摘要:
A detection system combining an excitation radiation source providing excitation radiation to an analysis region of a sample within a substrate having a detection surface, a detector for detecting radiation collected from the analysis region comprising the detection surface of the sample resulting from the excitation, and a magnet arrangement beneath the analysis region of the sample, and stationary with respect to the excitation radiation source and light coupling arrangement, for attracting magnetic beads within the sample to the substrate surface. The detection radiation is collected from the detection surface of the substrate to give an enhanced surface specificity.
摘要:
The invention relates to a sensor device (100) in which the spatial distribution of an input light (L1) emission from a light emitting area (121, 122) of a light source (120) can selectively be changed. The input light is propagated through an optical system (110) to produce some output light (L2). Changes of the input light are taken into account when the detected output light (L2) is evaluated. Thus it is for example possible to detect and/or eliminate optical disturbances occurring in the optical path outside an object region (3). The light source (120) may particularly comprise a plurality of a light emitting segments (121, 122) that can selectively be switched on or off.
摘要:
The present invention provides an FTIR system comprising a first light source emitting light of a first wavelength, a sample volume with an adjacent sensor surface, a detector for detecting light reflected at said sensor surface. The sensor surface is illuminated by said first light source fulfilling the condition of total internal reflection and generating an evanescent field with a decay length within the sample volume. The system further comprises means for changing the decay length of the evanescent field and means for correlating the detected signals with the change of the decay length of the evanescent field.
摘要:
The invention relates to a substance determining apparatus for determining a substance within a fluid. Particles attach the substance and bind to a binding surface (30), wherein a sensing signal is generated depending on the bound particles. Binding events indicating a binding of a particle on the binding surface (30) are determined from the generated sensing signal, and the substance within the fluid is determined based on the determined binding events. During a procedure of determining a substance within a fluid, particles may bind to the binding surface and may leave the binding surface. Therefore, during this procedure a number of binding events can be determined being much larger than the number of bound particles. The determination of the substance within the fluid can therefore be based on a very large amount of data, thereby increasing the accuracy of determining the substance within the fluid.
摘要:
The invention relates to a substance determining apparatus for determining a substance within a fluid. Particles, which have attached the substance, are bound to a binding surface (30). A sensing unit (33) is adapted to generate a sensing signal being indicative of at least one of i) a distance between the particles bound on the binding surface (30) and the binding surface (30) and ii) an in-plane position of the particles bound on the binding surface. A binding discrimination unit (34) is adapted to discriminate between different kinds of binding of the particles bound on the binding surface (30) depending on the generated sensing signal. The binding discrimination unit (34) is preferentially a unit for determining the part of the sensing signal being caused by specifically bound particles and to determine the substance based on this determined part of the sensing signal.
摘要:
An optical scanning device (1) for scanning an information layer (4) of an optical record carrier (2), the device (1) comprising a radiation source (11) for generating a radiation beam (12, 15, 20) and an objective system (18) for converging the radiation beam on the information layer, the information layer being covered by a transparent layer (3) of thickness td and refractive index nd. The objective system comprises a lens having a protection device projecting away from the lens towards the optical record carrier such that the distance between the protection device and the optical record carrier is less than the free working distance. The lens satisfies the condition: where D is the entrance pupil diameter, FWD is the free working distance, and D, FWD, t and td are all expressed in millimeters and where FWD+td/nd
摘要:
A microelectronic sensor device for the detection of target components with label or magnetic particles includes a carrier with a binding surface at which target components can collect and optionally bind to specific capture elements. An input light beam is transmitted into the carrier and totally internally reflected at the binding surface. The amount of light in the output light beam is detected by a light detector. Evanescent light generated during the total internal reflection is affected by target components and/or label particles at the binding surface and will be missing in the output light beam. This is used to determine the amount of target components at the binding surface from the amount of light in the output light beam. A magnetic field generator is optionally used to generate a magnetic field at the binding surface by which magnetic label particles can be manipulated, such as attracted or repelled.
摘要:
The present invention is related to a biosensor system for the detection of particles comprising: a biosensor cartridge comprising a sensor surface, a biosensor magnet assembly on one side of the cartridge for generating a magnetic field effective at the cartridge and the sensor surface, the first biosensor magnet assembly comprising at least two magnetic sub-units separated by a gap, a first optical detection system for detecting the particles arranged at the same side of the cartridge as the magnet assembly, whereas the magnet assembly is designed in a way that the optical detection is accomplished through the gap of the magnet assembly.
摘要:
A microelectronic sensor device and a method for making optical examinations at a carrier for the detection of magnetic particles, for example, at a contact surface of the carrier by frustrated total internal reflection (FTIR), include a light source with a laser modulator for emitting an input light beam into the carrier. The input light beam is modulated such that optical interferences with reflections of the input light beam from the entrance window, or from other components of the carrier, are reduced or minimized. This can be achieved by a pulsed on/off modulation in which the first relaxation minimum of a currently emitted pulse (PN) coincides in the light source with the first relaxation maximum of a reflected pulse (PN-1′). By reducing the effect of interferences, the setup is less prone to disturbances from dimensional variations that are induced by thermal extension, for example.
摘要:
The invention relates to a sensing system for sensing a substance in a fluid. The sensing system comprises a sensing site (132) at which the substance is to be sensed and a reference site (131). A signal generation unit generates a sensing signal by sensing the sensing site (132) and a reference signal by sensing the reference site (131). The reference signal is used for normalizing the sensing signal, wherein the sensing site (132) and the reference site (131) are arranged such that a drift variation of the normalized sensing signal is within a noise variation of the normalized sensing signal. This improves the accuracy of the normalized sensing signal.