This invention directs to an optical disc assembly configured to receive
an analyte which can be detected by a standard optical disc reader or an
optical disc reader modified therefrom. The optical disc assembly may
preferably be designed so that the optical disc reader can track the disc
and detect the analyte concurrently and discriminably. The optical disc
assembly contains or encodes optically readable features which are
trackable by the optical disc reader and which have encoded speed
information enabling the optical disc reader to rotate the optical disc
assembly at a determinable speed. The optical disc assembly also includes
an analyte section capable of receiving the analyte that can be detected
by the optical disc reader.