Abstract:
A device for sorting biological cells comprises a flow channel configured to pass a flow of liquid carrying the biological ceils. The flow channel comprises at least one zone associated with a cell category. Each zone of the flow channel comprises at least one surface coated with molecules having an affinity to the cell category associated with the zone, the at least one surface of the zone being configured to modify, by the molecules of the surface, a movement of a cell belonging to the associated cell category of the zone as the cell passes the zone. The device comprises a detector configured to detect a cell exhibiting at least one modified movement in one zone of the flow channel, and to transmit a trigger signal based on the detection of the cell. The device further comprises an actuator configured to divert the detected cell based on the trigger signal.
Abstract:
A sensor device (100) for quantifying luminescent targets. The device comprises a light source (111) for exciting the targets, thus generating luminescence signals and a detector (120) for detecting these signals, resulting in a detected signal which comprises a desired signal (310) originating from the targets and a background signal (320). It moreover comprises a bleaching device (135) for bleaching of at least part of the sources generating the background signal (320) and a processor (140) configured to trigger the bleaching device (135) to start bleaching, and to trigger the light source (111) for exciting the remaining luminescent targets which are not bleached, and to trigger the detector (120) for detecting the luminescence signal of the remaining luminescent targets, so as to generate a measurement signal representative for the quantification of the luminescent targets.
Abstract:
A sensor device (100) for quantifying luminescent targets comprises a light source (111), a detector (120), a modulator (130), and a processor (140). The light source (111) is adapted for exciting the luminescent target. The detector (120) is adapted for detecting the luminescence of the luminescent target resulting in a measured signal which comprises a desired signal originating from the luminescent target and a background signal. The modulator (130) is adapted for modulating a physical parameter resulting in a modulation of the desired signal which is different from the modulation of the background signal. The processor (140) is configured to correlate the modulation of the physical parameter with the modulation of the desired signal and/or the modulation of the background signal.
Abstract:
A device (1) for sensing an analyte, the device (1) comprises at least a sample inlet (10) for receiving a sample, affinity probes (111) selected to have a preferential binding to the analyte, a transducer (11) sensitive to a characteristic of the analyte and/or a label attached to the analyte, the transducer not being a FET transducer, and a desalting unit (13) for desalting the received sample.
Abstract:
A sensor device (100) for quantifying luminescent targets configured in an at least one dimensional pattern. The sensor device comprises a detector (120) for obtaining an at least one dimensional pattern of measured signals, wherein the detector (120) is adapted for detecting the luminescence of the luminescent targets, resulting in a measured pattern. The sensor device moreover comprises a processor (140) configured to correlate the measured pattern with at least one reference pattern, so as to generate a measurement signal representative for the quantification of luminescent targets. The at least one reference pattern is a recorded pattern or an expected pattern. A recorded pattern is a pattern which is obtained by the detector before the measured pattern is obtained.
Abstract:
A sensor device (100) for quantifying luminescent targets. The device comprises a light source (111) for exciting the targets, thus generating luminescence signals, and a detector (120) for detecting these signals of the targets in a cell (310), resulting in a detected signal comprising a desired signal and a background signal. The detector (120) has a spatial cell resolution and/or a time resolution that is so high that only a limited number of targets will be present in the cell when measuring at low concentration and/or that only a limited number of targets add to the cell in between two measurements. A change in the number of targets in the cell can be observed in the detected signal. The device comprises a processor (140) configured to distinguish the desired and the background signal, and to combine the detected signals of the different cells and/or moments in time, to quantify the targets.