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| 20080211849 | Inkjet Device and Method for the Controlled Positioning of Droplets of a Substance Onto a Substrate - The invention provides a device for the controlled positioning of droplets of a substance onto a substrate, the device comprising at least a print head comprising a nozzle provided to eject the droplet, the inkjet device further comprising a control camera arranged such that after ejection of the droplet out of the nozzle, the droplet is detected by the control camera. In case either the droplet volume or velocity or flight path or viscosity or surface tension start to deviate from preset values, the software can correct for this in a closed loop manner. If the droplet is not ejected at all, the control software stops the printer and an operator can maintain the print head. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080252679 | Ink Jet Device for the Controlled Positioning of Droplets of a Substance Onto a Substrate, Method for the Controlled Positioning of Droplets of a Substrate, and Use of an Ink Jet Device - The invention provides an ink jet device for the controlled positioning of droplets of a substance onto a substrate, the device comprising at least a print head with a nozzle designed to eject the droplet, the device further comprising at least one acoustic sensor arranged for detecting the landing of the droplet on the substrate. A feedback loop stops the printing process the moment the landing of a droplet is not detected within a predetermined delay time. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080305969 | Ink Jet Device and Method for Producing a Biological Assay Substrate by Releasing a Plurality of Substances Onto the Substrate - The invention provides an ink jet device ( | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080309701 | Ink Jet Device for Releasing Controllably a Plurality of Substances Onto a Substrate, Method of Discrimination Between a Plurality of Substances and Use of an Ink Jet Device - The invention provides an ink jet device for releasing controllably a plurality of substances onto a substrate, the device comprising at least a print head comprising a nozzle, the device comprising at least a transducer provided to eject a droplet out of the nozzle, wherein a detection means is assigned to the ink jet device such that the substances are discriminable from each other by means of the detection of the behaviour of the transducer. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090033690 | INK JET DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RELEASING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANCES ONTO A SUBSTRATE - The invention provides an ink jet device for releasing a plurality of substances onto a substrate, the device comprising at least one print head, which is positionable relative to the substrate, and which comprises at least one nozzle, provided to eject a droplet. The ink jet device is designed such that the plurality of substances can be deposited onto the substrate in a predefined pattern in a limited amount of moves of the at least one print head relative to the substrate. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090203544 | METHOD AND USE OF A PRINTER DEVICE FOR PRODUCING BIOLOGICAL TEST ARRAYS - The invention relates to a printer device for producing biological test arrays by depositing an array of biofluids onto a substrate. The invention further relates to the use of such a device in the production of biological test arrays. The invention also relates to a method for producing a biological test array. The invention moreover relates to a biological test array. The method according to the invention is failure-proof, and results in biological test arrays of superior quality. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090264308 | BIOSENSOR SOLID SUBSTRATE WITH INTEGRATED TEMPERATURE CONTROL AND A METHOD TO MAKE THE SAME - This invention provides a biosensor solid or hydrogel substrate comprising one or more temperature indicating agents, each of said one or more temperature indicating agents operating by changing its optical properties and being deposited in and/or at the surface of the biosensor solid or hydrogel substrate as one or more layers and/or spots | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100029490 | INK-JET DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BIOLOGICAL ASSAY SUBSTRATE USING A PRINTING HEAD AND MEANS FOR ACCELERATED MOTION - The invention provides an ink jet device for producing a biological assay substrate. The device releases a plurality of substances onto the substrate from print heads, provided with the substances. The device further comprises means to subject the printed substrates to an accelerated motion. The accelerated motion which acts about perpendicular to the surface of the substrates acts to control penetration of the substances into the substrate. The invention also relates to a method for producing a biological assay substrate, and to a biological assay substrate obtainable by such method. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100033324 | MINIATURIZED THRESHOLD SENSOR - A sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes having a miniature size and a lower power consumption and a coating exterior to the electrodes, wherein the coating interacts with a target condition thereby producing a change in an electrical property of the electrodes, wherein the change is transduced into an electrical signal by the electrodes. Further a system for medication delivery comprising such sensor and a pill. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100045309 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING FLUID PROPERTIES, INCLUDING PH - A fluid sensor for use within the gastro-intestinal tract of a human being is disclosed. The sensor includes a sensing coil which is immersible in the sample fluid of the gastro-intestinal tract; a signal generator in electrical with the sensing coil for applying an electrical current pulse to the sensing coil; a signal receiver in communication with the sensing coil for measuring an electrical reflection relative to said electrical current pulse; and a data processor for receiving the electrical reflection and for calculating data representative of at least one property, such as pH of the sample fluid based on the electrical reflection. The fluid sensor can also include a reference coil for calibrating the sensing coil. The sensor coil and reference coil can be encapsulated in a swallowable pill shell. The sensor coil can also function as an antenna for transmitting and receiving signals to/form a remote location. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100049012 | INGESTIBLE ELECTRONIC CAPSULE AND IN VIVO DRUG DELIVERY OR DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM - An ingestible electronic capsule ( | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100049120 | DESIGN OF SWALLOWABLE MULTI-NOZZLE DOSING DEVICE FOR RELEASING MEDICINES IN THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT - A capsule and methodology for dispensing a medicament in the gastrointestinal tract of a mammal is disclosed, the gastrointestinal tract having tissue sites of interest. The capsule may include a medicament reservoir; medicament dispensing means such as a plurality of piezoelectric droplet jet nozzle dispensers; a power source; electronic control circuitry means and/or detecting means capable of communicating with a medicament dispensing means for regulating the amount and time interval for dispensing of the medicament into the gastrointestinal tract by the medicament dispensing means; and a non-digestible outer protective shell housing, e.g., the medicament reservoir, medicament dispensing means and electronic control circuitry means. A plurality of the nozzle dispensers of the medicament dispensing means can be positioned tangentially to a surface of the housing such that during release of a medicament, the capsule is caused to rotate and/or translate so as to discharge the medicament homogeneously onto tissue sites of interest. In addition, by using multiple nozzles and releasing medicament at high speed, this facilitates medicament absorption by the intestines in the gastrointestinal tract. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100056381 | POROUS BIOLOGICAL ASSAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING SUCH SUBSTRATE - The invention provides a porous biological assay substrate suitable for detecting at least one analyte in a biological sample fluid. The substrate comprises one or more capture probes able to each specifically bind one target analyte. The average concentration of the capture probes in pores with a size larger than the O | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100056874 | MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE, CAPSULE AND IN VIVO MEDICINE DELIVERY OR DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM - A medicament delivery device, which comprises a driving mechanism and a housing ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100063486 | MEDICAMENT DELIVERY APPARATUS - An electronic capsule ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100135855 | METHOD FOR DEPOSITING SUBSTANCES ON A SUPPORT - The present invention relates to a method for depositing a substance on a support, comprising the provision of a substance solution, the provision of a transfer solution capable of activating the support, the deposition of the transfer solution on a predefined position of the support and the deposition of the substance solution on the same predefined position where the transfer solution was placed, whereby an immobilization of the deposited substance at the location of overlap between the deposited transfer solution and the deposited substance solution on said support is achieved. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100173803 | INK JET DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A BIOLOGICAL ASSAY SUBSTRATE BY RELEASING A PLURALITY OF SUBSTANCES ONTO THE SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE INK JET DEVICE - The invention provides an ink jet device and method for producing a biological assay substrate ( | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100228082 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH A CELL OR TISSUE IN A BODY - A device or support, system and method are provided for precisely targeted and/or highly controlled interaction with a targeted cell or tissue in a body, with the support providing an ergonomic connecting interface for selectively connecting the support to a cell or tissue with at least minimal adverse affect to such cell or tissue, the system providing a remote facility that may be operatively associated with the support, and the method providing steps for employing the support and/or system so as to, inter alia, improve treatment, diagnostic and/or monitoring techniques and increase sensitivity and specificity with respect to interacting with, for example, diseased or abnormal cells or tissue without adversely effecting surrounding healthy cells or tissue, and/or the body in general. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100297645 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES - The invention relates to the detection of infectious diseases. A system for automatic detection of infectious diseases is disclosed. The system comprises an input unit for receiving a blood sample, a lysis unit, a PCR unit, a sample unit and a detection unit. The systemmay based on an inputted blood sample generate an output signal that isindicative of the presence of pathogen DNA in the blood sample. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110017612 | METHOD OF PREPARING A SWALLOWABLE CAPSULE COMPRISING A SENSOR - The inventions relates to a kit comprising a swallowable capsule ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110086361 | AMPLIFICATION OF NUCEIC ACIDS USING TEMPERATURE ZONES - The present invention relates to the amplification and detection of amplified nucleic acid sequences employing methods and devices with distinct temperature zones. The methods and devices of the present invention may be used for quantitative analysis of target nucleic acid sequences, for simultaneous quantitative analysis of multiple target nucleic acid sequences or for analyzing a sample for the presence of a target nucleic acid. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110106063 | ELECTRONIC PILL COMPRISING A MEDICINE RESERVOIR - Electronic pill ( | 05-05-2011 |
