Biosurfit S.a.

José Pedro Santos Manso Côrte-Real

João Manuel De Oliveira Garcia Da Fonseca

Francisco Correia De Matos Nolasco Lamas

João Garcia Da Fonseca

André Do Rosário Magalhães

Tiago Filipe Pinto Silva

Sandro Miguel Pinto Bordeira

João Dias Pedro Nicolau Manso

Ricardo Manuel Marquest Caleiro Cabeca

Pedro Miguel Monteiro Gomes

José Miguel Silva Do Carmo Nogueira

André Miguel Alves Farinha

Mauro Miguel Melo Ribeiro

Alberto Eduardo Artilheiro Ferreira

Filipe Da Conceição Fernandes Thomaz

A detection system including a detection device and an assay device. The detection device includes a space for receiving an assay device, a drive arrangement engaging the assay device to rotate the assay device, a light source arranged to direct light towards the assay device, and a diffuser arranged to diffuse light from the light source. The diffuser is arranged between the light source and the space. The detection device includes a light receiver arranged to receive light from the light source that has passed through the assay device.

Detection method

Systems and methods for classifying blood cells in a blood sample are disclosed. A series of frames of the blood sample as it flows through a field of view of an image capture device are captured and analysed. Advantageously, the disclosed systems and methods combine the availability of morphological cell data with the convenience of a flow-through arrangement. The classification results can be used for estimating cell counts in a blood sample.

Cell counting

A method and system are provided for focusing an imaging device on a liquid sample flowing through a field of view of the imaging device. Objects are segmented in the captured frames and used to account for the fact that the sample is flowing. Object velocities are calculated and used in selecting an appropriate focus value. The calculation of a focus measure takes account of the number of objects in captured frames in order to ensure a consistent calculation of the focus measure.

Focusing method

A system for detecting the presence of an analyte in a moving substrate or sample handling device is disclosed, providing means () for integrated triggering of data acquisition with a detector means () and data acquisition with a detector means (). In particular, a surface Plasmon resonance 'lab on disk' reader system is disclosed.

Surface plasmon resonance detection system

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Lisbon, Portugal

José Pedro Santos Manso Côrte-Real