Abstract:
A fetal movement monitoring method that limits the ultrasound radiation to safe levels and conforms to the ALARA principle is disclosed. The disclosed method of monitoring fetal movements by Doppler ultrasound comprises accumulating the time for which ultrasound is radiated into a subject, comparing the accumulated time with a first reference total time, counting the number of fetal movements in the subject, comparing the number of movements with a reference number, deciding at least one of a further action of the device and an action to be recommended to the subject and conveying at least one of a further action of the device, an information to the subject about the counted fetal movements and an action recommended to the subject. A Doppler ultrasound device for monitoring fetal movements in a subject is also disclosed.
Abstract:
The medical skin-contact sensor device (1) for retrieving two different types of signals comprises a housing (10), a first sensor (20) for retrieving a first kind of signals and a second sensor (30) for retrieving a second type of signals. The first sensor (20) is rigidly attached to the housing (10), such that the first sensor (20) is in contact with the skin (2) of a patient when the sensor device (1) is applied to the patient. The second sensor (30) is attached to the housing (10) via at least one spring (35), such that the second sensor (30) is pressed to the skin (2) of the patient when the sensor device (1) is applied.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method of non-invasively monitoring the expression of a gene of interest in a cell when contacting said cell with a compound influencing the expression of said gene of interest. The present invention is also concerned with different isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising a coding sequence. Said coding sequence comprises a gene of interest-sequence encoding a gene of interest-polypeptide fused to a reporter sequence encoding a fluorescent reporter polypeptide and is operatively coupled to a promoter sequence. The present invention is also concerned with the use of a method and a nucleic acid molecule of the invention for delivering a compound influencing the expression of a gene of interest in a cell, monitoring the delivery of said compound as well as monitoring the influence on the expression of said gene of interest induced by said compound at the same time.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for the detection of a DNA methylation signature associated with the presence of or the predisposition to develop a disorder, the method comprising the identification of one or more candidate genes exhibiting differential DNA methylation in target and reference samples as well as the respective determination of the nucleic acid sites in said candidate genes that are differentially methylated and the recognition sites for DNA binding factors, said DNA binding factors each recognizing such a differentially methylated nucleic acid site, wherein the patterns of differentially methylated nucleic acid sites and of DNA binding factor recognition sites obtained together represent a DNA methylation signature that is indicative for the presence of or the predisposition to develop a disorder in a target sample.
Abstract:
A system and process that are a hybrid of distillation and membrane separations offers a highly efficient means of separating a fluid feed mixture into organic, solid, and aqueous components. The distillation section is followed by two membrane separation sections operated in parallel, with the distillation section separating the feed mixture into an organics-rich fraction and an organics-depleted and solids-rich fraction. One membrane section operates on the organics-rich fraction and separates it into a more organics-rich sub-fraction and a water-rich, organics-depleted sub-fraction, while the other membrane section operates on the organics-depleted, solids-rich fraction from the distillation section and separates it into a solids-rich sub-fraction and a solids-depleted, water-rich sub-fraction.
Abstract:
The present invention relates a method for analyzing a DNA sequence. The DNA sequence by converting the DNA sequence into a plurality of binary indicator sequences (BIS), and applying short term Fourier transform (STFT) on the binary indicator sequences. A binning function (BF) is applied to the Fourier coefficients (Usk_X(k)) and thereby modifying the corresponding Fourier coefficients (Usk_X(k)). Finally, substantially equal modified Fourier coefficients (Usk_X(k)) is found. The invention provides the user with a much improved ability to see unique strong patterns in vast amount of DNA sequence data.
Abstract:
The application relates to the field of micro- jet drug delivery devices, in particular it relates to a micro- jet drug delivery device for local submucosal drug applications. A pressure drop occurs in a micro- jet drug delivery device implemented in a catheter when a fluid is pumped out of a pump chamber located at a proximal end of a catheter to a nozzle being located at the distal end of the catheter. In order to prevent such pressure drop it is suggested to provide a micro -jet drug delivery device comprising a catheter (1) having a distal end (14) and a proximal end (15), a micro -jet pump (2) located in the catheter comprising a pump cavity, wherein the pump cavity is located closer to the distal end than to the proximal end, a drug reservoir (22) located at the proximal end of the catheter, and a tube connecting the drug reservoir and the micro- jet -pump.
Abstract:
The subject of this invention is to provide a compound and a contrast agent comprising a compound for a rapid, non-invasive examination process in the diagnosis of increased vascularity of lesions, especially cancerous lesions. The contrast agents comprising a compound and compounds used for diagnosis of lesions are compounds having a quinoline ring whereas the compounds may emit fluorescence in a range from 300 to 1200 nm. A method of diagnosing lesions is also subject of the present invention.
Abstract:
The subject of this invention is to provide a compound and a contrast agent comprising a compound for a rapid, non-invasive examination process in the diagnosis of increased vascularity of lesions, especially cancerous lesions. The contrast agents comprising a compound and compounds used for diagnosis of lesions are compounds having a quinoline ring whereas the compounds may emit fluorescence in a range from 300 to 1200 nm. A method of diagnosing lesions is also subject of the present invention.