Spinchip Diagnostics As

Respinor As

Torgeir Hamsund

Stig Morten Borch

Anja Gulliksen

Jostein Geir Holtlund

Morten Eriksen

Nicolay Berard-Andersen

Nicolas Souzy

Rolf Jahren

Ole Christian Tronrud

Didrik Paus

Knut Løklingholm

Sebastian Stenmark

George Refseth

Steven Hill

Ole-Andreas Kavli

Erik L Meyer

Håvard Kristiansen

Odd Martin Staal

Described herein are example methods, devices and systems for motion compensation in ultrasonic respiration monitoring. A respiration detection system includes a first probe placed on a front side of a patient's body and a second probe placed on a dorsal side of the body. The first probe includes an ultrasound transducer, a first accelerometer unit and a magnetic field sensor unit, and the second probe includes a second accelerometer unit and magnetic field sensor unit. Due to respiration of the patient, the abdominal region of the body moves, creating measurement errors when an ultrasound beam is directed towards an internal structure (internal tissue region) inside the patient's body. Correction for such measurement errors uses input data from the first and second accelerometer units and the magnetic field sensor unit.

Systems and methods for motion compensation in ultrasonic respiration monitoring

Provided is a centrifuge apparatus for a processing cartridge, including a rotary plate and at least one cartridge holder, and the cartridge holder is rotatable around its centre axis and arranged off-centre the centre axis of the rotary plate and comprises an inner side wall surrounding a through-going passage, wherein the through-going passage is able to accommodate the processing cartridge; and the inner side wall includes a resilient locking assembly for interaction with at least one cooperating first abutting surface on the processing cartridge, such that the processing cartridge may be inserted into the through-going passage and releasably secured by the locking assembly; and at least one stopping element for interaction with at least one cooperating second abutting surface on the processing cartridge, the at least one stopping element being arranged to retain the processing cartridge at a desired vertical level when the cartridge is releasably secured.

Centrifuge apparatus for a processing cartridge having a rotary plate and a stopping element

Described herein are example ultrasonic transducer device probes configured to be placed on a patient's body to direct an ultrasonic beam towards an internal structure inside the body and receive ultrasonic echo signals from the internal structure. A probe includes a housing in which an ultrasonic transducer is located, a transceiving face of the transducer being at an acute angle relative to a front plane of the housing. An accelerometer unit and a magnetic field sensing unit are also housed inside the probe. The transducer, accelerometer, and magnetic field sensing unit are embedded in a body of a first material comprising ultrasound non-sonolucent material. A front face of the body of the first material and a recess extending down to the transceiving face is covered by a body of a second material comprising ultrasound sonolucent material having a tacky or non-tacky front surface.

Ultrasonic transducer device for respiration monitoring

The present invention provides a method of analyzing a sample containing an analyte to be qualitatively and/or quantitatively determined, comprising a binding step and a washing step, wherein the binding step comprises: interacting the analyte with beads having a density m; obtaining a structure of packed beads comprising quantifiable bead complexes having a density m; and the washing step comprises: dispersing the packed beads in a liquid medium having a density d&#x3e;mand m; and separating the liquid medium and the beads comprising the quantifiable bead complexes.

Analytical method

A method for transferring beads in a fluidic chip having an internal fluid circuit through which various reactants, including beads, may be moved by use of centrifugal force includes providing beads having a density equal to, or lower than, m1 in a section of the fluid circuit, where the section includes at least a first outlet. The method includes providing a first liquid medium having a density d2 to the section, such that d2&#x3e;m1, and applying a centrifugal force such that the beads migrate in an opposite direction of the centrifugal force.

Method of transferring beads

The present invention provides a method of separating beads in a fluidic chip comprising an internal fluid circuit through which various reactants, in which at least one of the reactants are beads, may be moved by use of centrifugal force, the method comprises the steps of: providing at least a first set of beads () having a density mand a second set of beads () having a density min a section () of the fluid circuit, the section comprising at least a first outlet (); providing a first liquid medium in the section, the liquid medium having a density d, such that m&#x3c;d&#x3c;m; and applying a first centrifugal force (G) such that the first set of beads () and the second set of beads () migrates in opposite directions within the section.

Method of separating beads in a fluidic chip

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Torgeir Hamsund