Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Stefan Johannes Hendrikus Toonen

Toon Hendrik Evers

Willem-Jan Arend De Wijs

Mart Kornelis-Jan Te Velde

Matthias Irmscher

Marlieke Joan Overdijk

Thomas Johannes Van Gijsel

Harma Martine Feitsma

Wilbert Hendrik Bouwman

Eveline Catharina Anna Clasina Den Biezen-Timmermans

Tom Van Gijsel

A device is provided comprising a receiving chamber for receiving a patient's sample, a first reagent reservoir and a second reagent reservoir. The receiving chamber may be configured for receiving at least an end portion of a sample collecting element, with the patient's sample being collected by that sample collecting element. The first reagent reservoir may generally be configured to accommodate a liquid reagent which may include a lysing agent, i.e. the liquid may be a kind of a lysis buffer. Likewise, the second reagent reservoir may generally be configured to accommodate a dry reagent which may include magnetic particles. The device may further comprise at least one of the following two actuators, a first actuator for supplying a first reagent from the first reagent reservoir to the sample and a second actuator for supplying a second reagent from the second reagent reservoir to the resulting mixture.

System for preparing a sample

In order to provide a system allowing an improved and facilitated preparation of a sample for an appropriate analysis, a device for preparing a patient's sample before analysis is provided. The device comprises a housing () and an actuator (). The housing includes a receiving chamber (). The receiving chamber is configured for receiving a liquid. The actuator is movable relative to the housing. The actuator is configured for extracting a predetermined amount of the liquid received in the receiving chamber and for supplying the extracted liquid to a reagent chamber, so that the reagent is suspended in the liquid. The actuator comprises a metering chamber () configured for receiving the predetermined amount of the liquid and for supplying the predetermined amount of the liquid to the reagent chamber.

System for applying a reagent to a sample

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North Brabant, Netherlands

Stefan Johannes Hendrikus Toonen