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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Jeroen Hans Nieuwenhuis, Waalre, NL;
Petrus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Lankvelt, Boekel, NL;
Inventors:
Jeroen Hans Nieuwenhuis, Waalre, NL;
Petrus Johannes Wilhelmus Van Lankvelt, Boekel, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A sensor device for detecting magnetic particles in a sensitive region of a sample chamber includes a dump region. Magnetic particles can be moved by magnetic forces from the sensitive region into the dump region which is arranged such that the magnetic particles cannot return to the sensitive region by pure sedimentation. The separation between the sensitive and the dump region can optionally be enforced by a barrier.