The invention is directed to a method and device for simultaneously
testing a sample for the presence, absence, and/or amounts of one or more
a plurality of selected analytes. The invention includes, in one aspect,
a device for detecting or quantitating a plurality of different analytes
in a liquid sample. The device includes a substrate which defines a
sample-distribution network having (i) a sample inlet, (ii) one or more
detection chambers, and (iii) channel means providing a dead-end fluid
connection between each of the chambers and the inlet. Each chamber may
include an analyte-specific reagent effective to react with a selected
analyte that may be present in the sample, and detection means for
detecting the signal. Also disclosed are methods utilizing the device.