Biome Oxford Limited

Plaquetec Limited

Chris Iveson

Samuel Rees

Patrick Albers

Agnieszka Chomka

Natasha Hui Jin Ng

Soren Thomsen

Rasmus Aarup Poulsen

Matthias Thurner

Luke Ashton

Joe Corrigan

Martin Pearl

Steve Blatcher

Devices for sampling gastro-intestinal material are disclosed. In one arrangement a device comprises a capsule body that has a sample input valve. A suction mechanism is provided that is capable of generating a partial vacuum within the capsule body and thereby drawing gastro-intestinal material into the capsule body through the sample input valve. An actuator actuates the suction mechanism. The actuator comprises a dissolvable element and is configured so that the dissolvable element dissolves in a predetermined region of the gastro-intestinal tract and the dissolving of the dissolvable element causes actuation of the suction mechanism. The suction mechanism comprises a biasing member restrained by the dissolvable element prior to actuation of the suction mechanism. The dissolving of the dissolvable element releases the biasing member. The biasing member expands a sample chamber within the capsule body on release of the biasing member, and generates the partial vacuum within the capsule body.

Device for sampling gastro-intestinal material

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Rotherham, United Kingdom

Chris Iveson