Abstract:
A magnetic field sensor comprising a transducer element (1), whereby: (I) the transducer element (1) is a Spin Tunnel Junction, comprising a first (1a) and second (1b) magnetic layer which are sandwiched about an interposed electrical insulator layer (1c); (II) the sensor comprises a yoke (3) having two arms (3a, 3b); (III) the first magnetic layer (1a) is in direct contact with a first portion of a first arm (3a) of the yoke (3).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device for the specific selection of target molecules, comprising: (a) at least one reaction zone comprising a microarray, wherein the microarray comprises a substrate, on which one or more species of capture molecules are immobilized, comprising one or more temperature control and/or regulating units for controlling and/or regulating the temperature within the zone; (b) at least one non-reaction zone comprising one or more temperature control and/or regulating units for controlling and/or regulating the temperature within the zone, which is in fluid connection with the reaction zone; and (c) at least one transportation means capable of generating and/or regulating a fluid flow between said reaction zone (a) and said non-reaction zone comprising one or more temperature control and/or regulating units (b). The present invention further relates to a device for the specific selection of target molecules wherein the immobilized capture molecules are organized in the microarray in the form of spots, elongated spots and/or lines. In a further aspect the present invention relates to a method of specifically selecting target molecules, comprising the introducing a medium to such a device, performing interaction reactions in a reaction zone, transporting not interacted or not bound target molecules to a zone allowing reactivation of the target molecules and performing additional interaction reactions with the reactivated target molecules at the reaction zone, as well as the use of such a device for specifically selecting target molecules, e.g. for target enrichment also referred to as microarray based genome selection (MGS) in the literature.
Abstract:
A method comprises: recording an electronic record of diagnostic events including the performing of in- vitro diagnostic tests; during the recording, identifying the performing of a licensed in- vitro diagnostic test for which license information is stored in a licenses database; and computing license compensation due to a licensor for the performing of the licensed in- vitro diagnostic test based on royalty calculation information stored in the licenses database. The recording, identifying, and computing operations are performed by one or more computers. The method may further include remitting the computed license compensation to the licensor, the remitting also being performed by one or more computers. The licensed in- vitro diagnostic test may comprise a licensed biomarker test, for example one obtained by DNA or RNA sequencing, and the method may further comprise: performing the licensed biomarker test using a genome sequencer, wherein the performing of the licensed biomarker test and the computing of license compensation are both performed at a single medical facility.
Abstract:
A sequencer device generates basic nucleotide sequence data 30 comprising probe data 34 of a capture probe in the sequencer device 10 and a determined sequence of identifiers 32 of a fragment of nucleic acids captured by the probe. The sequencer device outputs enriched nucleotide sequence data 36 that is enriched with data comprising a reference to a sequence 38 that is expected for the fragment of nucleic acids.
Abstract:
The invention provides a luminescent particle (10) and a method of detecting a biological entity using a luminescent particle, the luminescent particle comprising a core area (20) and a shell area (30), the core area (20) being covered by the shell area (30), the core area (20) conferring a luminescent behavior on the luminescent particle (10) for at least one excitation wavelength and for at least one emission wavelength by means of a nanocrystal material (21), and the shell area (30) being provided such that it realizes an antireflective coating (31) of the core area (20).