o r ar rangement. For this pur p o se, the pi ece of evalu at ion inform atio n and/or dat a sets, fi les or other u nits i n particula r comprise ins tructions, algorith ms, assignment means and /or parameters for carrying out the ev a lua t ion, in particular b y me ans of c o m putati onal operatio ns, for example u s ing a proces sor or controller.

If h erein refe rence is m ad e to d ifferent pieces of evaluation i n f o r mation, t he se are particularly preferably differ e nt d ata sets, files or other uni ts t hat are preferably desi g ned to carry out different evaluati on pr ocesses. Selecti ng p articul ar pieces of evaluation inform atio n therefore pr efer ably corresponds to s electing on e o r mor e o f t he differe n t data sets, f ile s or oth e r un its. If re quire d , the term " piece o f eval uation infor matio n " or "pieces of evaluation informatio n " ca n there fore be substituted with on e or more of the terms or t he e xpression " data set s, files and/or other units co mprising one or more pieces of eval uation infor m ati o n".

The term "a n alysis devic e" is pr eferably und erstood to mean an instrument which is in particular m obile, can b e used on site, is supplied with energy b y an i ntern a l en ergy storage m e a n s and/or is auton o m o us, and is desi g ned to chemi cal ly, biologi c ally and/or physically test and/or analyse a samp l e or a co m p onent ther e o f , preferably in and/or by mea n s o f a c artridge. I n p articu lar, the analysis device contro ls t he pretre a t m ent a n d/or testing of the sample in t h e cartridge. F o r this purp o se, the a nal y sis device c an act on the ‐ 15 ‐ cartridge, in particular such th at t he s ample is con vey e d, temp erature‐controlled and/or measur ed in the cartridge.

The term "ca rtridge" is pr efer ably und erstood to m e an a structu ral appar a tus or unit designed t o r e ceive, t o sto r e, t o physic ally, chemic ally and/or biologically treat and/or prepare and / or to me asu r e a sample, preferably i n order to m ake it p o ssible to detect, identify or d e termin e at l east o ne an a l y te, in p artic ular a pro tein and/or a nucleic‐acid sequenc e , of t he sample.

A cartridge within the meaning o f the present disc losure prefer ably c ompris es a f luid system h avi n g a pluralit y o f cha nnels , cavities and /or valves f or controlling the fl ow through the channels and/or cavities .

In particular, within the meanin g of the present d isclosure, a c a rtridge is d esigned to be at least substantially planar, flat and/or c ard‐like, in particula r is d esigned as a (micro)fluidic card and/or is designed as a mai n bod y or container that c an pr efer ably be c l osed and/or said cartridge can b e inse rted and/or plugged into a proposed a nalysis devic e when it contains t he sample.

The term "operating instrument" is p refer a bly un derstood to mea n an a pp aratus b y me ans of which the a nalysis device can be contro lled, pieces of contr o l infor matio n can be transmitted to the a nalys i s device, a n d/or me a sureme nt result s can be r ece i ved fro m t h e analysis de v i c e and/or m easure ment res ults c an be eval uated. Pr efer ably, t h e op eratin g instrument i s or for ms a user in ter f ac e for controll ing the tes t and/or the evaluatio n or outputting of measur ement results.

The oper ating instrument can alt ernatively be c a lled operator c ontrol instrument. The operatin g i n strument prefer a bly is confi g ured t o be op e rat e d by an operat or (user) for controlling, in particular of the anal y sis device, the test and /or the evaluation. Thus, th e operatin g i n strument is or comprises a us e r interface for input of com m a n ds and tra nsfe r of piec e s o f c ontrol in for m atio n to th e analysis device.

The oper ating instrument prefer a bly c omprises an input apparatu s for c ontr o lling the analysis de v i c e, for co n tr olling dat a tr ansmission a nd/or for c ontrolling the evaluation of measur ement results. Alternative ly or additionally, the operati ng instrument comprises an output apparatus for out p utting, in particular displaying, info rmation or p ieces of information, in particular (piec es o f) st a tus in form a t ion, oper ati n g elem ents a nd/or results. The o peratin g i n s trument prefer ably com prises a proc e ssor, microcontroller ‐ 16 ‐ and/or memory for exec uting a c omputer program product for data tr a ns mission, for control and/or for evaluat ing measurement results.

Particularly preferably, the ope rating instrument i s a mobile t erminal devic e , in particul a r for a radio and/or mobile networ k, s uch as a smartphone, t a bl et comp u ter, mo b ile telephon e or the lik e. Th e operati ng in s trument ca n preferabl y be operated independently from a p owe r network, u s ing a pow e r storage me a n s, in particu l a r a (r echar g e a ble) batter y , and in a mo b ile man n er, aut onomously o f and/or ind e pendently from further components of th e anal ysis syste m, in particular th e a nalysis d e v ice. Th e op e rating instrument p refer a bly c o mprises on e or mor e int e rfaces for wi r e less data commu nicati ons, in partic u lar a WPAN communicat i on int e rfac e, a WLAN communication interface, a n ear‐fiel d communication inter face, an optical c om mu nicatio n inter face s uch as a cam era, a nd/or a m o bile radio i nt erfac e .

According to one aspect o f the p resent disclosure, at least one piece or certain pieces of the control infor m ation is/ar e selec ted for carrying out the test. Alt e rnatively or additionally, at le a st on e p iece or c e rt ain piec es o f the e v alu a tio n inform a t ion is/are s elected for carrying out the evaluation.

The an alysis d evice ca n b e provi ded w i th the s elect e d piece of control infor m ation and the analysis de v i c e can perf orm th e test, test procedure, test proc ess or test sequence as defined by t he select e d p i ece o f co n trol infor mati o n , in partic ul ar to c a rry o ut the steps with the a n a l y sis system t o prepar e, treat a nd/or c onve y th e sa mple according to said selected piec e of contr o l information.

The selected piece of eval uation infor matio n pre fe rably is i nte nded to be u sed for th e evalu a tion o f the me asure m ent re sults obtained wit h the test, t e s t procedure , test process or test sequence, in particular for cond ucting it or for contro lling the analysi s system, in particular th e oper a tin g i nstrument, t o carry o ut t he e valu atio n as de f in ed b y th e select ed piece of eval uation infor m ation.

Thus, the op erating instr u ment c an b e provided w ith the s e lect e d piece of evaluati on information and the op erating in stru ment can pe r form t he e v a luation as defined by the selected piec e of evaluation info rm ati on, in p a rticular can car r y out the ste ps with the analysis syst e m t o co m pu te or c a lculate according to said selec t e d piece of control evaluation evaluation r e sults li ke pres e nce and/or concentrati o n of one or multiple analy t es f ro m th e m e asu r eme n t resul t s. ‐ 17 ‐ In th e follow i ng, the ter m "piec e of informatio n " is used to ab br eviat e th e t e r m "piece o f control infor m atio n and/or piece of evaluati on i n formatio n". F u rther, the term "piece of information" might cov er different pieces of information lik e " pi ece o f c alibration information". Thus, the term "piece o f informatio n " might b e re placed accor d ingly.

Selecting a piece of infor mation (i.e. c ontrol or evaluation i n formation) preferably means or selection preferably is conduc ted or covers th at said piece of infor mati on is identified among further pieces of information.

Prefer ably, a piece of i nfo r mation b y s e lecting is m arked, for e x ample using a fl ag.

Alternatively or additionally, selecting a piece of information means or covers gen erating and/or recei ving a c om m a nd, in p articular a user command w hich can be i nitiated by a user, transmitting th e command, and / or using the command c orres pondin g to or identifying s a id piece of i n form atio n. Using this co mmand, the piece o f in f o r mation can b e retrieved, caused to be tr ansmit t e d, and/or used t o perform t h e test, test se quence, t e st procedure o r test proces s or the eval u ation.

However, according to one aspect of the present disclosure, exe cuting this command, retrievin g th e piece o f in formatio n, tr a nsmittin g t he piec e o f i n formatio n, and/or usin g the piece o f in f o r mation pre ferably is en a bled and/or conducted o n l y und e r certain conditions, in particular, a ver ification and/or unblocking.

Prefer ably there are bloc k ed and unbl o cked pieces of informati o n provided, in particul a r stored in a d a tabase, and the sy ste m is confi g ured t hat o n ly th e unblocked pi eces o f information are enabled, i.e., ca n be retrieved, transmitted, and /or used to perform the test, test seq uence, t est p r oced ure or test process or evaluati on.

The syste m further is pre f era b ly co n fi gured to disa b le, i.e., p rev e nt retri eval o f piec es o f informatio n, transmission of piec es o f i n form atio n a n d/or perfo r m ing the test , test sequenc e , test procedure or test or evaluation process with pie ces of information w h en said pieces o f in f orm a tio n are block e d . That is, bl o cked pieces of informa tion a r e disa bled for retrieval and/or use by the a n alysi s system, wh i le unblock e d pieces o f in form ation ar e enabled to be retrieved and/or used.

Prefer ably, d i ffer e nt pi e ces of i nformation are sto r ed in a dat abase for t h e same cartridge and/or m eas u reme nt res ults. In oth er words, diffe rent piec e s o f control info rmation, which are co nfigured to p e rform differ ent t e sts, test sequ ences, test procedures or test processes using the same cartrid ge or different pieces of evalu ation in formation which are ‐ 18 ‐ configured t o perform di ffer e nt e v a lu ations o f t h e same m easu re me nt resul ts, are stored in the data b a s e.

Prefer ably, o n ly certai n o nes o f said pi eces o f in for m atio n sto re d in the data b ase is or are enabled for r e trieval provided that the certain piec e or pieces of information is/are compatibl e and/or unblocked for a sp ecific cartridge.

Alternatively or additionally, th e a n aly s is system, a nalysis de vic e and/or operating instrument u ses only the certain pi eces of i n for m at ion b e in g en abled pro v ided that the certain pi eces of i n for m at ion ar e u n bl ocked and/or compati ble t o the cartridge and/or measur em en t results. Th a t is, pr efer ab ly only those pieces o f i nformatio n can be or are unblocked o r unblock abl e tha t ar e co mpatibl e wit h a sp ecific c a rtridge or specific measur ement results, in particul ar measurement r es ults of a spe cific test using a specific cartridge.

Alternatively or addition ally, onl y certain ones of s a id pieces of informatio n stored in th e datab a se is o r are e n a ble d for retri ev al provided t h at a user, th e oper atin g i n strument, t he analysis de v i c e and/or an a lysis system has a per mission for the cert a in pi e ce or pieces of informatio n. This per m ission can be represented by a status or data like a fl ag or identi fi er of or stored i n the database or th e piece of in f ormation.

Particularly preferably, only ce rtai n p i eces o f in for m atio n sto re d in the data b ase is or are enabled for r e trieval provided that s a id certain ones of s aid c ertain piec e s of information are compatible with the cartridg e an d/or me a sureme nt result s as well as provided that a user, the ope r ating instru ment, th e an alysis device and/or a n a l ysis system has a permission for the c e rtain piece or pi e ces o f in f or matio n . E a ch can b e chec ked, prefer a bly by th e dat ab ase, be f ore o r in order t o unblock a ce r tain piec e of information.

According to this aspect, there are mul t iple pieces of control in formatio n b e i n g stor ed in a data b ase an d bein g con f i g ured t o control differ e nt tests, test sequences, test processes or test procedures using the same c artri d ge. Some of those stored pieces of control inform atio n are u n block e d and, thus, enabled for r etriev al and/ or to be used by the analysis de v i c e to p erfor m th e test th is piece o f co ntrol infor mation d e fin e s .

On the o ther h and, differe nt o f said m u l tiple pieces o f co ntrol in f ormatio n b ei ng g e n erally compatibl e w ith the s a m e cartridge a nd bein g sto red in said d a t a base as well, are blocked and, thus, ar e prev e nt ed f rom bei n g retrieved and / or used for a test, t est se quence, t e st procedure o r test proces s. ‐ 19 ‐ Alternatively or additionally, th ere are multiple piec e s of e va lu at ion in format ion b e in g stored in a/the dat a b a se and b ei ng co n figured to defin e differe nt evalu atio ns/evalu atio n procedures u sing th e same me asur ement results. Some of those st ored pieces of evalu a tion in f ormation ar e un b locked and, thus, enabled for ret rieval and/or to be used to perform the evalu a tion t his piece o f c ontrol in for m atio n defin es.

On the o ther h and, differe nt pie ces of evaluati on i n formatio n b ei ng g e n erally c ompatibl e with the s am e m e asur em ent results and bein g sto r ed in said d ata base as w e ll, are blocked and, thus, ar e prev e nt ed f rom bei n g retrieved and / or used for a n evaluatio n.

Pieces o f in formatio n pr efer ably are e na bled for r etriev al acco rding to the present disclosure when s a id piec e s of i nformation are made availabl e t o be downlo a ded fro m th e datab a se, pr efer ably to b e used for controlling a test, test sequence, test process or test procedure and/or evaluation as d efin ed by this pi e ce o f in for m a tion.

Using onl y c e rtain pi eces of informati on b e in g enabled in th e s ense o f the p r esent disclosure prefer a bly means that the analysis system or one or more o f its c o mpon ents like the data b ase, th e a na lysis device or the operating instrum ent is or are c onfi g ured t o conduct a test, test sequence, t est pro c ess or test p r ocedure o r evalu a tion as defined by this piece of information only un der the condition that it is e n a bled / un b lo cked.

Enabled or enabled for r etrieval pre fe rably me ans that it is not disabled or blocked. With other words, enabled means that retrieval and/or use of a certa in piec e of i n formation i s supported b y the analysi s system, i.e., the analysis system is c o nfigured to directly use enabled certain piec es of inform atio n for contr o lling a t est, t es t sequence, test procedur e or test process or for evaluation of measurement r es ults.

Pieces of control infor m ation ge nerally can be blocked and unbl ocked for a sp ecific cartridge. This prefer ably means that certain pieces of control i nformatio n c an be blocked, i.e. prevent e d to b e retrie v ed a nd/or t o be used f or a t est, te st p rocess, test procedure or test sequ e nc e. On the oth e r hand , different pi eces o f co ntrol i n f ormatio n ca n be un block e d in the s ense that retrieval or use f or a tes t, tes t sequence, t est p r ocess or tes t procedure i s enabled.

Pieces o f evaluation i n formatio n generally can be blocked and u nblocked for a measur ement result and/or cartri dge. T his pre f erably m eans th a t cert a in pi e ces o f ‐ 20 ‐ evalu a tion in f ormation can be block e d, i.e. prevent e d to be r e t rieved a nd/or to be used f o r evalu a tion. O n the oth e r h a nd, di fferen t pieces o f ev aluatio n i n f o r mation can be u n block e d in the s ense that retrieval or use f or a tes t, tes t sequence, t est p r ocess or tes t procedure i s enabled.

The status " blocked" a nd "unblock e d" can b e realiz ed or indicat ed by a flag o r data assigned t o t h e respecti v e piece o f in formatio n. M eans c an b e provided by or within the analysis syst e m t o ch a nge the status t hat a cert ain piece o f in formation is bl o cked or unblocked. A s soon as a c ertain p i e ce of in for m ati on is u nbloc ked – m eani ng ch a n g ed f rom a block e d status to an unb locked statu s, retrieval a nd use o f it is ena bled .

Blocking and unblocki n g for exam ple c a n be r ealiz e d by a v erifi c a tion pr oces s. In particular, th e status can c hange from b locked to u n blocked de p ending on confirmatio n of an identification and/or of an entitlement.

Said entitle ment can be a fl ag or dat a assign ed to a user or hi s verificati on means like an identification. Alternati v ely or additionally, said entitlement c an be, relate to, correspond to or dep e nd on a speci f ic cartr idge or cartridge identifier or car tridge identi f ication.

The blockin g or un blocki ng c an dep e n d or the a n a lysis syste m ca n b e co n figur e d to co n trol or chan g e bl ocking or u n blocking depending on both, a cartridge and user id entification.

Alternatively or additionally, bl ocking or unblocki n g can depen d on or contr o lled under the condition that a cartr idge h as specific properties and/or s p e cific proper ties relat ed t o said cartridge identi f y an entit lement t o use a sp ecific piece of i nformatio n which, accordingly, is unblocked .

This entitlement, blocki ng and/o r u n blockin g pr e fer a bly can be changed or amended. For example, a user input, in partic ular vi a the op e rati ng i nstrume nt, can automatically unblock a certain piec e o f contro l info rmation. A p assword, bio metric or op erating devic e verificati on might be a cond ition for unblockin g .

The an alysis s ystem c a n b e con fi gured to conduct u n blockin g o n l y under other and/or further conditions like compatib ility o f a specific pi ece o f co ntrol infor m atio n to a specific or identified cartridge, and/or further or different boundar y c o n ditions like payment information. In p a rticular, unbl ocki ng auto m aticall y results in u pdate o f a n a ccount, in particular o f a pa ym ent o r debit a ccou n t, or in a n o t h er pa y m e nt or debit pro c ess or the ‐ 21 ‐ system is c o nfigured or a met h od is re alized th a t th is is a pre co n d ition for or result caused by or comi ng alon g with u n blockin g .

The ab ov e‐m e ntion e d asp e cts and fe at ures of the p r esent disclos ure and the aspects a n d feat ures o f t h e prese n t d i sclosu re that will become apparent fr om th e clai m s and th e following description can in princ iple b e i m plem en ted indepe n d e ntly fr o m one an o ther, but also in any co mbin ati on or order.

Other aspects, advantages, featu r e s and propertie s of t h e pr ese nt disclosure will bec o me apparent fr o m the claims and th e following description of a pre ferred embod i ment with reference to the drawings, in which: Fig. 1 i s a schematic view of a proposed anal y sis system and/or analysis device comprising a proposed cart ridge received ther e in; Fig. 2 i s a schematic vi ew of the cartridge; Fig. 3 i s a schematic view o f t he analysis syst e m; and Fig. 4 s hows a sche m atic se q ue nc e usin g th e analysis sy s tem.

In th e Fi g ure s , which are only schematic and sometimes not to s cale, the s a me r e fer e nc e signs ar e use d for th e sa m e or s imila r parts and compon e nts, c orresponding or comparable properties and advant ages bei ng achi e ved ev en i f the se are not r ep eatedly described.

Fig. 1 is a highly schem ati c view of a p roposed an al ysis system 1 a nd a nalys i s device 2 0 0 for testing an in particular bio logical sample P, pr efer ably by means o f or i n an app arat us or cartridge 100.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view o f a pre f erre d emb o dime nt o f th e pro posed appar a tus or cartridge 100 for testing the sample P. The apparatus or cartri dge 100 in particular forms a h a ndheld u nit, and in th e following is merely referred to as a c a rtridge. ‐ 22 ‐ The term "sa mple" is pre ferably under s tood to me a n the sampl e m at erial t o b e t e sted, which is in p a rticular taken fro m a hu man or ani mal. In p a rticu lar, within the meaning of the present disclosure, a sample is a fl uid, such as s aliva, bl ood, urine or another liquid, preferably fr o m a hu man or ani mal, or a component thereof. With in the m ea ning of the present disclosure, a s a m p le m ay b e p r etreated or prepared if n ecessary, or may come directly from a human or animal or t he like, f or e xa mple. A fo o d sample, environmental sample or another sampl e may opt ionally also be tested, in part icular for en v ironment a l analy t ics, fo o d saf e ty a n d /or fo r detecting other s ubstances, p refer a bly natural substances, but also biol o gical or chemical war f ar e agents, poi s ons or th e like.

Prefer ably, t h e analysis s ystem 1 and / or an a lysis device 2 0 0 c o ntrols the testing of the sample P in particular in or on the cartridge 100 and/or is use d to evaluate the t e sting and/or to collect, to process and/ or t o store meas ured valu e s f rom th e test.

The an alysis s ystem 1 pre f era b ly co m prises one o r more cartri d g es 1 00 for r eceivin g th e sample P.

The an alysis s ystem 1 pre f era b ly co m prises the a n a lysis device 20 0 for r e ce iving the cartridge 100 and subsequently c arr y ing out the test using th e received cartridge 100.

By means o f the propos ed anal y si s system 1, anal ysis device 200 and/or c a rtridge 100 and/or usin g the prop o se d meth od for testing the s ample P, pre f era b ly a n an alyte A o f th e sample P, in particular a (certa in) nucleic‐acid sequence and/o r a (cert a in) p r otein, or particularly preferably a plural ity o f a nalytes A o f t he sa m ple P, can b e det er mined, identified o r detected. Sai d ana l y tes A are in partic ular detec ted, identified and/or measur ed no t only qu alitatively, but particularly prefer a bly al so quantitatively.

There f or e, t he sa m ple P can in partic u lar be test e d for q u alita t i vely or quantitatively determinin g at le a st on e a nalyte A, for example in o rder for it t o be possible t o detect a disease and/or patho gen or to de termine other val ues, which are import a nt for diagnostics, for example.

Particularly preferably, a molec ul ar‐biological test is mad e po s s ible by m e a n s of the analysis syst e m 1 and/or a nalysis de vi ce 2 00 and/ o r by m eans o f th e c artridge 1 0 0 . ‐ 23 ‐ Particularly preferably, a nucle ic‐acid assay for detecting a n ucl e ic‐acid sequence, in particular a D NA sequ e n c e and/or RNA seque nce , and/or a pr otein assay for detecting a protein, in p a rticular an antige n and/ or anti b ody, are made po s sible or ar e c arried out.

Prefer ably, t h e sample P or individual compo nents of the sampl e P or a nalyt e A c a n be amplifi e d if necessary, in parti cular b y m ea ns of P C R, and test e d , identified o r detected i n the a n alysis s ystem 1, a n a lysis device 20 0 a nd/or in the cartri dge 10 0, a nd/or for the purpose of c arrying out the nucleic‐acid a ssay. Preferably, amp lification pr oducts of th e analy t e A or a naly tes A ar e thus produ ced.

In the follow i ng, further detail s are first given on a preferre d c onstruction of th e c artridge 0, with f e a t ures of the c a rtri dge 10 0 preferably a l s o directl y r e presentin g f eat ures o f t he analysis syst e m 1, in p a rt icular even without any further expli cit explanati on.

The cartridge 100 is p referably at least sub stantially planar, fla t , plate‐shap ed and/or card‐like.

The cartridge 100 prefer ably c om pris es an in particular at l eas t substantially planar, flat, plate‐shaped and/or c a rd‐like m a in b o d y or suppor t 10 1 , th e m a i n body or su pport 10 1 i n particular b e i ng m ade o f a nd/or injec t ion‐mo ulded from plasti c s material, particularly preferably polypropylene.

The cartridge 1 0 0 prefer ably c ompris es at l e ast on e fil m or c o v er 1 02 for co v ering the main body 1 01 and/or c a v ities a n d/or chan n els formed th e rein a t le a st in p a rt, in particular on the front, an d/or f or for ming valves or the lik e, as shown b y d ashed lines in Fig. 2.

The an alysis s ystem 1 or c artrid ge 100 or the main body 101 the reof, in particular toget h er wit h the cover 102, pre ferabl y forms and/or comprises a fluidic system 103, referred to in the following as the fluid system 103.

The cartridge 100, the main body 101 and/or the fluid s ystem 10 3 ar e pre f erably at least substantially vertically or i ented in the operating p osition and /or during the test, in particular in the analysis devic e 200, as shown schematically i n Fig. 1. In par ticular, the main plan e o r surface e x t e nsion of the cartridge 1 0 0 thus exten ds at least substantially vertically in the operating position. ‐ 24 ‐ The cartridge 100 and/or the flu id sy s tem 10 3 pr efer ably com pri ses a plur ality o f c aviti e s, in particular at le a st on e r eceivin g c avi t y 1 04, a t le a s t one m eter ing c a vity 1 0 5 , at l east o n e intermedi a te cavity 106A‐G, at l east one mixing cavity 107, at least o n e storage ca vity 1 0 8 , at le a st on e r eaction cavit y 1 09 A‐C, at least o n e i n t e rmediat e temperature‐control cavity 110 and/or at least one c o llecti on cavity 111, as sh own in Fig. 1 and Fig . 2.

The cartridge 100 and/or the flu id sy s tem 10 3 also pref e rabl y c omprises at least one pump appar a tus 112 and/or at leas t o n e sensor ar r angement o r se nsor app aratus 113.

Some, most o r all o f th e c avities are p r efer ably f or med b y ch a m bers and/or channels or other depres sions in th e c a rtridg e 10 0 and/or the m ain body 1 01, and particularly preferably a re cov ered o r closed by t he cov er 1 0 2 . However, o t h er structur a l solutions are also possible.

In the example shown, the cartri dge 1 00 or the flui d system 10 3 preferably comprises two metering c avities 105, a plurali ty of intermediate c avities 106 A t o 1 06G, a plu r ality o f storage ca vit i es 1 08A to 1 08E a nd /or a plurality of reaction ca v i ties 10 9 A‐C, which can preferably b e loaded sep arately from one another, in particul a r a f irst reacti on ca vity 10 9A, a seco nd reactio n c a vity 1 09B a nd an option al third react ion cavity 109C, as c a n be seen i n Fi g. 2 .

The reactio n cavity/c a vit i es 1 09A ‐C is/are used in particular t o carry out an amplification reaction, in p a rticular PC R , or s ever al, prefer ably differ e nt, amp l ification r e actions, in particular P CRs. It is pre fera bl e t o carry out s ever al, prefer a bl y different, P CRs, i.e. PCRs havin g differ e nt prim e r c o mbin at ions or primer p airs, in parall el and/or i n dependently and/or in different re action cavities 109A‐C.

To c arry out the nucleic‐acid a ssay, preferably nucl eic‐acid se quences, as analytes A of the sample P, ar e a m plified i n the reacti o n cavit y /cavi t ies 1 09A‐C by means o f an amplification reacti on, in partic ular in order to produce ampli fi cation produ c ts for th e subseque nt d etection i n t he sens o r ar rangem ent o r sensor app a ra tus 11 3.

Within the m eani ng o f the present disc losure, ampli f ication reac t ions are in p a rticular molecular‐bi ological r eac t ions in whic h an analyt e A, in partic ul ar a nucleic‐ a cid sequenc e , is amplifi ed/copied and/ or in wh ich amplification products, in particular nucleic‐acid ‐ 25 ‐ products, of an an alyte A are pr oduced. Particularly preferably , PCRs are amplification reactions wit hin the mean ing of t he pr e sent disclosure.

"PCR" stands for p o lym e r a se ch a in re a ction a n d is a m olecular‐ b iologic a l method by mea n s o f wh i ch certain a nalytes A, in particular po r tions of RN A or RNA s e q uences or D N A or DNA se q u e nces, o f a sa m ple P are a m plified, pre fera bly in se veral cycl es, using polymer a ses or enzymes, in parti cular in order to then test and /or detect the amplification products or nucleic‐acid products . If R NA is inten d ed to b e tes ted and/or amplified, before the PCR is ca rried out, a c D NA is prod uced startin g fr om t he R N A, in partic ular usin g reverse tr anscriptase. The cDNA is used as a template for the s ubsequ ent P C R.

Prefer ably, d u ring a PCR, a samp le P is first denatured by the addition of heat in order t o separate the s trands of D N A or cDNA. P refer a bly, p rimers or n u cleotides are then deposited on the s eparat e d single stra nds of D NA o r cDNA, and a desired DN A or cDNA sequenc e is r e plicated by means o f pol ymer ase and / or the m issin g strand is replaced by means o f pol ymer ase. T hi s process is preferably r e peat ed in a p lurality of c y cles until the desired quantity of th e DNA or cDNA sequenc e is avail a ble.

For the PCR, mar ker primer s ar e pref erably used, i.e. primer s w hich (additionally) produce a m a rker or a l a bel, in p a rticular bioti n, on the ampli fi ed an a lyte A o r amplification product. This allo ws or facilitates d e tection. Pr ef er ably, the primer s used are biotinyl ated and/or comprise or form in particul ar covalently b onded biot i n as th e l ab el.

The amplific ation pr oducts and/o r other portions of the sampl e P produc ed in the on e or more r eaction cavities 109A‐C ca n b e conducted o r fed t o the c o nnected sensor arran g e m ent or sensor ap paratus 11 3, i n particular b y me ans o f the pu mp a p p aratus 1 1 2 .

The sensor apparatus 113 is used in particular for detecting, p articularly prefer a bly qualitati v ely and/or qu a n t itatively det e rminin g, th e a nalyt e A o r an a lytes A of th e sa m pl e P, in this cas e particularl y pre ferably the nucleic‐acid sequen c e s and/or proteins as the analy t es A. A l ternativ ely or addi tional l y, however, other value s may also be collected or determined.

As already e x plain e d at t he ou t set, in particular nu cleic‐acid sequences, preferably DNA sequenc e s a n d/or RNA seque nces, an d/or protein s, in particular antigens and/or antibodies, are preferabl y qu a li tativel y and/or quantitatively d e termin ed as an alytes A o f the sa mple P . In th e f ollo wing, how e v e r, a distincti on is n ot m ade betw een n ucleic‐acid ‐ 26 ‐ sequenc e s and proteins, or betw een t he n ucleic‐ac i d assay for d etecting nucleic‐acid sequenc e s and the prot ei n assay for d e tectin g prot eins.

In particular, the pum p apparatus 112 compri ses or for ms a tub e‐like or bead‐like raised portion, in p a rticular b y mea n s o f th e film or cov e r 10 2 , parti c u larly prefer a bly on the back of the c a rtridge 100, as show n sc hematically i n Fi g. 1.

The cartridge 100, the main body 101 and/or the fluid s ystem 10 3 preferably comprise a plural ity of c hannel s 114 and/or v al ves 11 5A, 115B, as s hown i n Fi g . 2.

By m ea ns o f the cha n n e ls 11 4 a nd /or valves 1 15A, 11 5B, th e ca vi ties 1 04 to 11 1, the pump appar a tus 112 and/or the s en s o r arran g ement and/or s e nsor apparatus 113 can be tempor arily and/or per manently f luidically interconnected and /o r fluidically separ ated from on e a n o ther, as r eq uired an d/or optionally or selectively, in pa rticula r such tha t they are co ntrolle d by th e a nal y sis system 1 or t h e an alysis device 2 00.

The caviti es 1 0 4 to 1 1 1 are preferabl y e ach fluidically linked or interconnected by a plurality o f c hann els 1 14. Parti cularly preferably, each cavity is linked or connected by at least two ass o ciated ch a n n els 1 14, in order to m ak e it possible for fl uid to fill, flow through and/or drain fro m th e res p ective c avit ies as re q uir e d.

The fluid tra n sport or th e fluid syst e m 1 0 3 is pre fera bly n o t b ased on capil l ary forces, or is not e xclusive ly bas ed on said forces, b ut in p a rticular is esse ntially based on the effects of gravit y and/or pumpin g f orces and/or compressive forces and/or suction forces that arise, which are particularly pre fer a bl y gen e rated by th e pu m p or pump ap paratus 112. In this case, the flows o f flui d or the fluid transport a n d the m e tering are c ontr o lled by accordingly opening and closing t he v alves 11 5A, 11 5B a nd/or by accordingly operating the pump or pump appar a tus 112, i n particular b y me ans of a p um p drive 2 02 of the analysis de v i c e 2 00.

Prefer ably, e a ch o f th e cavities 1 04 to 11 0 h a s an i nlet at the to p and an outl et at the botto m in th e oper a tin g p osition. Th e refore, i f re q uired, only liquid from the respective cavities c an be re mo ved via th e o u tle t .

In th e op e rat i ng positio n, t he liquids fr o m th e resp e c tive ca v i ties are preferably removed, in particular drawn out, via the outl e t that is at th e bottom i n each case, it pr efer ably bei ng possible for gas or air t o flow a nd/or be pu m ped i n to th e resp ective c a vitie s via t he i nle t ‐ 27 ‐ that is in par ticular at t he top . In particular, relevant vacuu ms i n the caviti e s can th us b e prevent e d or at le ast mini mise d when conveying the liquids.

In particular, the c avities, par ticularly preferably the storag e c a vity/cavities 108, the mixin g c avit y 1 0 7 and/o r the rec eivi ng c avity 1 0 4 , are e a ch d im ensio n ed a nd/or orie n t ed in the nor mal operatin g p o sition such that, when s a id caviti e s are filled with liquid, bubbles of gas or a ir tha t ma y pot e nti a lly form ris e upwards in the o perati n g positio n, such that the liquid collects ab o v e the outlet with o ut bu bbles. However, ot her solution s are also poss i ble her e .

The receivi n g cavity 104 preferably c o mprises a c onnectio n 104A for intro ducing th e sample P. In particular, the sample P may for example be intr o d uced into the recei v in g cavity 104 and/or cartridge 100 vi a t he con nectio n 1 04A b y m e an s of a pip ette, syrin g e or other instrument.

The receiving cavity 1 04 preferably c omprises an inlet 104B, an outlet 104C and an optional intermediate co nnection 1 0 4 D, it pre f er ably b ein g p oss ible for th e sa m ple P o r a portion th ereof to b e r e mov e d and/or conv ey ed f urther v ia t he o u t let 10 4C a nd/or th e optional intermediate co nnectio n 1 0 4 D. Gas, air o r anot her flu i d can flow i n and/or be pumped in v i a the inlet 1 04B, as alre a d y expl ained .

Prefer ably, t h e sample P o r a p o rtion thereo f can be re m o v ed, o ptionally and/or depending o n the assa y t o be carried o ut, via the o u tlet 1 04 C o r the opti on al intermediat e connectio n 104D of the receiving cavity 104. In p a r t icular, a s up ernat a nt of t h e sample P, such as blood plasma or blood ser u m , can be cond ucted aw ay or r em oved v ia th e opti o nal intermedi a te connection 104D, in par ticular for carrying out th e protei n ass a y.

Prefer ably, at least one v alve 1 1 5 A, 1 15B is assign ed to each c a v ity, the pu m p app a ratu s 11 2 a n d/or t he sens o r ap paratus 11 3 and/or is arr a nged upstre a m of the res p ective i nlet s and/or dow nstream o f t he respecti v e outl ets.

Prefer ably, t h e cavities 1 04 t o 1 1 1 or sequenc e s o f cavities 1 0 4 to 1 11, thr ou gh which flui d flows in s eries or in succession for example, c an be selectivel y released and /or fluid can selectively fl ow therethr o ugh by the assig ned val ves 115A, 115B b ein g act uated, a nd/o r said cavities can be fluidically conn ect e d to th e f lui d system 103 and/or to other cavities. ‐ 28 ‐ In p articular, the v alv e s 1 15A, 11 5B a r e f ormed by t he m ain bo d y 10 1 and t he fil m or cover 102 and/or are f or med in an o t h er m ann e r, f or e xample b y additional layers, depressions or the like.

Particularly preferably, one or mor e v alves 11 5A a re provided w hich are prefer a bly tightly closed initial l y or in the storag e state, particularly preferab ly in order to seal liquids or liquid rea ge nts F, locat e d in th e stor age cavities 1 0 8 , and/or the fluid s y stem 1 0 3 f rom the open r eceivi ng c avity 1 0 4 in a stor age‐stable m an ner.

Prefer ably, an initially closed valv e 11 5A is arran g ed upstream and downstr eam o f each storage ca vit y 1 08. S aid v a lves are pr e ferably only opened, in p a rticular a ut omatic ally, when th e c artridge 1 00 is actu ally b ei ng u sed a n d/or while ins e rting the c a rtridge 100 into th e a nal y sis device 2 00 and/ or fo r carrying ou t the assay.

A plurality of valv e s 1 1 5 A , in particular three valves in this cas e , are pref erab ly assign ed t o the receiving cavity 104, in part icular i f the intermediate con nec t ion 104D is provided in addition to t he inlet 104B and t h e ou tlet 104C. Depending on t h e use, i n ad dition to th e valve 115A at the i n let 104B, then preferabl y only the valve 11 5A either at the outlet 104C or at t he i n termediate co nnection 104D is opened.

T he valves 115A assigned to the receiving cavity 104 seal the f luid system 1 03 and/or th e cartridge 100 in particul a r flui dically and/or in a gas‐tight m anner until the sample P is inserted a nd the r eceivin g ca v ity 104 or a c onn ection 104A o f t he recei vin g c avity 10 4 is closed.

As an altern ative or in ad dition to th e v alves 1 15A ( which are initially closed), one or more valves 115B are prefer a bl y provid ed which are not closed in a s torage‐st a b l e m a nn er and/or whic h are ope n in itially a nd/or which can be closed by a ctuatio n . These valv es are used in particular to control th e flows of fluid during th e t e s t.

The cartridge 100 is p referably designed as a mic r ofluidic car d and/or the f l uid system 3 is pre fer a bly desi gn e d as a microfluidic system. In the pre sent disclosure, the term "microfluidic" is preferabl y understo o d to m e an th a t th e respec tive volum es of individual cavities, som e o f th e cavit i es or all of the cavities 104 to 11 1 an d/or chann els 11 4 are, separatel y or cumulati vely, less than 5 ml or 2 ml, particularl y preferably l e ss than 1 m l or 800 µl, in particular less than 6 0 0 µl or 3 00 µl, m o re particul arly prefer a bl y less than 200 µl or 10 0 µl. ‐ 29 ‐ Particularly preferably, a sampl e P h a ving a m axi m um volu m e o f 5 ml, 2 ml or 1 ml can be introduced i nto th e cartr i dge 10 0 a n d/or the f luid s ystem 10 3, in particular the receiving cavity 104.

Reagents a n d liquids which are p r e ferably introduced or provide d before t he test in liq uid form as liquids or liquid reagen ts F a n d /or in dry form as dry r e a g ents S ar e req uired fo r testing the s a mple P, as s hown i n the schematic view according to Fi g . 2 by reference signs F1 t o F 5 and S1 to S10.

Furtherm ore , other liquid s F, in p articular in t he f o r m o f a wash buffer, solv e nt for dry reagents S a nd/or a su bstrate, f or e xa mple in orde r to form d e t ection molec u les and/or a redox system, are also prefer a bl y r e quired for th e test, th e de tection proc ess and/or for other purpos es, and are i n parti cular provided in the cartridge 100, i.e. are likewise introduced b efore use, in partic ular before d e livery. At some p oi nts in th e following, a distinction is not m ad e b e tween liquid reagents a nd other liq ui ds, and therefore the respective explanations are acco rdingly also mutually applicabl e.

The an alysis s ystem 1 or t he car tridge 100 preferably contains all the reagents and liquid s required for p retreatin g t he sa m ple P and/or for c arrying out t he test or a ssay, in particular for carrying out one or mor e amplification reactions or PCRs, and therefore, particularly preferably, it is only nec e ssary to r e ceive th e op tionally pretr eated sample P.

The cartridge 100 or the fluid s ystem 10 3 pre f era b ly comprises a bypass 11 4A th a t c a n optionally be used, in ord er for it to be possible, if n e cessar y, to conduct or c onvey th e sample P or components thereof p ast the re action c avities 10 9 A ‐ C and/or, by b ypassin g the opti onal intermedi a te temp e ratur e ‐control cavity 110, also directly to the sensor apparatus 113.

The cartridge 100, the fluid sys tem 10 3 a n d/or the chan n els 1 1 4 preferably comprise sensor porti ons 116 or o t her app a ratuses for detecting liquid f ronts and/or flows o f flui d.

It is n o ted th at v arious co m pon e nts, such as th e ch a nn els 1 14, t he v a lves 1 1 5 A, 1 15B, i n particular th e v alves 11 5 A that are initially closed and the va lves 115B that are initially open, and th e sensor por tions 116 in Fig. 2 ar e , for reaso n s of clarity, only labelled in some cases, but th e sa m e s y mb ols are used in Fig. 2 for eac h of thes e compon ents. ‐ 30 ‐ The collection cavity 1 1 1 i s prefer ably use d for rec e iving exce ss or used r ea gents a n d liquids and volumes of the sampl e, and/or for providing gas or air in order to empty individual cavities and/or channels.

In particular, the collection ca vit y 111 can opti onall y b e con nected to individ ual cavities and channel s or other apparatuse s fluidically in or der to remov e re agents a nd liquids fr o m said cavities, channels or other apparatuses and/or to repl ace s a id reagents and liquids with gas or a i r. The collec t ion cavity 111 is pr e ferably gi ve n ap propriate lar g e di mensio n s.

Once the sa m ple P has b een introduc e d into t he r eceivin g c avi t y 1 04 a nd t he con nectio n 4A h as b e e n closed, th e cartridge 1 00 c a n be ins erted into a n d/or receive d in the proposed an a lysis device 20 0 i n order to t est the sample P, as s hown in Fi g . 1.

Alternativ ely , the sample P could also b e fed in late r .

Fig. 1 shows t he a nalysis system 1 in a ready‐to‐ u se stat e for carrying out a test or assay on th e sa mpl e P r eceiv e d in the cartridge 1 0 0 . I n thi s state, t h e c artridge 1 0 0 i s therefore linked to, rec eived by a nd /or inserted i nto th e anal ysis device 2 00.

In the follow i ng, some f e a tures and as pects of the analysis device 200 ar e fi rst explai ned in greater detail, in particular on the basis of Fig . 1. Th e feat u res and aspects rel a ting to s a id device a re pr e fer a bly also directly feat ures and asp ects of the proposed a n al ysis system 1, in particular eve n witho u t an y further explicit expl anati on.

The an alysis s ystem 1 or a nalysi s de vi ce 2 00 pre ferably compris es a mount or receptacl e 201 for mounting and/or rece iving the cartridge 100.

Prefer ably, the cartridge 100 is fluidic ally, in partic u lar hyd raulically, separa ted or isolated from the an a lysis device 2 0 0 . In parti cular, the car tridge 1 00 fo rms a pr eferably independent and in par ticular closed or sealed fluidic or hydra ulic system 1 03 for t he sample P a n d the re a gen t s and ot her liquids. In th is way, th e a nalysis devic e 200 does not come i nto di rect contact with the s am ple P and ca n in p articula r be reus e d for another test without being disinfected and/or cleaned first.

It is how e v e r provided th a t th e analys is device 20 0 can be conn ected or co u pled mechanicall y , electrically, ther mally and/or pneumatically to t he cartridge 100. ‐ 31 ‐ In p articular, the a n a lysis device 2 0 0 is design ed to have a m e ch anical e f f ect, i n particular for ac tuating the pump appar atus 112 and/or the valves 115A, 11 5B, and/o r to h a ve a thermal effect, in particular fo r temperature‐contr o lling the r eaction c a vity/cavities 109A‐ C and/or t he interm e diat e te mper atu r e‐control cavity 1 1 0 .

In a ddition, t he a nalysis d e vice 2 0 0 c a n preferabl y be pn e u m ati cally connected to the cartridge 100, in particular in order to actuate ind ividual app a r atuses, and / or can b e electrically c onnect ed to the cartridge 100, in p a rti c ular in o rder to collect and/or trans m it meas ured v alues, for example from the sensor appar atus 113 and/or senso r portions 116.

The an alysis s ystem 1 or a nalysi s de vi ce 2 00 pre ferably compris es a pu m p d r ive 2 02, t he pump drive 2 0 2 in partic ular bei ng designed for mechanic ally ac tuating the pump apparatus 112.

Prefer ably, a head of the pump drive 2 0 2 ca n b e r o tated i n ord e r to rotationally axially depress the preferably b ead‐like rais e d portion of the p ump ap p aratus 1 1 2 . Particularly preferably, t h e pu mp drive 2 0 2 a nd p ump apparatus 11 2 together form a p ump, in particular in the man n er o f a h o se pu m p or p eristaltic pump a n d /or a metering pump, for the fluid s y stem 1 0 3 a nd/ o r the c a rtridge 10 0.

Particularly preferably, the pum p is c onstructed as described in DE 1 0 20 1 1 0 15 1 84 B 4.

However, ot her structur a l so lutions are also poss ible.

Prefer ably, the capacity and/or discharge r a te of th e pump can be controlled and/or the conveying direction o f th e pu m p and/or pump drive 202 can be sw itched. P r efer ably, flu i d can thus be pumped for wards or bac kwards as d e sired.

The an alysis s ystem 1 or a nalysi s de vi ce 2 00 pre ferably compris es a co nnec t ion app a rat us 203 for in particular elect r ic ally and/o r thermally c onnectin g the cartridge 100 and/or the sensor arran g ement or s ensor apparatus 113.

As shown in Fig. 1, t h e co nnectio n app a ratus 20 3 p r efer ably c o m prises a pl u rality o f electrical co n tact e lem e n t s 20 3A , the cartridge 100, in particu lar the sensor arrangement or sensor apparatus 113, prefera bly being electric ally connecte d or con nec t able t o th e analysis de v i c e 2 0 0 by th e cont act el e m ents 2 0 3 A. ‐ 32 ‐ The an alysis s ystem 1 or a nalysi s de vi ce 2 00 pre ferably compris es one or more temper ature‐control apparatuses for temper ature‐controlling the cartridge 1 0 0 a nd/or havin g a th e rmal e ffect o n the cartridge 1 0 0 , in pa r ticular for h eatin g and/o r cooling, th e temper ature‐control apparatus(es ) (each) preferably comprising or b eing formed b y a heating r e sistor or a Peltier element.

Individual temperature‐control ap par a tuses, some of these appar atuses or all of these apparatuses can prefer a b ly be positio n ed a ga i nst or abutted on the cartridge 100, the main body 1 01, th e cov er 10 2 , the sen s or arran g e m ent, se n sor ap par a tus 1 13 and/or individual ca v ities a n d/or can b e ther mally co u ple d thereto an d /or can be integr a ted therein and/ or in p a rticular can b e op erated o r co ntrolled elec trically by th e analysis device 2 0 0 . I n the e xa mple shown , in particular the temper ature ‐control apparatuses 4A‐C a re p rovided.

Prefer ably, t he te mper at ure‐cont rol apparatus, referred to in t he following as the reacti on temper ature‐control apparatus 20 4A, is assign ed t o on e o f th e r eaction cavities 109A‐C or to a plurality of reaction c avit ies 109A‐C, in particular in or der for it to be po ssible to carr y out o n e or more amplific at ion r e actio n s therei n.

The reactio n cavities 1 0 9 A‐C are preferably temp erature‐co nt rol led simultaneously and/or uniformly, in particular by means of on e co mmo n reacti on temper a ture‐control apparatus 204A or two r e action t emperature‐contr ol appar a tuses 20 4A.

More particularly preferably, the r eaction cavity/cavities 109A ‐C c an be temper ature‐ controlled fr om tw o different sid es an d /or by means of two or the r ea ction temp er a ture‐ control apparatuses 204A that ar e pr efer ably arranged on opp o si te sides.

Alternativ ely , each r e acti on ca vity 1 0 9 A‐C ca n b e t emper ature ‐ c ontrolled independently and/or individually.

The temperature‐control apparatu s, referred to in the following as the inter m ediat e temper ature‐control apparatus 20 4B, is preferabl y assigned to t he i nte r media te temper ature‐control cavity 110 a nd/or is designed to ( actively) temperatur e ‐control or heat t he i nte r mediate te mperat ur e‐control cavity 110 and/or a f luid loc ated therein, in particular the amplification prod ucts, preferably t o a pre he a t te mperat ure. ‐ 33 ‐ T he intermediate temperature‐cont r o l cavity 110 an d/or int ermed iat e te m p erature‐ control apparatus 204B i s prefer ably a rran g ed up s tream of or (i mmedi atel y) b efor e th e sensor arran g ement or sensor app a rat u s 11 3, in pa rticular in or der for it to be possible to temper ature‐control or preheat, i n a d esired ma n n e r, fluids to b e fed to the s e nsor arran g e m ent or sensor ap paratus 11 3, i n part icular analytes A a nd/or ampli f ication products, particularly prefer a bl y im mediat ely b e fore s aid flui d s are fed.

Particularly preferably, the int ermedi ate t e mp erat ure‐control c avity 110 or inter mediate temper ature‐control apparatus 20 4B is designed or provided to d en ature t h e sample P o r analy t es A a nd/or the a m plificat io n products produced, and/or to divide any double‐ stranded analytes A or amplifica tion pr oducts into s i ngle str an ds and/or t o co u nteract premat ure b onding or h ybridising of the amplification products , in particula r by th e addition of h eat.

Prefer ably, t h e analysis s ystem 1, analysis device 200 and/or t he cartridge 100 and/or one or each te mp erature‐co ntrol appar a tus compri se/comprises a t emp er ature detector and/or temp e rature sens o r (not show n ), in particu l ar in order t o make it possible to control and/or feedback control temperature.

One or m ore temper ature sensors m a y for exampl e be a ssigned t o the sensor portions 116 and/or to in dividual cha nnel porti o n s or caviti es, i.e. may be thermally coupled thereto.

The temperature‐control apparatu s 204C, referred to in the foll owing as th e sensor temper ature‐control apparatus 20 4C, is in particul ar assigned t o the sensor apparat u s 113 and/or is de signed to (ac t ively) t emp e rature‐co n t r ol or he at f l uids located in or o n th e sensor arran g ement or sensor app a ratus 113, in particular analytes A and/or amplification products, reagents o r th e like, in a de s ired man n e r , preferably t o a hybridisation temperature.

The sensor t emper a ture‐ c ontrol ap paratus 204C is prefer ably planar and/ or has a co n t a ct surface w h ich is preferably rect an gul a r and/or cor responds to t he dimensions of the sensor arran g ement or sensor app a rat us 11 3, the c ontact sur f ac e allowin g f o r heat transfer bet ween the s e n sor te mper ature‐contr o l apparat us 2 04C and t h e sensor apparatus 113.

Prefer ably, t h e analysis d evice 20 0 co mprises the sensor te m p e rature‐control appar a tus 204C. However, oth er structural solutions are also possible in w h ich the s e ns or ‐ 34 ‐ temper ature‐control apparatus 20 4C is integr ated in the cartrid ge 100, in particular the sensor arran g ement or s ensor apparatus 113.

Particularly preferably, the con nection apparatus 203 comprises the senso r temp eratur e‐ control apparatus 204C, and/or t he connection apparatus 203 tog et her with the s ensor temper ature‐control apparatus 20 4C c an b e link e d to, in parti c u lar pressed against, the cartridge 100, in particular the s ensor arrangement or s ensor a pparatus 11 3.

More particularly preferably, t he c onn ection appar a tus 203 and the s e nsor t emper a ture‐ control apparatus 204C (together ) can be moved t owards and/ o r r elativ e t o the c artridge 0, in p a rticular the sen sor arrangement or s en sor appar a tus 113, and/or can b e positioned against said c artridge , preferably in or der to both electrically and thermally couple th e a nalysis devic e 2 00 t o the cartridge 100, in particu lar the sensor arrangement or sensor ap paratus 11 3 or the supp o rt thereo f .

Prefer ably, t he sens or te m perat ure‐control appar a tus 204C is ar ranged centrally on the connectio n apparatus 203 or a su ppo rt thereo f an d /or is arran g e d between the contact elem ents 2 0 3 A.

In particular, the contact eleme nts 203A are arranged in an ed g e r e gio n o f t he con nectio n apparat u s 2 03 or a supp o rt there of or are arranged around the s ensor te m p erature‐ control app a ratus 204C, preferably s uch that the connectio n app aratus 2 0 3 is con n ecte d or conn ectab l e to th e se n s o r appar a tus 11 3 th erm a l l y in th e ce n t r e and electr ically on the outside or i n the edge region. However, other solut i ons are also possible her e .

The an alysis s ystem 1 or a nalysi s de vi ce 2 00 pre ferably compris es one or m o re v alve actuators 20 5A, B for act u atin g th e v a lves 1 15A, 1 15B. P a rticularly preferably, different (types or gro u ps of) val ve actu a tors 2 0 5 A and 20 5B are provide d which are a ssigned t o the diff er ent (types or g r oups of ) val ves 11 5A and 115B f or act u a ting e ach o f said v a lves, respectively.

The an alysis s ystem 1 or a nalysi s de vi ce 2 00 pre ferably compris es a co n trol a pparat us 207 for controlling the sequence o f a t est or assay and/or for c ollecting, evaluating and/or outputting or providing measur ed values or measurement res ults 71 3, in p a rticular fro m the sens or apparatus 113, and/or t e s t results and /or other d a t a or values. ‐ 35 ‐ The control apparatus 207 pr efer abl y comprises an int e rn al c loc k or time base by means of which the s equenc e o f t he test is or can b e co n trolled and/o r by means of which test steps that fol low temp orally one anoth e r or th a t ext e nd over ti m e ar e contr o lled or can b e controlled by the control appar a tus 207.

The control apparatus 207 pr eferabl y controls or is designed to control act u ators o f th e analysis de v i c e 2 0 0 for ac ting on th e c a rtridge 10 0 in order to c arry out the t est. The actuators ar e in p articul a r the pump d rive 2 02, th e te m per a tu re ‐control apparatuses 204 and/or the v alve a ctu a tor s 20 5 A, B.

The an alysis s ystem 1 or a nalysi s de vi ce 2 00 pre ferably compris es one or more sens o rs 6A‐H. In p articular, flui d sensors 2 0 6 A are desi gned or pro v ided to detect liquid fronts and/or flows of fluid in th e flu id system 103. Particularly pre fe rably, the flu id sensors 6A are d esigned to measure or detect, for example optically and/or capacitively, a liquid front a nd/or the pr esenc e , the sp eed, the mass fl o w rate/v o lu me flow r a te, the temper ature and/or anot her value of a fluid i n a c h ann e l and/or a c avity, i n particular i n a respectively assigned s ensor port ion 1 16, which is i n particula r f o rmed b y a p l anar a nd/or widened channel porti on of th e f luid system 1 03.

T he fl uid sensor 206A prefer ably measures a fl uid entering or l e a vin g th e se n sor portion 116 and/or a cont ent change or fluid chan ge in th e sensor por ti on 116, an d in the proc ess generates a measur ement result 7 06A that c orresponds to the flu id enteri n g, the f luid leavin g, th e c ontent change and/or the fluid chan ge in the sens or portion 116. This measur em en t result 7 06 A fro m th e flui d sensor 2 0 6 A can be retr i eved b y t h e control apparat u s 207 and/or tr a nsmitt ed to the control apparatus 207. The control appar a tus 7 contr o ls or is design e d to c o n trol the t est and / or the a ctu ators, preferably using or taking into account th e measurem ent result 706A from the f luid sensor 206A . In particular, when a co n ten t chan g e, a n enterin g f luid, a leaving fl u id and/or a fluid chan ge i s detected in t h e sens or po r tion 1 16, i n particular w hen a liquid front is detec t ed, the control app a ratus 2 0 7 influences a pr o gra m se q ue nce. In this c a se, for e x ample a check can b e c arrie d out or a su bseque nt ste p of the t est can b e co n t rolled, in particular by activating t h e actuators i n a pa rticular and/or differing manne r.

Particularly preferably, the sen s o r portions 116 ar e each oriented and/or incorporated in the fluid s y stem 1 0 3 a nd/ o r fluid fl ow s against or t hrough the sensor portio n s 116 such that, in t he o peratin g pos ition o f th e c artridge 1 0 0 , fluid flo ws t hrough the sensor portio ns 11 6 in the ve r tical direction and/or fr o m th e botto m to the top , or vice v e rsa, in p a rticular in order to mak e it p o ssible or e asier to accuratel y detect liq ui d. ‐ 36 ‐ Alternatively or additionally, th e analy s is device 2 0 0 pre ferab ly comprises o ne or mor e (different, ot her and/or further) sens ors 206B.

Prefer ably, t h e oth e r se n s or 20 6 B is or comprises a pressure s e nsor for det erminin g th e (relative) air pressure. Th e oth e r sens or 2 06B c an g en erat e a m easure men t r esult 70 6B, which corresponds in particular to th e air pressure . This m easu reme nt resul t 70 6B c an b e retrieved by the contr o l apparatu s 207 and/or transmitted to t h e contr o l apparatus 207.

The control apparatus 207 c ontro ls or is designed to control th e test and/ o r the actuat ors, preferably u sing or takin g int o account the meas urement result 70 6B f ro m the oth e r sensor 206B.

Alternatively or addition ally, one or more temper a ture sensors 206C are provided for detecting the internal temperatur e and / or the t emp e rature in th e interior space 212A of the analysis d evice 20 0, in part icular t he te m per a t ure o f an a t mosphere in the interior spac e 212A. Alternativel y or addi tionally, one or more temper a t ure sensors 206C are provided for d etecting the am b ie nt temperature and/or the tempe rature of an atmosphere surrounding the analysis device 2 0 0 and/or the t e mperat ure o f o ne or more of the temper ature appar a tuses .

The te mperature sensor 2 0 6 C pre f er ably m e a sur e s a t e mp erature, in particular of the interior spac e 2 12 A o f th e a nalysis de vice 2 00, a n d in the proc ess generates a measur em en t result 7 06C that c o rresponds to the temper a ture, in particular of the interior spac e 2 12 A a n d/or at m os phe r e of or p a rts of the interi or s pace 212A. T his measur em en t result 7 06C fro m th e te mperat ure s e nsor 2 0 6 C c a n be r etriev ed by the control apparatus 207 and/or tra nsmi tted to th e c ontrol app a r a t us 2 07. T h e control apparatus 207 c ontrols or is des ign e d to control t h e test and/ o r the actuators, preferably using or taki n g i n to account th e meas urement result 706C fr om t he temperature sensor 6C.

The an alysis d evice 20 0 p r efer ab ly c o m prises a t ilt sensor 2 0 6 D for detecti ng th e inclination and/or orient ation of the a nalysis devic e 2 00 a nd/o r of t he c artridge 1 0 0 . Th e tilt sensor 2 06D is in p ar ticular designed a nd set u p to det erm ine th e inclin a tion of the anal ysis d evice 200 and/or of the cartridge 100 that d iffers fr o m th a t in an operatin g position.

The tilt sens o r 206D preferably meas ures the inclination, and i n the proces s gen e rat e s a measur em en t result 7 06 D that co rres p onds to th e inclination o f the analysis device 200 and/or of the cartridge 100. This measurement result 7 06 D f r om th e tilt s ensor 206D c an be retri eved b y th e co ntrol appa r a tus 207 and/or t ransmitted t o the control appar a tus ‐ 37 ‐ 7. Th e co n trol appar a t u s 20 7 co ntr o ls or is desi g ned t o co n t r ol the t est a n d/or the actuators, pr e fer a bly usin g or t akin g i n to a ccount t h e m e asur e ment result 706D from the tilt sensor 2 06D. In p articular, if the in clination is too grea t, t h e test is prev e nted, block e d or interrupt ed, and/or an error is identified, proc e ssed, trans mitted and/or signalled.

The an alysis d evice 20 0 may comp ris e an acceleration sens or 206 E. The acceleration sensor 206E is prefer a bly design ed to determine an acceler a tion of the a n al ysis device 200, in particular an accelerati on i n th e vertical an d/or horiz ontal direction with respect to the oper a t i ng positio n.

The acceler a tion sens or 206E pre ferably measur es the acceler a ti on, and in the process generates a measur ement result 7 06E that c orresponds to the acc eleration o f the analysis device 200 a nd/or of the car tridg e 100. T his measureme nt r es ult 70 6 E fro m th e acceleration sensor 206E can be retrieved by the c ontrol appar a tus 207 and/or transmitted to the control apparatus 207. The control appar a tus 20 7 con tro l s or is designed t o control the t e st and/or t h e act u ators, prefer a bly u sing or takin g int o acco u n t the measur e m ent result 7 0 6 E fro m t he acc elerati on se nsor 2 0 6 E. In particular, if the acceleration is too great, the t est is prevent ed, blocked or in terrupted, and/or an error is identified, pr ocessed, tra nsmitted an d/or signalled.

The an alysis d evice 20 0 may comp ris e a hu m idity sensor 2 06 F for det ermin i ng th e (relative) atmospheric humidity and / or the dew point o f th e atm osphere inside or in the interior spac e 2 12 A a n d/or outside th e a nalysis de vice 2 00.

The hu midity sensor 2 0 6 F prefera bly measur es th e (relati ve) a t m ospheric humidity and/or the d ew point, an d in the proc e ss ge nerat e s a me asure m en t result 706F that corresponds to the (relative) atmo spheric humidity and/or the d ew point of the atmosph e re i n the an alys is device 20 0 and/or th e s urroundings of th e anal ysis device 20 0 .

This m easur e me nt result 70 6F fro m t he hu midity s ensor 2 0 6 F c an b e retri e v ed b y th e control apparatus 207 and/or tra nsmi tted to th e c ontrol app a r a t us 2 07. T h e control apparatus 207 c ontrols or is des ign e d to control t h e test and/ o r the actuators, preferably using or taki n g i n to account th e meas urement result 706F fr om t he humidity sensor 206F.

In particular, if the (rel ative) atmospheric humidity is too hi gh a nd/or if the dew point is approached or reached, the test is prevent ed, blocked or int err upted, and/or an error is identified, pr ocessed, tra nsmitted an d/or signalled.

The an alysis d evice 20 0 may comp ris e a position sensor 206G for determi ni ng th e position or l ocation, for example b y m e ans of a G P S sensor. Th e position sensor 206G is prefera b ly d esigned to d etermin e th e location o f t he a nalysis d evice 20 0 i n s pace, in ‐ 38 ‐ particular on the Earth's s urfac e, and/ o r to output the geograp hical position, the loc a tion and/or the c oordinates o f the analysis device 200.

The position sensor 206G prefera bly measures t he position, in p articular the geographic al position, of t h e analysis d evice 200, an d in the proc ess genera t e s a me asure m ent result 70 6G th a t co rresponds to the p os ition or geogr aphi cal position. T his meas urement result 70 6G fr o m t he positio n s ensor 20 6G c an b e r e triev e d by the co n trol apparatus 207 and/ or transmitted to the control apparatus 207. The control appar a tus 20 7 con tro l s or is designed t o control the t e st and/or t h e act u ators, prefer a bly u sing or takin g int o acco u n t the measur e m ent result 7 0 6 G fr om t he positio n s e nsor 206G.

The an alysis d evice 20 0 may comp ris e a cartridge s ensor 2 06H for determining or checking the position or align me nt of the cartridge 100 in or w ith respect to the analysis device 200. In particular, the c artridge sensor 206H is designe d to detect an incorrect position o f t he cartridge 1 0 0 in the an alysis device 20 0. Alter natively or add i tionally, the cartridge sensor 206H is designed to detect a nd/o r verify th e c orrect and/or operating position o f t he cartridge 1 0 0 i n the an alysis device 20 0.

The cartridge sensor 206H prefer ably measures th e position o f t he cartridge 10 0 i n th e anal ys is d evice 200, and i n the proces s generates a me as urement result 70 6 H that corresponds to the positi on or ali gnment of the c a rtridge 100 i n the an alysi s device 20 0.

This m easur e me nt result 70 6H f ro m the cartridge sensor 206H can be retrieved by t he control apparatus 207 and/or tra nsmi tted to th e c ontrol app a r a t us 2 07. T h e control apparatus 207 c ontrols or is des ign e d to control t h e test and/ o r the actuators, preferably using or taki n g i n to account th e meas urement result 706H fr om t h e cartrid ge s ensor 206H. In par ticular, if the cart ridge 100 is incorrec t ly positi on ed in the an al ysis device 0, the t est is prevent ed o r bl ocked a n d/or the c a r tridge 1 00 is automatic ally ejected from the an a lysis device 2 0 0 or the like. Alternatively or additionally, th e test is en able d if it is detected that the c a rt ridg e 100 is i n the correct operati ng p osition in th e analysis device 200.

The control apparatus 207 pr eferabl y controls or feedback contr ols the p u mp drive 2 0 2 , the temper ature‐control apparatu ses 2 04 and/or th e v alve actu a t ors 20 5, in particular takin g into a ccount or d e p ending on t h e desired t e st and/or me a sured values from the sensor arran g ement or sensor app a rat u s 11 3 and/ or sensors 2 06A‐ H.

The flows of fluid are con trolled in particular by accordingly activating th e pump or pump apparat u s 1 12 and actua t ing th e valv es 1 15A, 11 5 B . ‐ 39 ‐ Particularly preferably, the pum p drive 202 comprises a stepper mot or, or a drive calibrated in another w a y, such that d esired met er ing c a n be a c hieved, a t le a st in princi ple, by m e a ns o f appropriate activatio n .

Additionally or alternatively, the fluid sensors 206A are used t o detect liquid fronts or flows of fluid , in particular in coop erat ion with t he assigned s e n s or portions 116, in order to achi e ve th e desired flui d ic sequenc e and th e desi red met e rin g by accordingly controlling t he pu m p or pump appa r a tus 112 and accordingly acti vatin g t h e v alves 11 5 A, 11 5B.

Optionally, t h e analysis s ystem 1 or a nalysis devic e 2 00 compr i ses an input appar a tus 208, such as a keyboard, a touc h scr een o r t h e like, and/ or a displa y apparatus 209, such as a screen.

The an alysis s ystem 1 or a nalysi s de vi ce 2 00 pre ferably compris es at least one int e rface 210, for example for con trolling , for c o mm unicati n g and/or f o r outputting measur e d data or test result s and/or for linki ng t o ot her devices, such as a pri n ter, an external power supply or th e like. T his may in p arti cular be a wired or wirele ss interfac e 21 0.

The an alysis s ystem 1 or a nalysi s de vi ce 2 00 pre ferably compris es a pow er s upply 21 1, preferably a batter y or an accumu lator , which is in particular integrated and/o r externally connected or conn ectable.

Prefer ably, an integrated accumu la tor is provided a s a pow er su pply 21 1 an d can b e (re)charged by a n ext e rn al char g ing device ( not sh o wn) vi a a c o nnectio n 211A and/or i s interchangeable.

The an alysis s ystem 1 or a nalysi s de vi ce 2 00 pre ferably compris es a h ousin g 2 12, a ll the compon ents and/or some or all of t he a pparat u ses preferably b ei ng integrat e d in th e housing 212. Particularly prefera bly, t he cartridge 1 0 0 ca n b e inserted or sl id into the housing 2 12, and/or c a n be rec eived by th e a nal y sis device 2 0 0 , throu gh an openin g 213 which can in particular be close d, such as a slot or t he like. ‐ 40 ‐ The an alysis s ystem 1 or a nalysi s de vi ce 2 00 is pre f era b ly port able or mobile. Particularl y preferably, t h e analysis d evice 20 0 w e ighs less th an 2 5 k g or 2 0 kg, particul arly preferably less than 1 5 kg or 1 0 k g, i n particular l ess than 9 kg or 6 kg.

The fluidic, in particular pneum atic, c o upling b et ween the c ar t ridge 100 and the an al ysis device 200 will be explained in greater detail in the following , it bei ng pos sible for the following as p ects to b e i mplem e nted independ e n t ly fro m th e prec eding as pects.

As already e x plain e d, the an a lysi s dev i ce 2 00 c a n p r efer ably be p neum aticall y linked t o the cartridge 100, in particular to th e s e nsor arran g ement or s ensor appar a tus 113 and/or to the pump apparat us 1 12.

Particularly preferably, the ana lysis d e vice 200 is designed to supply the c a rtridge 100, in particular the sensor arrangemen t or sensor appar a tus 113 and/o r the p u mp appar a tus 11 2, with a working me dium, in particular gas or air.

Prefer ably, t h e workin g medium can b e co mpress ed and/or pr essur ised in the analysis device 200 o r by means of the anal ysis d evice 20 0.

Prefer ably, t h e analysis d evice 200 comprises a pr essurised gas s upply 214 f or this purpose, in particular a pressure generator or compressor, pref erably in order to compress and/or pressurise the w orki ng m ediu m.

The pressurised gas supply 214 is pr e ferably inte gr ated in the analysis devic e 200 or the housing 212 and/or can b e contro lled or feedback controlled by means of t he contr o l apparat u s 2 07. T he pres s urised gas s upply 2 1 4 ca n also, at le a s t in part, b e form ed on o r by th e cartri d ge 1 0 0 .

Prefer ably, t h e pressurised gas supply 214 is electrically oper ated or can be operated by electrical po w er. In p arti cular, the pr e ssurised gas supply 214 can be supplied with electrical po w er by m e an s of t he p ow er supply 21 1.

The an alysis d evice 20 0 o r pressurised gas supply 214 is prefer ably desi g n e d to compr ess the workin g medium to a pressure of more t han 1 00 kPa, p articul arly preferably more than 1 5 0 k P a or 25 0 k P a, in particul ar more th an 3 00 kPa or 3 5 0 kP a , and/o r of l e ss than ‐ 41 ‐ 1 MPa, particularly preferably less than 900 kPa or 80 0 kPa, in particular less than 70 0 kP a and / or to feed s aid mediu m t o the cartri dge 10 0 a t s aid pressure.

Prefer ably, air can be drawn in, in par t icular from the surroun dings, as the working medium by mea n s o f th e an a lysis device 200 or pr e ssurised gas s upply 214. In pa rticular, the analysis d evice 20 0 o r pressu rised gas supply 214 is design ed to use t h e surroundin g s as a reservoi r for th e wor king m edium or the air. However, othe r solutions are also possible here, in particular thos e in w hich the a n a l y sis device 200 or pressurised gas supply 21 4 c o mprises a p r efer ably clo sed or delimi t ed reservoir , such as a tank or contain e r, co m prising th e working medium, and/o r is connect ed o r conn ect a ble t h eret o.

Prefer ably, t h e analysis d evice 20 0 or p ressurised gas supply 2 14 c o mprises an inlet, the working me dium in p a rti c ular bei ng a ble to be dra w n in a nd/o r c onducted in the pressurised gas supply 214 via the inl e t.

Prefer ably, t h e analysis d evice 20 0 or p ressurised gas supply 2 14 c o mprises a filter, the filter preferably being integrat ed in th e inlet and/o r it prefe rabl y b e ing possible for th e working me dium to be fi l tered by m e a ns o f th e filter and/or it preferably b eing possible for particles to be se p a rat e d fro m th e working medium by means of the filte r.

The filter is preferably d esigned as a m icro filter o r as a fin e p a rticulate air filter.

Prefer ably, particles having a p article diameter of more than 1 0 µm, particularly pref er ably more tha n 8 µ m or 9 µ m, in pa rticula r more tha n 6 µm or 7 µm, more particularly preferably more tha n 4 µ m or 5 µ m , can be s epara t e d by m ean s of t he filter , the particle diameter pre f era b ly b ein g th e m a x im um or a v era g e d i a me ter of th e resp e ctive particles. This ensures that the cha nn els or lines i n the cartr idge t hat c onvey th e worki ng medium do not b ecome contaminat ed or clogged and/or that no und esired pressure loss occurs.

The an alysis d evice 20 0 o r pressurised gas supply 214 preferabl y comprises a connection elem ent 21 4 A, in particul a r in o rder to pneumatically connect the analysis device 200 and/or press urised gas s u pply 21 4 t o t he cartridge 1 0 0 .

Fig. 3 is a schema tic view o f th e proposed analysis system 1 fo r testing an in particular biologic al sample P, comprising the analysis devic e 200 for rec eivin g th e ca r tridge 1 00 a nd subsequentl y carrying out the te st using the rec eived cartridge 100, and an oper atin g instrument 4 00 for t he an alysis device 20 0. ‐ 42 ‐ The oper atin g instru ment 40 0 is pr efe r ably desi g n e d to co n trol the an alysis d evice 20 0.

Alternatively or additionally, th e op erating instru m e nt 4 0 0 can receive or retrieve (pieces of) in for m ati on, in p a rticular ( measur ement) resul ts such as me asured v alu e s, from the analysis de v i c e 2 00. I n p a rticul ar, the operatin g i n strument 4 0 0 is a mobile terminal device such as a smartph one , a tablet or the lik e .

The oper atin g instru ment 40 0 is pr efe r ably i mple ment ed or p r ovi ded so as to be physically se p arated f ro m th e analys is device 20 0 . The oper a ti n g i nstrume nt 4 00 can preferably b e separ a ted and/or d isconnected fro m th e analys is d evice 20 0 physically and/or with respect to a data co nnect ion.

The oper atin g instru ment 40 0 c an pr e ferably be wi r elessly con n e cted to the an alysis device 200. A data conn ection D V A c a n thus b e est a blished b e t w e en the analysis device 20 0 a n d the operatin g i n strument 4 0 0 . Howev e r, t he dat a co n n ect ion DVA can in principle also b e est a b l ished in a no ther m ann e r, for e xampl e w ired.

It is pre f era b le for the op e ratin g instr ume n t 4 0 0 t o also be op e r ational whe n separ ated o r disconnected from the analysis dev ic e 200, i n par t icular for ca rrying out evaluatio n s or for other purpos es. Alternati v ely or addit i onally, th e analysis dev ic e 200 is also operational when sep arated or discon nected f rom the op eratin g instru ment 40 0, in p a rti c ular for continuing a tes t.

Particularly preferably, the ope rating instrument 400 comprises an interface 430 for establishin g data co nnect ions D VA, D V B, D VD.

The interfac e 430 and/or the ope rati ng i nstrument 400 in p ar tic ular comp r ises what is referred to as an analysis device interfa ce 4 3 1 th a t is designe d t o esta b lish t he pre fera bl y wireless data connection DVA to t he analysis devic e 200. This c an, for e x am ple, be a radi o interface, W PAN inter f ac e, Bluet ooth inter fa ce a nd/or a Bluetoo th module or the like.

T he interfac e 210 of the analysi s device 200 preferably corres p onds to th e interface 430 and/or the a nalysis devic e int erfac e 4 31 of the ope rating instr u m ent 4 00, in particular such that the data c onnec tion DV A bet w een the o p e ratin g instr ument 400 and the an al ysis device 2 0 0 c an b e establi s hed. The int erfac e 2 10 o f the an alysi s device 2 0 0 a nd the analysis de v i c e inter f ace 43 1 pre f era b ly support th e sa m e d a ta transmission method ‐ 43 ‐ and/or radio transmissio n m ethod or radio standard, in particul ar WLAN or WPAN methods suc h as Bluetooth, N FC, Zigbee or the like.

Particularly preferably, the int erfac e 2 1 0 o f th e an alysis devi ce 20 0 a nd th e a nalysis device int erface 4 3 1 m ak e possible or facilitat e wh at is kn own as an ad‐hoc connectio n. In this case, the data c onn ec tion D V A is established pr e fer a bly au t o matic a lly w hen th e devices, i.e. the operating instrument 400 and the analysis device 200, are within rang e of one a n o ther. In o ther wo r ds, the oper ating instru ment 4 00 an d t he anal y sis device 200 each co m pri s e a wir e less data i nt er face 430, 210, respectively, which ar e d esigned to jointly establ ish an ad‐hoc data co n n e ction b e tween the oper ati ng i nstrument 400 and t h e analysis de v i c e 2 00, pre fe rably such th a t, when the operatin g i n s trument 4 0 0 a nd the analysis de v i c e 2 0 0 appro a ch on e a not her in sp a ce, the dat a co n nection DVA thereb etwee n is autom a ti cally established and is prefer ably dis played b y me ans o f th e operatin g i n strument 400.

The data con nection DVA is prefer a bly a p o int‐to‐p oint con necti on. Th e dat a connectio n DVA conn ect s the anal y sis device 2 00 to the oper a t ing instrume n t 40 0 pref era bly d irec tly and/or with o ut any inter posed netw o r ks. It is possible for the operating inst rument 400 to establish data co nnect ions D VA t o different analysis devices 200 simult a neously or in succession. Alternatively or addi tionally, it is possible for o ne analysis devic e 200 to establish dat a con nection s DVA to a pl urality o f o peratin g inst rume nts 400 simultan eously or in success ion.

In order to c ontrol the test, it is preferable for precisely on e data con nectio n D V A t o b e provided bet ween the a n a lysis device 20 0 t o b e co n trolled and t he op e ratin g instru m ent 400 contr o lling the analysis devi ce 200, and/or for a piece or pi eces o f contr o l infor m ati o n 510 to be rec e ived and/or accept ed or to be acce ptable and/or r eceivable and/or for measur em en t results 7 1 3 to b e tr ans m itted or to be tr a nsmitt abl e only via precisely o n e data co nnect ion D V A bet w een the a n a lysis device 20 0 t o b e co n tr olled and the operating instrument 400 c ontrolling t he analysis de vice 200.

The an alysis d evice 20 0 p r efer ab ly c o m prises a r e c eiver 21 0A f or, preferably wirelessly, receivin g th e piece/piece s of co ntrol informatio n 51 0 fr om t he operati n g in strument 400.

Prefer ably, t he int e rfac e 21 0 co mprises the receiver 210A, via which signals, in particular pieces of control infor m ation 510, are or can be rec eived from the op erating instrument 40 0.

Alternatively or additionally, th e analy s is device 2 0 0 and/or the interface 2 1 0 co m prises a transmitter 210B, via wh ich data , in particular res ults such as m easur e m e n t results 7 13 ‐ 44 ‐ from the sen sor appar a tu s 11 3, are or can be sent, particularly preferably to t he operati ng instrument 4 00.

The interfac es 2 10, 431 prefera bly c o rrespond to one anoth e r su ch that th ey support t he same data tr ansmission standard a n d/or radio sta ndard, in par t i cular Bluetooth, WLAN or the like. The s e inter f aces are p articul a rly preferably interfac es 210, 431 which ma ke possible what is known as an ad‐h oc co nnection, t he data c onn ec tion D V A pr eferably bein g est a bli s hed aut o m a tically when the devic e s, i.e. the op er ating instrument 400 and the analysis d evice 20 0, are w ithin range of one a nother .

The an alysis s ystem 1 pre f era b ly f urth er comprises a dat ab ase 5 00 or the dat abas e 5 0 0 is assigned t o t h e analysis s ystem 1. T he datab ase 5 0 0 is pre f era b ly an e x tern a l datab ase 5 00 that is i m ple m ent e d or p rovided so a s to b e physi c ally separ at e d from the operating instrument 400 and/or fr o m th e an alysis device 200. In principl e, however, i t is not impossible for the d a ta b a se 5 0 0 to b e provided o r implem e nt ed s uch th at it can be directly linked, in pa r ticular to th e oper a tin g i nstrument 4 00, or to b e provided or implemented by the op eratin g instru ment 40 0 .

The oper ating instrument 400 c an access the database 500 via a data c onn ec tion D V D. Fo r this purpose, the operati n g inst rument 400 and/or the interface 43 0 c an co m prise a datab a se int erfac e 4 32 b y m e a ns of w hich the d ata b ase 50 0 c a n b e accessed, in particul ar via a n e twor k N. Th e n et work N m ay b e th e Intern et or anot her d ata netw ork. It is also prefera b le f o r the op e rati ng i ns trument 400 to be able t o estab lish the dat a connectio n DVD to th e d atab ase 5 00 via a wireles s interf a ce, i n particular WLAN, WPAN, mobile communications or the like. Howeve r, in principle, o ther soluti ons are also possible here.

Particularly preferably, the ope rating instrument 400 comprises different i nterfaces 43 0 that are ind ependent of o n e anoth e r for establishing data c onn e ctions D VA, DVD to the analysis de v i c e 2 0 0 and t o the data b a s e 5 00, th e a nalysis devic e 200 (as a peripher al device of the operating instrume nt 400) b e ing desi gned t o co mmu nicate exclusively with or via the op e ratin g instr ume n t 4 00.

The an alysis s ystem 1, in partic ular th e dat abas e 5 00, pre fera b l y comprises pieces of control infor m atio n 510 by means o f which the an alysis device 2 00 c an be c ontrolled in order to carr y out a test.

The pieces o f control info rmation 5 1 0 preferably d efin e th e act uation of the actuators of the analysis d evice 20 0 i n a par ticular manner, such that the s ample P is t ested in the ‐ 45 ‐ cartridge 100. In particul ar, ac tuat ors for carryi n g out th e test can be or ar e controlled using a piec e or pieces of control infor m atio n 510 s u ch that sa id actu a tors ac t on t he cartridge 100 and/or the sample P. These actuat o rs are in parti cular the pump drive 202 and/or o ne or mor e temperature‐co ntrol apparatuses 204 and/or o ne or more valve actuators 20 5. Th e piec e / p ieces o f con trol infor mat i on 510 pref erably comprises/comprise parameters an d/or instructions for carrying out o n e o r more steps of the method f or testin g th e sample P e x plain e d ab o v e.

Prefer ably, t h e analysis s ystem 1 c o m p rises pieces calibratio n i n form atio n 52 0 th at ca n b e stored in th e datab a se 5 0 0 and/or can be retriev ed fro m th e dat abas e 5 00. T he piec e s of calibration i n form atio n 52 0 ar e pre f erably capa b le of influ e nc i ng th e t est o f the sa m ple P, in particular depending on the s pecific cartridge 100, on a car tridge batch of the specific cartridge 10 0 and/or on the specific t est.

The pieces of calibr ation inform atio n 52 0 ar e in p articular def ault or basic settings, parameters and/or thre s h old valu es for sensors s uch as th e se n s or app arat us 11 3 o f t he cartridge 100, for one or more o f the sensor(s) 206A‐H of the a nalysis device 200 and/or for one or more of the actuators.

Pieces of cali bration infor m atio n 520 c a n be used i n addition t o pieces of control information 510 for carr ying out the t est, the pi e ces of calibr at ion in format ion 520 preferably influencing or specif yin g th e pieces of c ontrol in fo r m atio n 51 0. T he pieces o f calibration information 520 can be or can form the pieces of c o ntrol in for m atio n 510 or a part of the pi eces o f contr o l infor m ati o n, even i f thi s is not expli c itly me n tio n ed in t h e following.

The an alysis d evice 20 0 c a n be c alibrated and/or c onfi g ured by pieces of c a libration information 520 that c an form part of the piec es of control inf ormation 510 or can be provided sep arately. F or t his purpose, the p ieces of cal ibratio n i n form atio n 52 0 ca n b e determined, retrieved and/or tra nsmi tted to th e analysis devic e 2 00 by m e a ns o f th e operatin g i n strument 400.

In o ne e xa m p le, pieces o f fluid sensor calibration i nformatio n 52 1 ar e prov ided which influences setting and/or evalu ation of the fluid sensor 206A. Th e pieces of fl uid sensor calibration i n form atio n 52 1 ar e pre f erably depen dent on the t e s t to be c a rried out, th e phase o f t he t est and/or e xpecte d effects of a co ntent change i n a sensor por tion 116 during th e test sequence, and/or cont ain various s p ecificatio ns which ar e d epende nt thereon. ‐ 46 ‐ Alternatively or additionally, pi eces of tilt sensor calibratio n i n formatio n 524 can b e provided, prefer ably com prising on e o r more thres h old valu es 52 5, in p a rticular a st a rt threshold value 526 for blocking th e s tart o f a test i f said th reshold value is ex c eeded, and/or an in terruption th reshold value 527 for interrupting the test and/or for proc e ssing errors if said threshold is exceeded.

Alternatively or additionally, pi eces of sensor arran g e m ent cal ib ration i n for m atio n 528 can b e pro vi ded, by m e a n s of which properties of the s ensor arr angement 113 or s e nso r apparat us 1 13 are or ca n be set. In p a rticular, it i s provided t h at th e piec e s of s ensor arrangement calibration informat ion 528 ar e transmitted or c an be transmi tted to th e sensor arran g ement 113 or sensor apparatus 113 by the anal y sis device 200, and that the sensor arran g ement 113 or sensor apparatus 113 carries out or i s designed to carry out a measur em en t takin g i nto account t he pieces o f sen s or arran g e m en t calibration information 528.

The proposed anal y sis system 1 p referably compri ses pieces of e valuation information 53 0 which are stored in t h e dat a b a se 5 0 0 and/or are retri e vab l e or can be r etrieved from the dat a b a se 50 0 . The pi e c es of ev aluation in form ation 5 3 0 ar e preferably d esigned to b e able to inter p ret measur ement re sults 713 that or i ginate from the cartridge 10 0 , in particular fr o m the se nsor appar a tus 113.

The pieces of control informatio n 510 and/or evalu ation i nforma tion 530 particularly preferably c omprise inst ructions, preferably in th e form o f an algorith m an d/or for controlling a process on or using a processor or controller. Th e instructions preferably form a m odu l e that can b e or is i m ple m ent e d b y t he a nalysis d e v ice 20 0 an d/or the operatin g i n strument 4 0 0 , as a result of which the b eha v iour o f the analysis device 200 and/or the o peratin g inst r ument 4 0 0 can b e or is c han g ed.

The instructions ar e in particul ar commands, mac hine code, pr e ‐ compiled s ource code or source code. T he instructi ons prefera b l y for m a m o d ule‐like sof t w are co mpo n ent, in particular a p lugin. The i nstruc tions c an b e desi gn ed to form a nd/or to replace a module of the op eratin g instru ment 400 and /or of th e anal y sis device 200. For this pur p ose, the pieces of control infor m ation 51 0 a n d/or the pi e ces of ev a luati o n inform a tio n 5 30 can comprise a (software) interfac e for coupling or implementation by the cont rol appar a tu s 7 a n d/or a n ev aluati o n m odule 44 0 o f th e op e r a ting instru m ent 4 00. ‐ 47 ‐ The piece/pi eces o f contr o l infor m ation 510 partic ularly prefer ably c ompris es/comprise or for ms/for m a module of th e co ntrol apparatus 207 that c an be e xchanged, prefer ably i n terms o f so f t w are. This m o dule prefer a bly c ontai n s instruction s such as lo g i c comm a nds, loops and t h e like for c on trolli ng th e t est, in partic ular in t he form of a c om puter program or comput e r program pro d uct to b e e x ecuted b y th e analysis de v i ce 2 00 a nd/or the control apparatus 207. The piec e /pieces of contro l infor m atio n 510 can be o r form, in particular as a plu g in, an e xch angeabl e part of the control app a r atus 2 07.

An e valu atio n m o dule 4 4 0 is pre f era b ly for med by the o perati n g instrument 400 or the operatin g i n strument 400 co m prises the evaluation module 440. B y me ans of th e evalu a tion m odule 4 40, m easure men t r esults 71 3 r ead o ut fr om th e s e nsor apparatus 113 are evalu a te d prefer ably u sing th e pi e ce/pieces o f e valu ation i n f ormation 530 r e trieved from the dat abas e 5 0 0 a n d/or the e v a luatio n mo dule 4 40 is d esig ned for t h is purpose.

The piece/pi eces o f e v alu a tion i n formation 530 particularly pre fer a bly comprises/comprise or forms/form a module o f t he e valu atio n app aratus 4 4 0 th a t ca n be exch anged, prefer a bly i n t erms o f so ft ware. This m odule prefer a bly c ontai n s instruction s such as logic commands, loops an d the like for controlling the evaluati on of measur e men t results 713, in particular in the for m of a computer program or c omputer program product to b e e x ecut ed b y the op er ating instrume nt 4 00 and /or the evaluation module 44 0. Th e pie ce/pieces of evaluation informat ion 5 30 c a n be or f orm, in part icular as a plug in, an e xcha nge a ble pa rt of the eva l ua tion module 4 4 0 .

Alternatively or addition ally, the instr u ctions can c omprise p a rameters for configuring t he control apparatus 207 and/or the e val uation m odule 4 40. T hes e p ar am eter s are prefera b ly p rovided in a ddition to th e instruction s, for e xa mpl e for the anal ysis device 0, in th e fo rm o f or c om prisin g the p i eces o f calib r ation i n f or mation 520. Alternatively, the piec es o f control infor m atio n 510 and/or pieces of evaluati on in formati on 530 can howev e r als o m erely c o mprise par ameters and/ or other info r matio n for the contr ol and/or evalu ation.

The data bas e 5 00 prefer a bly c o mp ris e s a r e sults memory 550 in w hich r esults can b e stored and/ o r saved.

Within the m eani ng o f the presen t disc losure, the term "databas e" should pr efer ably be understood i n a bro a d sense and also incorporates multi‐part d atabases in particular.

There f or e, in principle, the dat abas e 5 00 c a n be provided in di fferen t physic al units o r at different loc ations and/o r can be co m posed of a plurality o f su bdatab ases. ‐ 48 ‐ The oper atin g instru ment 40 0 c an pr e ferably be se p arated o r dis connected from th e analysis de v i c e 2 0 0 with r espect to a data co nnect ion and/or p h ysically. For this purpos e , the analysis d evice 20 0 c a n initi a lly b e con n ected to the oper a t i ng instrument 400 with respect to a data connection by t h e da t a con n ectio n D VA b ein g established.

In order to c ontrol th e test and /or the analysis de v ice 2 00, t he operati n g in strument 4 0 0 can retrieve pieces of control i nfor mat i on 510 fro m the d atab as e 500 and transmit s aid pieces o f in formatio n to t he ana lysis device 200 in unaltered o r altered form.

The oper atin g instru ment 40 0 is pr efe r ably desi g n e d to e v a luat e m easur e m e nt results 7 13 which can pr efer ably be generate d by the sens o r apparatus 113 o f th e cartr i dge 10 0 whi l e the sa mple P is bein g tested . For this p ur po se, it is provided tha t me a sure me nt results 7 1 3 which can or iginate from a senso r app a ratus 11 3 o f the cartridg e 100 and/or w hich c a n be transmitted from the anal y sis de vice 2 00 t o th e op e ratin g instr ument 400, are or can be evalu a ted i n t he op e ratin g instru m ent 40 0. F or thi s purpose, th e oper atin g i nstrument 4 00 can retrieve or receive the piec es of evaluati on i n formatio n 53 0 fr om t he d atab ase 5 00 and, using th i s pieces o f e v aluati on i n formatio n 53 0, ev a luat e the meas ur ement results 71 3, in p a rticular in th e e v alua ti on module 440 o f the op eratin g instru ment 40 0.

The oper ating instrument 400 pre fer a bly co mprises a me mory 4 5 0 . Th e m e m ory 45 0 c a n be us e d to st o re, at l east t empo r a rily, pieces of control infor mat i on 510, c alibration information 520 and/or evaluation information 530, or the op era ting instr ument 400 and the mem o ry 4 5 0 can b e d e signed for t his purpose. Alternativ e ly or addition ally, evalu a tio n results 74 0, t hat h a v e b ee n or c an b e genera ted fro m th e m easu r eme nt resul ts 71 3 b y mea n s o f th e operati ng in s trument 4 0 0 , can be sto red in th e m em ory 4 50.

In o ne e xa m p le, the op er ating instru ment 4 00 co m prises an o utpu t app a ratus 410, preferably an in particular touc h‐sensitive screen or display 411 a nd/or a speaker 412.

Alternatively or additionally, th e op erating instru m e nt 4 0 0 co m prises an i n put app a ratus 42 0, in p a rticular a c am e r a 4 21, a to u chpad 4 22, a micropho n e 4 23 and/or a keyboard 42 4.

The oper atin g instru ment 40 0 is pr efe r ably desi g n e d to display an oper a tin g int erface o r a user inter fac e vi a th e o ut put ap p a ratu s 41 0, in p a r t icular the sc reen or display 411, or to provide in another w a y operatin g eleme n ts for c ontrolling th e t est and/or the analysis device 2 0 0 , a n d/or to o u t p ut a st a tus or other (pie c es of) info rmatio n rel a ti ng t o th e test .

Alternatively or additionally, co mm an ds can b e rec e ived v ia t he input apparatus 420, by ‐ 49 ‐ mea n s o f wh i ch the o pera ting ins trument 400 start s , configur es and/or contr o ls the t est o f the sa mple P in a m a n n er c orresponding t o th e co m m a nds.

Prefer ably, t h e transmission o f co m m a nds and/or ( pieces o f) in f ormation to the analysis device 200 is triggere d vi a the input apparatus 42 0 or c an b e t rigger e d by t he input apparatus 420.

In particular, transmission of th e piec e/pieces o f c ontrol in fo r m atio n 51 0 f r om th e operatin g i n strument 400 to the an al ysis device 2 00 c a n be ini t iated or c on trolled via t h e input app a ratus 420. Alternative l y or additionally, the analysi s device 200 c an be controlled in order to rec e ive th e cartridge 100 and/or to star t the test, preferably using the piec e/pieces o f contr o l infor m ati o n 5 1 0 and/o r a co m m a nd re ceiv ed via the i nput apparatus 420. The oper a ting ins trument 400 is therefore prefer ably designed t o tra n s mit to the a nalys i s device 2 0 0 pieces of control info rm ation 51 0 for receiving or ejecting the cartridge 10 0. In this cas e, a c artridge 10 0 c an i n p a rticular b e i nserted onl y when th e operatin g i n strument 400 is con nected to the anal y sis device 20 0, wh e reup on th e operatin g i n strument 4 0 0 ca n v er ify the cartridge 10 0 a nd can eject said c a rtridge or block a test if an er r or, such as i n compati b ility, is detecte d .

Alternatively or additionally, th e op erating instru m e nt 4 0 0 is designed to transmit piec e s of co n trol in f ormatio n 510 for s tarting the t e st to t he analysi s d e vice 200. The test is thus prefera b ly st a rted onl y b y a com man d originating fro m th e op era ting instr ument 400. The analysis de v i c e 2 0 0 itself p refe rably d o es no t co m prise a us er interface for generating a start command or for cau sing th e test to start. This task is preferably r es er ved for the operatin g i n strument 400.

The cartridge 100 prefer ably c om pris es at l e ast one cartridge i dentifier 100C which corresponds to the cartri d ge 1 0 0 a nd/or to a b atc h with which t he c artridge 1 00 is associated.

The cartridge identifier 100C is in par ticular a piec e of infor mation that is specific to the releva nt cart r idge 1 00, is in par ticular unique and/or is desig n e d to uni quel y identi fy t h e cartridge 100, such as an identi fication code whic h is assigned to the releva nt cartridge 100 and makes it possible for s a id cartridge to be i dentified i n a preferably unique man n er.

Alternatively or additionally, th e cartridge identifier 100C ma kes it possible to assign the cartridge 100 to a pr o duction cy cle and/or to a batch of partic ular cartridges 10 0. A b atch ‐ 50 ‐ is prefer a bly characterised in t hat cartridges 100 are produced in the same c ontinuo us production c y cle and/or are produc ed havin g t h e same comp o nents , in par ticular having the same sensor appar a tuses 113 and/ or the s am e reagents a nd th e lik e . Th e r e is preferably a plurality of batche s which can di ffer fr om one an o ther with regard to production p e riods, batch es of st artin g mat erials us e d and t h e like, for example.

The cartridge identifi er 1 00C can be stored and/or saved in a m emory m e a n s 10 0D of th e cartridge 100. The mem ory means 100D can be a barcode 124, an N FC t ag a nd/or a mem o ry whi ch is provide d in the sens or appar a tus 11 3, is con n e c ted to the sensor apparat u s 1 13 or is assi gned to the s e nsor app arat us 11 3 , or a n other apparatus for storing code or the like.

The cartridge identifiers 100C a re preferably assigned to the r espective cartridges 100. In particular, the cartridge identi fier 1 0 0 C is for m ed b y th e cart ri dge 10 0, con ne cted thereto and/or arranged thereon.

The an alysis s ystem 1 c a n compri se o n e or a plurali t y o f cartri dges 1 00 w h ich can each preferably b e distinguish e d fro m o ne a noth e r b y m eans o f at l ea st o ne cart r idge identi f i e r 0C a nd/or which ar e as signed to a b a tch.

The sam e c a r tridge 1 00 can co m pr ise at le a st two c artridge ide n tifiers 10 0C that each correspond to the cartridge 100. The cartridge identifiers 100C can preferably be read out by different read‐out met hods, i n part icular optical ly, by r adi o, by a wired c onnectio n or the like.

The respecti ve c artridges 100 c a n comprise two different memory means 100D having the same or corr esponding c a rtridge identifier s 100C. The memory me ans 10 0D are preferably i n d ependent o f on e anot he r and/or sep arated f ro m one another physically. The memory means 100D can pref er ably b e re ad o ut i n different w a ys, in p a rticular electronicall y and/or by an ele ctronic conn ection on th e o n e h a nd, and wir e lessly, in particular optically and/or by r adio o n the other ha nd.

In the example shown, correspondin g cartridge identifiers 100C are stored, saved or recorded both in a memory that c an be read out el e ctronically, in particular of the sensor apparat u s 113, and in a memory t hat can be read out wirelessl y, by r a dio o r optically, in particular the barcode 124. This makes it possible for the c a rt ridge identifier 100C or cartridge identifiers 100C corre spondi n g t o th e sa m e c a rtridge 10 0 t o b e re ad out in differe nt wa y s. ‐ 51 ‐ This adv ant a geo u sly m a k e s it possible to retri eve p i eces o f con t r ol infor mati on 510, calibration information 520 and/ or evaluation information 530 f rom th e database 500 independen t l y, disconnec t ed or se p a r a tely fro m th e analysis dev ice 2 00, pr e fera bly b y optically re a ding out the c artrid ge identifier 100C from the ca rtridge 100. Alternatively or additionally, a m e m o ry m eans 1 0 0 D of the c artridge 1 00 that ca n be re ad ou t electronicall y m a kes it p ossible for th e cartridge i d entifier 1 00C to be r ead out without there bein g a n optical c on nection to o r visual co n ta ct with the c artridge 1 0 0 , for exampl e when s aid cartridge is ins erted into th e a nalysis de vice 2 00.

The at least t wo cartridge identifi e rs 1 00C can be t he sa me or, i n on e aspect o f th e pres e n t disclosure, which can al so be im plemented independently, said c artridge identifi e rs 100C can be differ e nt. In partic ular, it is pos sible and pre f era b le for a (first) cartridge identifier 100C to be i ndividual or unique to t h e cartridge 1 00, i.e. desi gned to uniqu e ly identi f y t h e cartridge 100. A (different or sec ond ) cartridge id entifi er 1 00 C is preferably designed to assign th e c a r tridge 1 00 t o a batch o f c artridges 1 0 0 . Th e at l e a st two cartrid ge ide ntifi e rs 100C prefer a bly c o rrespond to one another. In p a rticular, the c artridge identifier 100C corresponding to the batch and/or th e batch can be identi f ied u sing th e c artridge identifier 1 0 0 C th at u niq u ely id entifi es the cartri d ge 100. Pre ferably, both cartridge identifiers 1 00 are read o ut and used , in particula r in order t o determin e and/or retrie v e pieces of control infor m ation 51 0 and/or evaluati o n informatio n 5 30 on the one hand an d in order to v e rify s aid pie c es o f information on t h e other h a nd .

The respecti ve c artridges 100 ar e pr eferably identi f ied at le a s t t w ice or a car tridge identifier 1 0 0 C is re a d ou t and used at least twice, n am ely pr e ferably onc e directly by the operatin g i n strument 4 0 0 in order to r etrieve piec es of control informatio n 510 and/or calibration information 520 and/ or evaluation information 530 a nd a sec ond time b y means o f or via th e an aly s is device 2 0 0 in order to e nsure t h at t he test is car ried out usin g pieces of control infor m ation 5 10, c alibration infor matio n 520 and/or evalu ation informatio n 530 th at cor responds to the cartridge 100 and/or in order to e n sure a nd/o r verify th a t th e pieces of c ontro l infor m ation 51 0, c alibration i n form atio n 52 0 a n d/or evalu a tion in f ormation 530 c o rre sponds to the cartridge 100.

The proposed anal y sis system 1 p referably suppor t s a plurality of different t ests. As a f irst option, it ma y b e provide d that th e a n a lysis syste m 1 support s differe nt c a r tridges 10 0, the cartridges 100 each being de sign e d to carry ou t one o f th e t e sts, and the t ests bein g different. Alternatively or addi tionally, the s a me cartridge 10 0 may, or may be able to, carry out different tests. ‐ 52 ‐ Diff erent tes t s differ i n p articular in that the sample P is di ffer ently conveyed and/or treated withi n the cartridge 100 . In a c ar tridg e 100 that suppo rts different tests, for this purpose the sample P can be tran sport e d on di fferent paths and / or in different directions within the fl u id system 1 03 of the car tridge 1 00.

Alternatively or additionally, different preparation steps or treatments of th e sample P that a re sup ports by t he c artridge 1 0 0 ar e carried out. The car tridge 1 00 p refer a bly comprises (j ust) one sensor appa r a tus for genera ting measuremen t results corresponding to the sa m ple P. I n princi ple, h owev er , a plurality o f differen t sensor app ar at uses 1 13 m a y also b e provi d ed on th e s a me car tridge 1 00 for the differ e nt t ests.

If differ e nt c artridges 1 0 0 ar e provid e d or used fo r the differ ent tests, the sample P is preferably li k ewise con v eyed a nd /or treated in d ifferent m anner s within these different cartridges 100. Her e, different c onveying p a ths, co n veyi ng dire ctions and/o r treat m ents may n e cessa rily result du e to the c ons truction o f t he cartridges 10 0.

Alternatively or additionally, different cartridges 100 may in pr inciple be constructed identically or similarly, the di fferent cartridges 100 being de s i gned f or different t ests b y differe nt re a gents, w ash buffers or t h e like bein g made av a ila b le and/or by different sensor app ar atuses 1 1 3 b eing provide d. In particul ar, the s a m e main body 101 of the cartridge 100 may be used, and t he ca r tridges 10 0 may b e design ed for a nd/or specific to different tests by using other re agents or methods for processi ng and/or co nveyi n g the sample P, an d/or in anot her mann er.

One piece o f control infor m atio n 510 preferably c orresponds to each test. In order to carry out th e differ ent t e sts, different pi e ces of co n trol in f ormatio n 51 0 ar e th erefo r e provided in order to c onvey and/o r treat t h e s a mple P in a d i ffer e nt man ner that is specific to the test in questi on. As alre ad y e x plain e d abo v e, th e pi e ces o f con tr ol infor mati o n 510 are designed in t h is case to c ontrol act u at ors of t he a n a lysis devi ce 20 0 such th at th e act uat o rs act on the ca r tridge 1 00 such th at the a nalysis is c a rried out, i.e. in particular that the sample P is c onveyed and /or treated, particularly preferably ex clusively within the cartridge 100.

The pieces o f control info rmation 5 1 0 are pre f er abl y design e d s uch that the actuators of the analysis d evice 20 0 t r ansport th e sample P in t h e cartridge 100 to the sensor apparat u s 1 13, wh e re th e sa m ple P is then an alys ed by the se nso r apparatus 113 and measur ement results 713 correspond i n g t o th e sa m ple P and/ or to properties of the sample P ar e produced or determi ned using th e se nsor app arat us 11 3. ‐ 53 ‐ The pieces of control informatio n 510 corresponding to the diff erent t e sts are preferabl y stored in th e datab a se 5 0 0 and/or can be retriev ed fro m th e dat abas e 5 00. A lternativ e ly or additional l y, pieces o f control infor m atio n 510 c o rrespondin g to different tests can als o be stored in t he op e ratin g instru m ent 40 0, in p a rti c ular stored tempor a rily in the memory 45 0.

Prefer ably, i f required, th e pie ces of c ontrol in for m atio n 510 t h at correspo n d to th e cartridge 100 inserted into the analys is device 200 and/or to t h e test t o b e c a rried out ar e transmitted to the analys i s devi ce 2 00 by the operating i nstrum ent 40 0.

Prefer ably, t h e analysis d evice 20 0 on ly comprises pieces o f co ntrol information 510 for carrying out exactly o n e t e st at an y o n e tim e . Alter n ativ ely or additionally, however, it is also possible for t h e an alysis device 2 00 t o t empor a rily store a n d, in partic ular depe n ding on th e insert ed cartridge 100 and /or the selected test, to sele ct, prefer ably automatically, different pieces of control info r m ation 510 corres p onding to d i ffer e nt t ests, and for the test to be c ar ried out usin g this pi eces o f co ntrol in formatio n 510.

In o ne aspec t of the pres e nt disclosure, which can also b e impl emented ind e pendently, one of a plurality of pieces of cont rol infor m ation 510 that corres po nd to different tests is selected for c arrying out the test usin g th e cartrid ge 1 0 0 , a n d /or a piece of control information 510 of this type can be s e lected, particularly pref e r ably usin g t he op e ratin g instrument 4 00.

Different pie c es of contro l infor m atio n 5 1 0 are prefer ably diff erent s e ts, u n its and/or sequenc e s of instructions, data a nd/or parameters that are each suitable for c ontrolling a (complete) t est and/or t hat e a ch c orrespond to a (complete) t es t.

Different pie c es of contro l infor m atio n 5 1 0 can prefer ably be d iffer e ntiat e d from on e anoth e r. In p a rticular, the differ e nt pi e ces of contro l infor m a tio n 5 10 are e a c h in th e for m of a f ile or an o ther dat a st ructure.

In o ne aspec t of the pres e nt disclosure, which can also b e impl emented independently, measur em en t results 7 1 3 are determi n ed b y th e s e nsor a ppar a tus 113 of t he c ar tridge 10 0 b y m ea n s of t he t e st. Furthe rmore, at least two different p ieces of evaluation inform atio n 53 0 ar e pre f erably p rovided for c a rrying out differ ent evalu a tio n s of the measur em en t results 7 13. At le ast o n e piece o f th e e valu ation i n f ormation 530 is s elected ‐ 54 ‐ and/or used for e v alu a tin g th e m easur e me nt result s 71 3 det ermin ed by t h e test on th e sample P.

Using the differen t pieces of ev aluati o n inform a tio n 5 30, th e m easurement results 713 that co m e fr om th e sa m e test ca n thu s be e v a luat e d in different ma nners, m e ani n g t hat different evaluation r e sul t s 74 0 are or can b e gene rated.

The evaluation is prefer a bly carri ed out by the operating instr u m ent 4 00. F or this purpose, the o peratin g i n s trument 4 0 0 ca n recei ve the m e a sure me nt results 7 1 3 fr o m t h e analysis de v i c e 2 0 0 and c a n proc ess said results u sing th e piec es of evalu a t i on in format ion 530, in order to gen erat e, to ou tput, to display and/ o r to stor e th e e v alu a tion r esult(s) 74 0, in p a rticular in th e datab a se 5 0 0 , in this c a se particular l y prefera bly in the results memory 550.

Particularly preferably, from th e plur ality of piec e s of evalua ti on in formati on 530 th a t correspond t o or are suit a ble fo r different evalu ati ons o f th e same measurement results 71 3, on e pie ce of the e v al uation infor matio n 5 3 0 t hat correspo n ds to on e of the differ e nt evalu a tions o f th e me asu r eme n t resul t s 71 3 is sel e c ted and/or i s used to ev aluate t he measur em en t results 7 13.

In p articular, the s elected piece o f e val u ation infor m atio n 53 0 i s used by the operati n g instrument 400 to evaluate the me asur ement results 713. For thi s purpose, t he op e ratin g instrument 4 00 may co m p rise an eval uation m odule 440 w hich rece iv es the m easur e m e n t results 713 as input values, pro cesses the measur ement results 71 3 usin g th e selected piece(s) o f e v aluati on i n formatio n 53 0, and g e n er ates th e e val u ation result 740 thereby.

Different pie c es of ev aluation in form ation 5 3 0 ar e preferably d i ffer e nt s ets, units and/or sequenc e s of instructions, data a nd/or parameters that are each suitable for c a rrying out an e v a luatio n a n d/or tha t each c orres p ond to an evaluati on. Di f fer e nt pi e ces of evaluati on inform atio n 53 0 can pre f erably be differen tiated f rom o n e an o t h er. In particular, the different pieces of evaluation in form ation 5 3 0 ar e each i n th e form of a file or another d a ta structure.

Selecting cer t ain piec es of a pl urality of different p ieces of cont rol infor m ati on 510 and/or evalu a tion in f orm a tion 5 30 pro v ides t he ad v ant a ge o f a particu l arly univers ally applicable and/or con fi gura ble anal ysis system 1. ‐ 55 ‐ Prefer ably, d i ffer e nt pi e ces of c ontrol information 510 ar e stored, preferabl y in t he database 500, for the s a me c artr idge 100. Here, p r efer ably onl y certai n pie ces of contro l informatio n 510 can b e and/or ar e r e trieved or se l ected for ret rieval and/or only control using th ese c e rtain pi eces of c ontrol information 510 c a n be an d/or is retrieved or selected and/or evalua ti on usin g th e s e certain pi eces o f e v alu a tion i n formation 530 c a n be and/or is ret r ieved or sel ected, prefer a bly pro v ide d that th e c ertain piec e s of control information 510 corresp ond to t h e c a rtridge 100 and/or are c o m patibl e with the cartridge 1 0 0 and/or a re enabled a nd/or bl ocked for the c a rtridge 100.

Other pieces of control informat io n 51 0 ar e pre f era b ly prev e nt e d from bei ng retriev ed and/or the c ontrol usin g the oth e r pieces of control infor m atio n 510 is p referably prevent e d, in particular p rovided tha t the o ther pi e ces o f control information 510 do n ot correspond to the cartridge 100 an d/ or are not co m patibl e wit h the cartridge 100 and/ or are bl ocked and/or ar e n ot en a bl ed fo r the c artridge 1 0 0 .

Prefer ably, d i ffer e nt pi e ces of evalu at ion in format ion 530 ar e s t ored, prefer ably i n th e database 500, for the s a me c artr idge 100. Furthermore, preferab ly only c e rtain piec es of evalu a tion in f ormation 530 are en abl e d and/or u nblocked for retrieval and/or can be selected . T h e ev al uation o f the meas urement results 71 3 f r om t h e test, whic h test c an be carried out u sing th e cart r idge 1 00, is preferably o nly e n abl e d , unblocked o r possible using th ese c e rtain pi eces of ev aluati o n inform a tio n 5 30. T he c ertain pi e ces of ev a luati o n information 530 preferably corre spon d to the cartr idge 1 0 0 . Alt ernatively or additionally, the cert ain p i eces o f eval uation infor matio n 530 are suit a ble f or ev a luati n g m e asur em ent results 71 3 t h at ca n b e d e termin ed b y the test using th e c artri dge 10 0. Alte r nativel y or additionally, the cert ain p i eces o f eval uation infor matio n 530 are enabled and/or unblocked for the c a rtridge 100. Alter natively or additionally, other piec e s of e val u atio n information 530 ar e pr evented or blocked fro m b e ing retri e ved a nd/or th e evaluati on using th e oth e r pieces o f e v alua ti on i n formatio n 530 is prevent ed or blocked and/or other pieces o f e v aluation i n formatio n 53 0 are pre v ent e d or blocked f rom being selected, the other piec es of eval uatio n infor mati on 530 preferab ly not corre s p onding to t he cartridge 100 and/or not b ein g co m patibl e wit h the cartridge 1 0 0 a nd/ o r b ei ng bloc k ed and/or not being enabled for th e cartridge 100.

The pieces of control informatio n 510 and/or evalu ation i nforma tion 530 t h at correspon d to, are supp orted by or compatib l e with a sp ecific c artridge 10 0 or a c artridge identi f ier 100C corres p onding ther eto can pr eferably be s e lected or enabl e d for s e lection. Tests or pieces of control infor m ation 51 0 corr esponding th ereto t h at a r e not suppor t ed by a specific cartr idge 100 ar e block ed and/or preve n te d in this cas e on t h e basis of th e cartridge identifier 100C. The s am e ap plies to e val uations o r p ieces of evaluation 40 information 530 corresp onding there t o in t hat t h e y ar e block e d and/or prevent ed if t h ey are inc ompatible with the cartridge 100 and/or c artridg e i dentifier 100C. ‐ 56 ‐ In principle, pieces of control infor m at ion 510 and/or evaluati o n inform a tio n 5 30 can alternatively or additionally be blocked or en a bled for reasons other than compatibility. In particular, pieces o f contr o l infor m ati o n 5 1 0 and/o r ev a luatio n informatio n 530 corresponding t o th e car tridge 1 00 and/or cartridge identifier 10 0C c an a l s o be blocke d eve n if, i n pri n ciple, a t est using th e c a rtridge 1 0 0 c o rrespon ding to the cartr i dge identifier 0C is poss ible a nd/or a n ev a lu ation of measurement results 71 3 using sai d cartridge 0 is possib l e. In this cas e, pieces o f c ontrol in for m atio n 51 0 and/or evalu ation inform atio n 53 0 th at a re g en era lly blocked preferably ar e or c a n be enabl ed or un blocked on th e b a sis of th e group affilia tion of a user or op e r ating in stru ment 4 00 an d /or as a result of obtaining per m ission.

In a particul a rly preferred embodi me nt, first piece s of t h e dif ferent piec e s o f control information 510 corresp ond to a prot ein assa y an d second pieces of the differen t pieces of control infor m ation 510 c o rresp ond to a nucleic‐aci d assay, th e analysis device 200 preferably being controll ed or c ontr o llable usin g t h e piec es of control infor m atio n 510 such that bot h the protein assay and the nucleic‐ a cid assay c a n b e or are car ried out b y t he same cartridge 1 0 0 u sing the dif fer e nt pieces o f co n trol inform ation 51 0.

In a particul a rly preferred embodi me nt, first piece s of t h e dif fe rent piec e s o f e valu ation information 530 corresp ond to a prot ein assa y an d second pieces of the differen t pieces of evalu a tion in f ormation co rrespond to a nucleic‐ a cid assay, th e measur em en t results 7 1 3 from the test prefer ably b eing ev a lua t ed using the p ieces o f e v aluation i n formatio n 530 such that bot h the protein assay and the nucleic‐ a cid assay and / o r the me asu r eme n t results 713 therefrom, w hich pre ferably h a ve be e n obt ain e d u s in g th e same cartridge 100, can b e a n a ly sed using th e different pi eces o f e v alu a tion i n form ation 53 0, in particular su c h that th e pres e nce of certa in a mi no‐ acid sequenc es, proteins an d /or diseases is determined and/or outp ut.

Fig. 4 shows a sche m atic s equenc e usi n g th e prop o s ed an a lysis s ystem 1. On the basis of the schematic sequence according to F ig. 4, th e p roposed select i on processes are explai ned in g reat er det ail in the following.

The pieces o f control info rmation 5 1 0 and th e piec es of e v alu a t ion in format ion 530 can i n principle be s elected in t he sam e manner, in si mi lar mann ers, s eparat ely, b ut a lso toget h er. Fur t hermor e, th e piece s of c ontrol in for m atio n 510 ma y be or c o mprise the pieces of cali bration infor m atio n 52 0. O wing to the seque n ces p refer a bly bei n g substantially identical or similar, the aspects of the disclosu re relating theret o are explai ned to geth er. It is c l ear th at said seque n ces c a n also b e provided, implemented and 40 carried out s eparat ely, in d ividua lly a n d independe ntly from one anoth e r. ‐ 57 ‐ The an alysis s ystem 1 in F ig. 4 compri ses a plur ality o f cartri dges 100 for c a rrying out different tests or compris e s one cartridge 100 de signed for c ar rying out different t e sts.

T he an al ys is sys tem 1 can ther efore support d ifferent tes ts b y different c ar tridges 100 bein g used t hat e a ch sup port on e test , with the t e s t s bein g dif ferent fr o m on e anoth e r.

Alternatively or additionally, th e analy s is system 1 comprises o n e or mor e c a rtridges 100 that e ach su pport a plur a lity o f t e sts. As previ o usly e xplain ed , the different tests may be protein assays, nucleic‐acid assays or the like.

The cartridges 100 pr eferably eac h c omprise at least one memory m ea ns 1 00D, i n whic h a cartridge identifier 100C is sto red. Fo r further det ails in thi s regard, reference is additionally made to the explana tio n s given i n con junction wit h Fig. 3.

In the example shown, the cartri dge 100 or all the cartridges 1 00 c omprises/comprise two mem o ry m e a ns 1 0 0 D th at ar e indep endent from o n e anoth e r. One o f th e m emory m e a n s 0D is i n th e form of a n electr onicall y readable memory, flash m em ory or t he like as p a r t of th e se n sor arran g e m e n t or sensor a pparatus 11 3, or is pro vid ed so as t o be a ssigned t o the sens or ar r angement o r sensor app aratus 1 1 3 . An addition a l memory means 10 0D is provided in t h e form o f th e b a rco de 124 or another, wirelessly r e adabl e m e m ory me ans 10 0D.

The m e mor y me a ns 1 0 0 D ma y pre f er a b ly b e re ad o ut using diffe ren t method s, and in th e ex ample shown they are read out wirelessly/optically and in a w ired manner/elec t ronically. However, i n p r inciple, other solutions a re also poss ible her e.

The cartridge identifi er 1 00C corresponding to th e cartridge 1 0 0 or cartrid ges 10 0 is prefera b ly r eceived by t he op e ratin g instrume n t 40 0. In parti c ular, the operating instrument 4 00 c a n sc an t he b arcode 1 24 using the camer a 4 2 1 fo r this purp o se, in particular us i ng th e dat a connect io n DVB, which r epresents op ti cal data transmission in this case. Alt ernativ e ly o r additionally, the an alysis d evice 2 00 c an read out the cartridge identifier 1 0 0 C el ectroni cally fro m th e m e m o ry m eans 1 0 0 D of th e c a rtridge 100, in particular vi a the dat a co nnection D V C as show n i n Fi g. 3, and can transmit said identifi er 0C to the operatin g i n strument 400, in particular via the dat a con n ectio n D VA. I n principle, however, th e c a rtridge ide n tifier 1 0 0 C may also be d etermin e d or establishe d in anoth e r man n er.

Prefer ably, t h e differe n t pieces o f con t rol infor m at ion 5 1 0 and /or evaluati o n informatio n 530 that cor respond to the cartri dge identifier 1 0 0 C are iden ti fied b y mea n s of t he ‐ 58 ‐ cartridge identifier 100C. Thus, in p a rt icular, pieces of control i n f ormation 510 and/or evalu a tion in f orm a tion 5 30 of such ty pe ar e identi f ied th at cor r e spond to a test supported by th e cartri d ge 1 0 0 a nd/or to th e e v a luatio n o f m easur e m e n t results 713 from a test of this type. This is particularly p refer a bl y carried out by or in the o peratin g i n s trument 4 0 0 and/or b y or in th e dat a b a se 500.

In th e e xamp le shown, th e oper atin g i n strument 4 00 tr ansmits th e c a rtridge identi fier 0C to the datab a se 5 0 0 . Th e database 500 prefe rably comprises an identification module 560, by means o f which pi eces of control information 510 a nd/or ev a l ua tion information 530 corresp onding to the cartridge i dentifier 100C is or can b e identi f ied. For this purpose, the d a tab a s e 5 00 m ay c omprise piec es of identi fi c ation i n for m atio n 560A .

The pieces o f identi ficati on in form ati on 5 6 0 A pre f erably provi d e an allocation or assignm e nt o f th e c a rtridge ide n tifi er 1 0 0 C to the p ieces o f co ntrol infor m ation 510 and/or evalu ation i n formation 53 0 c o rresponding to the cartri d g e identi fie r 10 0 C.

Prefer ably, p i eces o f cont rol in for m ati on 5 1 0 for th e test are enabled for or prevented from bei ng retrieved and /or used dep ending on th e cartridge i d e ntifier 100C.

Alternatively or additionally, pi eces of evalu a tion in f orm a tion 5 30 for use in t he evalu a tion o f me asure m e n t results 713 from the test are enabled for or prev ented from being retrieved or used.

Prefer ably, for this purp o se, th e an al ysis system 1, in p a rticu lar the databa se 500, is designed t o block or disa b le cert a in p ieces o f cont rol infor m at i on 510 and/or evaluati o n informatio n 530 and to enable or u nb lock other pieces o f contr o l information 510 and/or evalu a tion in f ormation 530. In p a rticular, the identification m odule 560 is des ig ned to identify and enable or un b lock p ieces of co n trol in f ormatio n 51 0 and/or evaluation information 530 corre sp onding to th e cartridge 1 00 or cartrid ge ide ntifi e r 10 0C in question by mea n s o f th e pieces of identification information 5 60A. Alt e rna t ively or additionally, the identi fic a tion modul e 5 60 is desi gned t o bl oc k or disable pieces o f con trol information 510 and/or evaluatio n in form ation 5 30 t h at h as n ot be en en a b l ed and/or does not cor respond to t h e cartri dge 10 0 or c artridge identi f ie r 100C. Thes e functions may in principle also be assumed or c arried out b y the operati n g in strument 400.

Pieces of control infor m ation 51 0 and/or evaluati o n informatio n 5 30, pre fer a bly corresponding t o th e car tridge 1 00 or cartridge identifier 100C , ma y b e e n a bled or unblocked i n particular b y a bo o kin g a pparat u s or a shop syste m (n o t show n).

Pieces of control infor m ation 51 0 and/or evaluati o n informatio n 5 30 that h a ve be e n enabled or h ave not be e n blocked c a n preferably b e selected. ‐ 59 ‐ The data bas e 5 00 m ay c omprise an e nablin g mod ule 5 63, whi ch, pr eferabl y controlled by the identi fic a tion modul e 5 60, c an e n a ble or un b l o ck pieces of control information 510 and/or e valu ation i n f o rm ation 53 0. T he dat ab ase may f urther com prise a b l ocking mod ule 564, which, preferably c ontrolled b y the identi f ic ation modul e 5 60, c an di s able o r bloc k pieces of control infor m ation 51 0 and/or evaluati o n informatio n 5 30.

In order to s e lect preferably en abl e d or unblocked pieces of c o ntrol infor m ation 510 and/or evalu ation i n formation 53 0, pi e ces o f contr o l infor m ati o n 510 and/or evaluation information 530, which are in pa rticular en a bl ed, or correspond ing pi eces o f option information 561 for ident i fyin g e n able d pieces o f c ontrol in for mation 510 and/or evalu a tion in f orm a tion 5 30 are prefe r ably tr a nsm i tted to th e o p erating instru ment 4 00, a s shown in Fig. 4 b y th e arr ow.

One piece o f t he contr o l i n form atio n 510 and/or one or more pie ces of the evaluation informatio n 530 and/or one or mo re pieces of the option infor m a tio n 5 6 1 c an th e n be selected usin g th e op e rati ng i nstrume n t 4 00. I n p a rticular, gra p hical representations of the piec es o f control infor m atio n 510 and/or evalu ation i n forma tion 530 or the piec e s o f option in for m atio n 561 c o rrespondin g th ereto are displayed and can be sel ected, in particular b y me ans of t h e input app a r atus 4 20, su c h as a touch screen.

If th e pi e ces of co n trol in f orma tio n 510 and/or evaluation i nfo rmation 530 have already bee n tra nsm i tted to th e o peratin g inst r ument 4 0 0 and/or store d by th e op e rating instrument 4 00, th e selec ted piec e of control in for m atio n 510 c an su b sequ e n tly b e transmitted to the analys i s device 200.

Alternativ ely , pieces of sel ecti on in for m atio n 56 2 are tra n smit ted from th e operating instrument 4 00 t o th e dat abas e 5 00, a s indicated b y the arrow i n the ex ample shown in Fig. 4. On the basis o f th e pieces o f sel e ction in for m atio n 56 2 that correspond to the selection ma de by the op eratin g instr ume nt 4 00, t he dat ab ase 50 0 can determine s e lected pieces of control infor m ation 51 0 and/or evaluati o n informatio n 5 30 and t ransmit s a id pieces o f in formatio n to t he op e ratin g instru m ent 40 0, as indic ated b y th e arrow in Fi g . 4.

In this c a se t oo, the oper a ting instru m ent 40 0 pre f erably trans mits the sele c ted piece/pieces of control i n form at ion 5 10 t o th e a nalysis device 20 0.

The an alysis d evice 20 0 p r efer ab ly c ar ries out th e t est on the basis of the transmitted piece/pieces of control i n form ation 5 10. ‐ 60 ‐ The an alysis d evice 20 0 is prefer a bly c ontrolled using the sel e cted piece(s) of control inform atio n 51 0, and t he refore the sa m ple P is co n vey e d withi n the cartridge 100 in the man n er th a t is specific to t he test corresponding to the s elect ed piece(s) of c ontrol information 510. Alternatively o r add i tionally, o n e or more t e s t s supported b y th e cartridge 10 0, in p a rticular a mol ecular assa y and / or a prot e in assay, are c ontrolled using the select ed pieces o f con trol infor mat i on 510. H er e, the an a ly sis device 200 can be controlled using the different piec es of control information 51 0 in order to c a rry out different test s on th e sample P, which can also be c a rried out separately.

The an alysis d evice 20 0 t hen r et urns t o the oper ati n g i n strumen t 400 meas urement results 71 3 t hat h av e b e e n gener ated b y me ans o f t he test. F or this purpose, the measur ement results 713 can be t rans mitted to the operati ng instrument 400 and/or can be retri eved b y th e op erating instru m e nt 4 0 0 .

The m e asure m ent results 71 3 ar e pre f erably receiv e d by the op e r ating instr ument 400 and ar e e v al uated by m e a ns o f th e pr efer ably sele c ted piece/p i e ces of eval uation information 530. The evaluation is prefer a bly carr ied out by or in th e op erating instrument 4 00, b ut ca n i n principle a l so be c a rrie d out a t a n o ther point. Particularly prefera b ly, t h e e v alu a tio n is carried o ut so as to ge nerat e e va luation r e sults 740 and/or is carried out outside the a nalysis device 200.

Particularly preferably, measur e m e n t results 7 13 fro m th e sa me test on the sample P carried out u sing th e cart r idge 1 00 ar e e valu ated using differ e nt pieces of evaluati on informatio n 530 or t he analysis system 1 is designed for this p urpose. Alter n atively or additionally, measur ement results 7 1 3 fro m differe nt tests o n t he sample P carried out using the same c ar tridg e 100 are evaluated using the d iff erent pieces o f e v aluation informatio n 530 or t he analysis system 1 is designed for this p urpose.

Optionally, t h e e v alu a tio n results 7 40 can b e store d in the dat a b ase 50 0, in particular ca n be sa v ed i n t h e results m e mory 5 50. F or this pur p ose, as indi ca ted b y a n a rrow in th e example sho w n, it is in p a rticular pro vided that th e e valu ation r esults 74 0 a re sent to th e database 500 by th e op erating in stru ment 400. H owever, other solutions are also conceiv a ble here.

Another asp e ct of the pr esent di sclosure, which c a n also be imp lemented independently, relates to a c omputer program pr oduc t comprising program code m ea ns w hich, when exec uted, cause the steps of the me t h o d to b e c a rried out. The computer program prod u ct may compris e comp onent s which ar e and/or can be executed on the op e ratin g instru ment 40 0 a nd/or t he dat ab ase 50 0, in p a rticular in order to facilita te or implement the selecti on ‐ 61 ‐ process according to the propose d m e thod. Th e c o mputer pro gram produc t can be stor e d in the m emo r y 4 50 of the operati ng in s trument 4 0 0 in full or in part. Th e co m puter program product prefer ably is a non‐transitory computer‐readabl e medi a.

Another asp e ct of the pr esent di sclosure, which c a n also be imp lemented independently, relates to the analysi s system 1 for testing an in particular b iol o gical s a mpl e P, which is prefera b ly d esigned to c a rry out t he m ethod.

Here, it is pr ovided in on e aspect that the an alysis d evice 20 0 and/or the c a rtridge 100 support different tests on the sa mple P, which can also be c a rr ied out separately, and for which the s a mple P is co nvey ed a nd/or treat e d wi thin the cart r idg e 100 in different man n ers spe c ific to th e re spective t ests. Furthermo r e, at le ast two pieces of control inform atio n 51 0 ar e prov ided that cor r espond to t h e differe n t t ests, it bein g p ossible to select at leas t one piece or cert ain pieces of the control info rmation 510 for carrying out the test usin g th e cartrid ge 1 0 0 , a n d i t bein g p ossible to cont rol the anal ys is device 200 using th e sel e cted piece( s ) of c o n trol informatio n 510 such th a t the s a mple P is conveyed and/or treated within the cartridge 100 in the manner specific to th e t est c o rrespondin g to the select e d piece(s) o f control info rmation 5 10.

Alternatively or additionally, it is provi d ed that me a s ureme n t results 713 can be determin ed b y th e t e st b y m e a n s of t he sens o r ap paratus 11 3 of the c a rtridge 100.

Furthermore, at least two differe nt pieces of evaluation in form ation 530 ar e provided for carrying out different evaluations of the meas urement results 7 1 3 , and at l east o ne piec e or certain pi e ces o f th e e valuati on i n formatio n 53 0 ca n b e sele cted for t he e valu ation o f the measur e m ent results 71 3 dete r m i n ed by th e test on th e sampl e P.

Furthermore, it is preferable fo r the differ e nt pieces of contr ol i nformatio n 510 to be designed t o control different te sts on the sample P, which can prefer ably also be carried out sep a rately, using t h e same c artridge 100, it preferably bei n g possible to control the analysis de v i c e 2 0 0 using the differe n t pieces o f con t rol infor mat i on 510 in or d er to carry out th e differ ent t e sts on t he sample P.

Alternatively or addition ally, one or more of the different pie ces of control information 51 0 can b e s elected, it pr efer ably bei ng p ossible t o carry o ut one or mor e tests supported by th e cartri d ge 1 0 0 , in p articu lar a nucleic‐aci d assay and/or a protei n a ssay, usin g th e selected piec e or pieces of control information 510. ‐ 62 ‐ The different pieces o f ev aluati o n in f o r mation 5 30 m ay b e desig ned for differently evalu a tin g m easure men t r esults 71 3 f rom th e test, the differ ent pieces of evaluation inform atio n 53 0 pre f erab ly bei ng designed for di fferently ev al u atin g meas ureme n t res ults 71 3 deter m i n ed in t h e s a me t est and/or for e v a luating differ en t tests on the sample P, which can pr efer ably also be carried o ut separ ately , using th e sa me c artridge 10 0 .

In the follow i ng, a particular e xample is described of a prefer red work flow. Although the preferred w o rk flow, of c o urse, is particularly advantageous, d ifferen t asp ects of t h e following e xample can b e re alized in d ependently a nd form dis t in ct inv enti ve co n cepts and can b e co m b i ned in differ e nt co n fi gur a tions le a din g two furth e r adva n ta ges .

In this exam ple, the op e r a ting i nstrument 400 is realized as a mobile devic e like a smartphon e o r tabl et. Th e oper atin g i n strument 4 00 has an i n p ut app aratu s 42 0 in for m o f a touch sensitive display. The o per a ting instrument 400 is s epar a ted from an d remot e o f the analysis d evice 20 0 and fro m th e c artridge 1 0 0 a nd the dat a bas e 5 00.

A specific cartridge 100 i s prov ided a nd at le ast o n e and pre f e rably multiple pieces of control infor m atio n 510 s t ored i n s a id d atab ase 50 0 correspon di ng to said specific cartridge 100.

First, said specific cartridge 1 00 is identified by means of s a id operating i nstrument 400.

This particul a rly preferably is c onduc ted by input or readin g a cartridge identifier 100C with the operating instrument 4 00, th e cartridge i dentifier 10 0 C identifying unambiguously the c a rtridge or a char g e or batch of cartridges said specific c a rtridge 100 belongs to. The cartridge identi fier 100C can be or comprise a p i ece o f code l i ke a sequenc e o f numb ers, bit s or the like.

Prefer ably, t h e cartridge identi fier 100C is scanned, in particular with th e camera 421 o f the input ap paratus 42 0. H owever, th e cartridge i d entifier 1 0 0 C can alternatively or additionally be inp u t vi a the inpu t ap paratus 42 0, i n particula r via t o uchpad 42 2 .

Optionally, t h e op eratin g instrument 400 identi f ies the anal ysi s device 200 to be used f o r the test and/ o r which h a s a dat a c onn ection with said oper atin g instru m ent 40 0.

Using the car t ridge identi fier 1 00C an d, optionally, an identif i e r identifying the analysis device 200, an particular piece o f co n t r ol infor mati on 410 is rec eived or retr i eved f rom ‐ 63 ‐ the dat a b a se 50 0 . Howe v e r, receivin g o r retrievi ng said piece o f control information 510 can also b e r e alised with o ut identi f ie rs.

Prefer ably, d i ffer e nt pi e ces of control information 510 corresp onding to different tests (test sequ en ces) are stored in th e dat a b a se 5 0 0 a nd can b e re c eived or ret rieved f rom the data b ase 5 0 0 b y th e op e r ating instru ment 4 00. F or receivi ng o r retrievi n g one o f said pieces of control infor m ation 5 10, a d a t a con n ectio n D VD is pro vided or established betwe e n th e operatin g i n strument 4 0 0 a nd the dat a b a se 5 0 0 w hic h transmits the one of said pieces of control informatio n 510 which is configured for controlling the test or test sequenc e o f the sa mple P within said specific cartr i dge 100 usi ng th e an a lysis device 200 to the oper a t i ng instru m e n t 4 00.

If th e da t a ba se 5 00 st ore s multiple pi eces o f contr o l infor m at ion 510 which ar e each configured t o controllin g the t est or t est sequ ence with the specific cartridge 100, the analysis syst e m 1 pre f er a b ly is configured to enable or enables selection of a particul ar one of the said pieces o f c ontrol infor m ation 510 s uch that mer ely th e test or the t e st sequenc e de f ined by the s e lected o ne o f th e piec es o f co ntrol i n f ormatio n 5 1 0 is used t o carry out the test or test s e que n ce. I n t he prese nt e xa mple, th e operatin g i n strument 400 supports selecting a particular o n e o f said pieces o f control i nfo r mation 510 using th e touchpad 422, for exam ple by clicking, dragging and/or dropping an ic on representin g said particular piece of c ontrol in for m atio n 510.

For this pur pose, the d a t a b ase 50 0 c a n se nd the p iece o f opti o n in formati on 561 identifyin g d i ffer e nt pi e ces of c ontrol informatio n 51 0 b e in g c ompatibl e with a particular cartridge 10 0 to the oper a ting instru m ent 4 00. T he op e ratin g in strument 400 th e n displays those pieces of o ption in form ation 56 1, a n d ena bles se l e ction. Alter natively, the data b ase 5 0 0 ca n forwar d the dif ferent pieces of control infor mation 510 and the operatin g i n strument 400 display s information like icons r epres enting thos e different pieces of control infor m ation 510.

Anyway, one particular piece of control infor m ation 510 and/or test or a test sequence defined by s aid piece of control infor m ation 510 i s selected by means of th e oper atin g instrument 400. This selected pie ce of control infor m ation 510 i s retrieved f r o m th e dat a base 500 and/or selected within the operating instrument 400 to be forwarded or provided to t h e analysis d evice 20 0.

The piece of control infor m atio n 510 which the op erating instr ume nt 4 00 r eceived or selected is forwarded or provide d to t he a nalysis d e vice 2 0 0 . T he analysis d e vice 200 is ‐ 64 ‐ progra mme d by th e piec e o f contr o l information 510 to carry out a specific test or test sequenc e usi ng th e spe cific cartridge 100.

Prefer ably an additional start c ommand input in t o the operati n g instru m ent 40 0 and transmitted to the analys i s devi ce 2 0 0 starts the te s t or test s e quence. This s tart, of cours e, is under the precondition that t he specific cartridge 100 is in put into t he analysis device 0 a n d, pre fera bly, the a nalysis devic e 2 00 a nd/or the op erati ons instrument h a s verifi ed that th e piec e o f contr o l i n form atio n 51 0 is co m p a tible with t h e cartridge 100 to carry out the test or t e st seque nce.

The an alysis d evice 20 0 t hen pre fer a bly full automatically acts on the cartridge 100 suc h that th e t est or test se que n ce, in particular assay, is carried out a s defi ned b y the selecte d piece o f co n t r ol infor mati on 520.

Afterwards, the a n alysis d evice 20 0 t r ansmits a m e asure m en t result 71 3 m e asured b y t he test or t e st s eque nce t o t he op e ratin g instrume n t 40 0.

A specific pi e ce of ev aluation in formation 530 can be rec eived or retriev ed f rom the same or a di ffer e n t data bas e 5 00 as p reviously described in connec t ion with the piece of c ontrol information 510. This c a n take p lac e t oget her wit h selection, r eceiving and /or retrieval of said piece of control infor m atio n 510 or separatel y, in particu l a r afterward s .

Further, ther e might be multiple pieces of evaluation informati on 5 3 0 whic h can be selected as d e scribed in c onnectio n wi th selection of th e piec e of control information 510, but preferably is not transmitted to the analysis device 200. I ns tead, the selected piece of evalu a tion in f ormation 530 is dir ectly used b y th e operatin g i n strument 400. Here, a processor of the op e ratin g instru m ent 40 0 is u se d to calculate t h e ou tcome from th e received m e a surem e nt r esult 7 1 3 using th e pi ece of e val u atio n i nfor mati on 530 which c a n be or comprise instructions and/ or an algorism for calculating t h e ou tcome from th e measur em en t result 7 13.

The oper atin g instru ment 40 0 co m put e s, using t he s pecific piec e o f evalu a ti on in formati on 53 0, an outc ome bas e d o n said measu r eme n t resul t 71 3 . A f ter w ard s, an ou tcome of this evalu a tion is output by th e oper atin g i n strument 400, in partic ular displaye d , and/or transmitted to the data b a se 5 0 0 or to a differ e nt r eceiver. ‐ 65 ‐ In g en eral, t h e analysis d evice 20 0, th e cartridge 1 00 or in particular the s ensor apparatus 11 3 may measure, detect or identi fy t he o ne o r m o re a nalyt e s A by means of speci f ic bonding, i n p a rticular b y means o f cap ture m olecul es and/or of means of electrochemical detection such as redox c y cling, or th e like, prefera bly per f or med on the cartridge 100 and/or in th e sensor app aratus 1 1 3 . Prefer ably, t h e capt ure mol ecules a r e arranged o r immo bilized on a sensor array or on s e nsor fields or electrodes of th e sensor appar a tus 11 3. In parti c ular, an i m m uno‐ assay or a prot e in a ssay for det e cting or identifyin g a protein and/ or a nucleic‐ a ssay for detecting or i dentifying a n ucleic‐acid sequence can be or is realiz ed.

Alternatively or additionally, me asur ements wit ho ut specific bo nding and/ or without electrochemical detection can be used or perfor m e d , preferabl y in or by the a nalysis device 200 and/or cartridge 100. Suc h measurements can incl ude an optical measur em en t, impedanc e me a sure me nt, capacitance measurement, sp ectr ometric measur em en t, mass spect r ometric me asurem ent, o r the like. Fo r t his purpos e, the analysis device 200 or cartridge 100 may comprise an optical spectromete r and/or allow optical measur em en ts of t he tr eated or u ntre ated sa m ple P. Thus, it is possible to measur e , detect or identify ot her or further an a lytes A, compounds, material characteristics, or the like of the sample P , e.g. within t h e cartridge 100 or any other sample c arrier. Thes e alt e rnati v e or additional me asure m e n ts can be us ed or proces sed and/or e val uated in a similar manner as d e scribed or d iffer e ntly.

Prefer ably, t h e analysis s ystem 1 or p arts thereof control the testing of the sample (P) and/or is/ar e used t o e v a l uate t he t est i ng. Particul arly pre fer a b ly, the an al ysis system 1 or the analysis d evice 20 0 c a rries o ut or controls the testing aut omatically, in particular based o n or as defi n ed b y a/th e piec e of control i n form ation 5 1 0. Alter natively or additionally, the analysis system 1 or t he op e ratin g instrume n t 400 carries out or c ontr o ls the e v alu a tio n aut om atically, preferably b ased on o r as defi ned by a / the piece of evalu a tion in f ormation 530.

In p articular, the pr e sent d isclosure relates also to a ny on e o f the following aspects which can b e realiz e d independently or in any co mbin ati on, also i n co mbination w i th any aspec ts described above or in the claims: 1. M ethod for testing an in part icular biological s a mple P by m e a ns of an a nal y sis system 1, the ana l ysis system 1 comp rising a c a r tridg e 1 00 f or r ec ei ving the s a mple P, the cartrid g e 100 comprising, for a test suppo rted by the cartridge 100, a se n s or appar a tu s 11 3 and a fluid system 1 0 3 for con v e yin g th e sa m ple P to th e sensor app a r atus 1 1 3 , ‐ 66 ‐ the a n alysis s ystem 1 co mprising a n analysis de v i c e 2 0 0 for re c eiving the c artridge ( 10 0) and subsequently c arrying out th e test using the re c eived cartridge 100, wherein - the cartridge 100 supports different t ests on th e sample P, whi c h can also be carried out separately, and for w hich th e s a mple P is conveyed and/or t reated i n differen t man n ers spe c ific to th e re spective t ests, in that at l east two different pi eces o f co ntrol inform atio n 51 0 ar e prov ided that cor r espond to t h e differe n t t ests, and in t hat at least one piece or certain pieces of th e control infor m ation 510 is/a r e selected for carrying out th e test using th e c artridge 100, and/or - in that m e as ureme n t res ults 71 3 are determin ed b y th e se nso r ap para tus 11 3 o f th e cartridge 10 0 b y m eans o f th e t e st, in that at l east t wo differ en t pieces o f ev aluatio n information 530 ar e pr ovided for carr y ing ou t different ev aluat ions o f th e measur em en t results 7 13, and i n that at least one piece or cert ai n pieces o f t h e evalu a tion in f ormation 530 is/ar e selected and/or used for eval uating the measur em en t results 7 1 3 determi n ed b y th e t e st o n the sampl e P. 2. M ethod according to aspect 1, wher e in the analysis d evice 20 0 is contro lled using the selected piece of control infor m atio n 510, such that the sample P is conve y ed and/or treated within the ca rtridge 100 in the manner that is speci f ic to the test co rresponding t o th e sel ected piec e of control information 510, and/or in that one or more tests supported by the cartridge 100, in pa rticular a nucleic‐acid assay and/or a pro tein a ssay, a re cont rolled using the sel e cted piece of control information 510, and/or in that the analysis devic e 200 is controlled using the differe nt pieces o f con trol information 510 in order to carry out different tests on the sa mple P, which can also be carried out s eparat ely. 3. M ethod acco rding to a spe c t 1 or 2, wh erein me asu r eme n t resul ts 713 from t he same test on the sample P carr i ed out u sing the c artridge 1 00 are e v aluated using th e different pieces o f evaluation i n formatio n 530, and/or ‐ 67 ‐ in that m e as ureme n t res ults 71 3 fro m differe nt t ests on t he s a m ple P carr ied out using the same cartridge 1 0 0 a re e valuat ed usi ng th e differ e nt piec e s o f evalu a tion in f ormation 530. 4. M ethod according to any one o f the preceding aspe cts, wherei n the differe n t pieces o f control infor m atio n 510 are stor ed, p r efer ably i n a dat a bas e 4 0 0, for th e sa m e c a rtridge 0, only certain pieces of control informat ion 510 being enabled fo r retrieval and/or the contr o l using only the certain piec e s of control informatio n 51 0 b e in g e n abled, preferably p rovided that t he cer tain pieces of control infor m at i on 510 correspond to the cartri d ge 1 0 0 a nd/or are c ompatible with the cartridge 100 and/or ar e enabled for the cartridge 100, and/or other piec es of control informat io n 51 0 b e ing prev ented from b e ing retrieved and/or the c ontrol usin g the oth e r pieces of control infor m atio n 510 being prevent e d, prefer a bly pr ovided t hat t h e oth e r piec es of control informatio n 510 do not correspo n d to th e car tridge 1 00 a nd/or are no t comp atible w ith the c a rtridge 0 a n d/or a re n ot e na b l ed for th e c a r tridge 1 00. 5. M ethod according to any one o f the preceding aspe cts, wherei n different pieces of evalu a tion in f ormation 530 are store d , preferabl y in a dat a bas e 4 00, f or th e sa m e cartridge 100, only cert ain pieces o f evaluation i n f o rmatio n 53 0 bein g e n a b le d for retri ev al and/or the evaluati on of the mea sur e ment results 7 1 3 , fro m th e test t hat can be carried out u sing th e cart r idge 1 00, using only t h e certain pi e ces of evaluati on information 530 being e n abled, the ce r tain piec e s of e val u atio n infor mati on 530 prefera b ly c orrespondin g to the cartr idge 1 0 0 a nd/or bein g sui t able for evaluating measur em en t results 7 1 3 that c an be determined by th e t e st using the cartridge 10 0 a n d/or b ein g e na ble d for th e cart r idge 1 00, a n d /or other piec es of eval uatio n infor mati on 53 0 b e in g pr eve n ted fro m b ein g retri eved or the evaluation usin g th e oth e r piece s of ev aluati on in form at i on 530 b eing prevent e d, the oth er piec e s of e valu at ion in form at ion 5 3 0 pre f e rably not corresponding t o th e car tridge 1 00 and/or not being co m pati b l e with th e c artridge 0 a n d/or not b ein g e n a bled f or th e cartridge 1 0 0 . ‐ 68 ‐ 6. M ethod according to any one o f the preceding aspe cts, wherei n a cartridge identifier 0C o f th e c a rtridge 10 0 is det ermin e d and, depen ding o n the c artridge identifier 100C, pieces of control infor m ation 51 0 for the test are enabled for or blocked from being retrieved or used, and/or pieces o f evaluation i n formatio n 53 0 f o r use i n th e e valu ation of measureme nt results 71 3 from th e test are en abled for or blocked from being retriev ed or used. 7. M ethod according to any one o f the preceding aspe cts, wherei n the analysis system 1 comprises an oper a tin g i nstrument 4 00 w h ich can preferabl y b e s ep arat ed fro m th e analysis de v i c e 2 0 0 in wit h respect to a dat a con n e c tion a n d/or which can p refer a bly be wirelessly connected to th e analysis d evice 20 0, the piec es o f control infor m atio n 510 being retrieved using the operating instrument 400 and/or b eing trans mi tted to th e analysis devic e (2 00) by th e operatin g i n strument 400 in order to control the t e st, and/or the piec es o f evalu a tion in f orm a tion 5 30 bein g r e trieved usin g t h e op eratin g instrument 400, and/or measur em en t results 7 1 3 determi n ed d uring th e te st bein g tr a n s m itted to th e operatin g i n strument 400 and/or b e ing an alysed b y th e op era t ing instrument 400, in particular in different manners and/or in order to deter m ine differe nt characteristi c valu e s or t o detect dise a ses. 8. M ethod according to any one o f the preceding aspe cts, wherei n first pieces o f the different pieces of contro l infor m atio n 510 corres p ond to a pr o tein assay and second pieces o f th e differe nt pie ces of control infor m ation 510 corre s p ond to a nu cleic‐acid assay, th e a n a lysis device 20 0 p refer a bly being controlled usin g th e piec es o f co ntrol information 510 such t h a t both the protein assay and the molec u lar assay can be or are carried out b y m e a n s of t he diffe rent pieces o f con trol infor mation 510 using the same analysis de v i c e 2 0 0 and/ or the s am e cartridge 10 0. 9. M ethod according to any one o f the preceding aspe cts, wherei n first pieces o f the different pieces of evaluation in formation 530 cor r espond to a protein assay and second ‐ 69 ‐ pieces o f th e differe nt pie ces of evaluation in formation 530 co r r espond to a nucleic‐acid assay, th e m easure men t r esults 713 from the test preferably bei ng ev a lua t ed using the pieces o f e v aluation i n formatio n 53 0 s u ch that m e asureme n t re su lts 713 from both the protein assay and the nu cleic‐aci d assay c a n be a nalysed by the different pi e ces o f evalu a tion in f ormation 530, in pa rtic ular such th a t the pr e senc e o f cert a in a mino‐acid sequenc e s, proteins and/or disea ses is/are deter mined and/or output.

. C omputer pr ogram prod uct comp rising program code means whic h, when executed, cause th e ste p s of th e m et hod accordin g to an y one o f th e prec e ding claims to be carried out. 11. Analysis syst em 1 for t esting an i n p articular biolo g ical s ample P, the anal y sis system 1 pre f era b ly b ein g design e d to c arry o ut the steps o f th e meth o d according to any one of claims 1 to 10, the ana l ysis system 1 comp rising a c a r tridg e 1 00 f or r ec ei ving the s a mple P, the cartrid g e 0) co m prising, for a t e s t supported by the c a rtridge 10 0, a s ensor apparatus 113 and a fluid system comprising c h ann e ls for conveyin g th e sample P t o the sens or apparatus 113, the a n alysis s ystem 1 co mprising a n analysis de v i c e 2 0 0 for re c eiving the c artridge 1 0 0 and subsequently c arrying out th e test using the re c eived cartridge 100, characterise d - in that the cartridge 100 supports different tests on the sampl e P , which can a lso be carried out s eparat ely, a n d for w hich t he sa m ple P is conve y ed and/or tre at ed within the cartridge 100 in differ e nt m anners specific to the respecti v e tests, in t h a t at le a st two pieces o f control info rmation 5 1 0 are pro v ided that c o rresp ond to t he di ffer e nt tests, in that at least one piec e or c ert a in piec e s o f t he cont r ol information 510 can be selected for c arrying out the test usin g th e cartrid ge 1 0 0 , a n d i n that the a n a lysis device 200 c an be controlled usin g the selected piece of contro l infor m ation 510 such that th e sa m ple P is co n v e yed and/or t reated withi n the cartrid ge 100 i n th e manner specific to th e test c orresponding to t he select e d p i ece o f co ntrol infor mati o n 510, and/or ‐ 70 ‐ - in that meas urement results 71 3 can be det ermin e d using the sen sor appar a tus 113 of the cartridge 10 0 by m e a ns of the test , in that at le a st two di ffe r ent piec es o f evalu a tion in f ormation 530 are pr ovi d ed for c arrying out differ ent evalu a tio n s of the measur em en t results 7 13, and i n that at least one piece or cert ai n pieces o f t h e evalu a tion in f ormation 530 c a n be sel ected for e v aluating the m easur e m e n t results 713 deter m i n ed by th e test on th e sa mple P, and i n that the m e a surement results 713 can b e e val u ated in differ ent ma nners, in the manners specified by the pi ece s of evalu a tion in f ormation 530. 12. Analysis syst em a ccordin g to aspect 1 1 , wherei n t h e differe nt pieces o f con trol information 510 ar e de si gned t o co nt rol differ e nt tests on t h e s a mple P, which can prefera b ly a l s o be carried out s eparat e l y, using t he s ame cartr idge 100, it preferably being possible to c ontrol the analysis d evice 20 0 using th e different pi e ces o f contr o l information 510 in order to carry out the d ifferent t ests on t h e s a mple P, and / or in that on e o r more of the diffe r e nt pi e ces of contro l infor m ation 510 can be s el ec ted, it preferably b eing possible to carry out one or more tests supported by the ca r tridge 1 00, i n particular a n ucleic‐acid assay and/o r a prot e in a ssay, using t he select e d p i ece or pi e ce s of control infor m ation 510. 13. Analysis system according to aspect 1 1 or 12, wh e rein the different piec e s of evalu a tion in f ormation 530 are de signed for differently evaluat ing meas urement results 71 3 fr om t he test, the different pi e ces of e val uatio n infor m ati on 530 preferab ly bei ng desig ned f or dif f erently eva lua t i n g m e a surem e nt r esults 71 3 d et ermin e d in the s am e tes t and/or for evaluati n g differen t tests on the sampl e P, which c a n preferabl y also be carried out sep a rately, using t h e same cartridge 1 0 0 . 14. Analysis system according to a ny one of a s pects 11 to 13, w herein different p ieces of control infor m atio n 510 and/or e valu ation i n formation 530 ar e s tored for the same cartridge 100, the analys i s system 2 0 0 b eing desi g ned a) t o only enabl e certai n pieces of contro l infor m atio n 510 and/or certain pieces of evalu a tion in f ormation 530 for r e trieval and/or t o en able the c ontrol using said certain pieces of control inform atio n 510 and/or t o en able the evalu a tion u sing said certain pi eces of evaluati on in fo rmati on 530, pref erably provid ed that th e certain pieces of control infor m ation 51 0 and/or evaluati o n informatio n 5 30 corres p ond to the cartridge 100 and/or are com pati ble with t he cartridge 100 a n d/or ar e en a bled f or the cartridge 100, and/or ‐ 71 ‐ b) t o prev ent ot her pieces o f c ontrol information 510 and/or ot h e r pieces o f ev aluatio n inform atio n 53 0 fr om b ei ng r etriev ed, or to prev en t the c ontrol using the other p ieces of co n trol in f ormatio n 510 and/o r to prevent the evaluation usi ng th e oth e r pieces o f evalu a tion in f orm a tion 5 30, th e o th er pieces o f co n trol inform a tion 510 an d/or evalu a tion in f ormation 530 pr efer abl y not corres p onding to t he cartridge 100 and/or not b ein g co m patibl e wit h the cartridge 1 0 0 a nd/ o r not bei ng e n abled for the cartridge 100. 15. Analysis system according to a ny one of a s pects 11 to 14, w herein the analys i s system 1 comprises an operating instrum e n t 40 0 which c a n pre f er abl y b e sep arat ed fro m th e analysis de v i c e 2 0 0 with r espect to a data co nnect ion and/or wh ich can pr efer ably be wirelessly connected to the analys is d evice 200 an d which is de signed to ret r ieve pi e ces of control infor m ation 510 and to t rans mit said piec e s of informat ion to th e analysis devi ce 200 in order to control the test and/or to evaluate the meas ure ment results 7 1 3 determin ed b y th e t e st in differ e nt m a nners usin g t he differe nt pieces of evaluation information 530, in p a rticular in order to detect differ e nt ch a racteristic values or diseas es, it prefer a bly bein g possib l e to det ermi ne a cartridge identi f ie r 100C of the cartridge 100 using the operating in str ume nt 4 00 a nd, dependin g o n th e cart r i dge identi fi er 1 00C, it being possible for pieces of control infor m ati on 510 for t h e test and/ o r pieces o f evaluation i n formatio n 53 0 f o r use i n th e e valu ation of measureme nt results 713 from the test to be e n abl e d for or bloc k ed fro m b e i n g r e triev e d and/or used.

Individual a s p ects and f e a tures of the p resent disclosure a nd i ndividual method steps and/or m eth o d vari ants m ay b e impl eme n ted ind e pende n tly f r om o n e another, but also in any desired combin ation and/or o rder.

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Claims:

1. Method for testing a sample by means of an analysis system, 5 the analysis system comprising a cartridge for receiving the sample, the analysis system comprising an analysis device for receiving the cartridge and subsequently carrying out a test using the received cartridge, 10 the cartridge supporting different tests on the sample, which can also be carried out separately, wherein at least two different pieces of control information, which are stored in a database, are provided that correspond to the different tests, wherein for the different tests, the sample is conveyed and/or treated in different manners specific to the respective tests, and in that the method comprises unblocking only certain of said pieces of control information for the cartridge, thus the certain pieces of control information being enabled for selection, being enabled for retrieval and/or the control using only the certain of said pieces of control information being enabled; and/or blocking for the cartridge one or ones of said different pieces of control information, said blocked pieces of control information thus being prevented from being selected, being prevented from being retrieved and/or the control using said blocked pieces of control information being prevented, selecting and/or using at least one unblocked piece or certain unblocked pieces of said control information for carrying out the test using the cartridge.

2. Method according to claim 1, wherein the analysis device is controlled using the 35 selected piece or pieces of control information, such that the sample is conveyed and/or treated within the cartridge in the manner that is specific to the test corresponding to the selected piece or pieces of control information.

3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein one or more tests supported by the cartridge are controlled using the selected piece or pieces of control information. 5

4. Method according to claim 3, wherein a nucleic-acid assay and/or a protein assay are controlled using the selected piece or pieces of control information.

5. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the analysis device is controlled using the different pieces of control information in order to carry out different 10 tests on the sample, which can also be carried out separately.

6. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the certain pieces of control information correspond to the cartridge and/or are compatible with the cartridge. 15

7. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein pieces of control information are blocked that do not correspond to the cartridge and/or that are not compatible with the cartridge and/or that are disabled for the cartridge.

8. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein a cartridge identifier of 20 the cartridge is determined and, depending on the cartridge identifier, pieces of control information for the test are blocked or unblocked.

9. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the analysis system comprises an operating instrument, the selected and/or unblocked piece or pieces of 25 control information being retrieved using the operating instrument; and/or being transmitted to the analysis device by the operating instrument in order to control the test.

10. Method according to claim 9, wherein the operating instrument can be or is separated from the analysis device physically and/or with respect to a data connection and/or can 30 be or is wirelessly connected to the analysis device.

11. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein a first piece of the different pieces of control information is configured to control a protein assay and a second piece of the different pieces of control information is configured to control a 35 nucleic-acid assay.

12. Method according to claim 11, wherein only one of said first and second pieces of control information is unblocked while the other one of said first and second pieces of control information is or remains blocked.

13. Method according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the analysis device is controlled using one of said first and second pieces of control information such that only one of or both the protein assay and the nucleic-acid assay can be or are carried out by means of said first and/or second different pieces of control information using the same analysis device 10 and/or the same cartridge.

14. Method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each of the different pieces of control information comprises respective instructions, wherein the instructions of said piece or pieces of control information form and/or replace a module of the analysis 15 device, which module is implemented by the analysis device, as a result of which the behaviour of the analysis device is changed.

15. Method according to claim 14, wherein the instructions are commands, machine code, pre-compiled source code or source code, and/or in that the instructions form a module- 20 like software component and/or a plugin.

16. Method according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the one or more tests supported by the cartridge are a nucleic-acid assay and/or a protein assay. 25

17. Computer program product comprising program code means which, when executed, cause the steps of the method according to any one of the preceding claims to be carried out.

18. Analysis system for testing a sample, the analysis system comprising a cartridge for receiving the sample, the analysis system comprising an analysis device for receiving the cartridge and subsequently carrying out a test using the received cartridge, the cartridge supporting different tests on the sample, which can also be carried out separately, wherein at least two pieces of control information are provided that correspond to said different tests, 5 wherein at least one piece or certain pieces of said control information is/are selectable for carrying out the test, and wherein the analysis device is configured to be controlled using the selected piece of control information, preferably such that the sample is conveyed and/or treated within 10 the cartridge in the manner specific to the test corresponding to the selected piece of control information, wherein 15 the cartridge is configured such that for different tests the sample is conveyed and/or treated within the cartridge in different manners specific to the respective tests, and in that only certain of said pieces of control information are unblocked for the cartridge, the analysis system being configured to only enable unblocked pieces of 20 control information for selection, for retrieval and/or to enable the control using said certain pieces of control information; and/or in that one or ones of said pieces of control information are blocked for the cartridge, the analysis system being configured to prevent blocked pieces of control information 25 for one or more of: to be selected, to be retrieved, and to enable the control using said blocked pieces of control information.

19. Analysis system according to claim 18, wherein the different pieces of control information are configured to control different tests on the sample using the same 30 cartridge.

20. Analysis system according to any one of claims 18 or 19, wherein the analysis device is configured for control using the different pieces of control information in order to carry out the different tests on the sample.

21. Analysis system according to claim 20, wherein the analysis device or analysis system is configured to carry out one or more tests supported by the cartridge using the selected piece or pieces of control information. 5

22. Analysis system according to claim 21, wherein the analysis system or the analysis device is configured to carry out a nucleic-acid assay and/or a protein assay using the selected piece or pieces of control information.

23. Analysis system according to any one of claims 18 to 22, wherein the certain or 10 unblocked pieces of control information correspond to the cartridge and/or are compatible with the cartridge.

24. Analysis system according to any one of claims 18 to 23, wherein the analysis system is configured to prevent other or blocked pieces of control information from being 15 selected, being retrieved, or to prevent the control using the other or blocked pieces of control information.

25. Analysis system according to claim 24, wherein the other pieces of control information are blocked that do not correspond to the cartridge and/or are not compatible 20 with the cartridge and/or are disabled for the cartridge.

26. Analysis system according to any one of claims 18 to 25, wherein the analysis system comprises an operating instrument which is configured to retrieve said selected pieces of control information and to transmit said selected pieces of control information to the 25 analysis device in order to control the test.

27. Analysis system according to claim 26, wherein the operating instrument is configured to retrieve pieces of control information and to transmit said pieces of control information to the analysis device and/or in order to detect different characteristic values 30 or diseases.

28. Analysis system according to claim 26 or 27, wherein the operating instrument is configured to determine a cartridge identifier of the cartridge and, depending on the cartridge identifier, pieces of control information for the test can be unblocked for or 35 blocked from being selected, retrieved and/or used.

29. Analysis system according to any one of claims 26 to 28, wherein the operating instrument can be separated from the analysis device physically and/or with respect to a data connection and/or can be wirelessly connected to the analysis device. 5

30. Analysis system according to any one of claims 18 to 29, wherein each of the different pieces of control information comprises respective instructions which can form and/or replace a module of the analysis device, which module can be implemented by the analysis device, as a result of which the behaviour of the analysis device is changeable. 10

31. Analysis system according to claim 30, characterized in that the instructions are commands, machine code, pre-compiled source code or source code, and/or in that the instructions form a module-like software component and/or a plugin.

32. Analysis system according to any one of claims 18 to 31, wherein the one or more 15 tests supported by the cartridge are a nucleic-acid assay and/or a protein assay.

33. Analysis system according to any one of claims 18 to 32, wherein the analysis system is designed to carry out the steps of the method according to any one of claims 1 to 17.

34. A system or method, according to any one of the preceding claims, substantially as herein described with reference to the figures and/or examples.