Stichting Imec Nederland

Immunivest Corporation

Veridex, Lcc

Arjan Tibbe

Leon W M M Terstappen

Jan Greve

Erik Droog

Dhanesh Gohel

Frederik Schreuder

Tycho M Scholtens

Jan Greve, Legal Representative

Mark Zentile

Xu Zhang

David Young

Barth (deceased) De Grooth

Leon Terstappen

Leon W Terstappen

According to an aspect of the present inventive concept there is provided a probe for analysis of a liquid in a mixture of the liquid and solid substance. The probe comprises: a tube comprising a sample end configured to be inserted into the mixture; a cap configured to come into contact with the mixture at the sample end, the cap comprising one or more openings configured for allowing passage of the liquid therethrough, and for preventing passage of the solid substance therethrough; and an optical measurement head arranged in the tube and configured to come into contact with the liquid having passed the one or more openings, wherein the optical measurement head is configured to collect measurement information for analysis of the liquid.

Probe, a system and a method for analysis of a liquid in a mixture of the liquid and solid substance

The enumeration of cells in fluids by flow cytometry is widely used across many disciplines such as assessment of leukocyte subsets in different bodily fluids or of bacterial contamination in environmental samples, food products and bodily fluids. For many applications the cost, size and complexity of the instruments prevents wider use, for example, CD4 analysis in HIV monitoring in resource-poor countries. The novel device, methods and algorithms disclosed herein largely overcome these limitations. Briefly, all cells in a biological sample are fluorescently labeled, but only the target cells are also magnetically labeled. The labeled sample, in a chamber or cuvet, is placed between two wedge-shaped magnets to selectively move the magnetically labeled cells to the observation surface of the cuvet. An LED illuminates the cells and a CCD camera captures the images of the fluorescent light emitted by the target cells. Image analysis performed with a novel algorithm provides a count of the cells on the surface that can be related to the target cell concentration of the original sample. The compact cytometer system provides a rugged, affordable and easy-to-use technique, which can be used in remote locations.

Methods and algorithms for cell enumeration in low-cost cytometer

Devices and methods for automated collection and image analysis are disclosed that enable identification or classification of microscopic objects aligned or deposited on surfaces. Such objects, e.g. detectably labeled rare target cells, are magnetically or non-magnetically immobilized and subjected to automated laser scanning to generate sequential digitized x-y sub-images or partial images of target and non-target objects that are combined to form reconstructed full images, thereby allowing detection, enumeration, differentiation and characterization of imaged objects on the basis of size, morphology and immunophenotype.

Devices and methods to image objects

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Deventer, Netherlands

Arjan Tibbe