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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2010
Josephus Arnoldus Henricus Maria Kahlman, Tilburg, NL;
Joannes Baptist Adrianus Dionisius Van Zon, Waalre, NL;
Johannes Joseph Hubertina Barbara Schleipen, Eindhoven, NL;
Derk Jan Wilfred Klunder, Geldrop, NL;
Toon Hendrik Evers, Eindhoven, NL;
Ron Martinus Laurentius Van Lieshout, Geldrop, NL;
Josephus Arnoldus Henricus Maria Kahlman, Tilburg, NL;
Joannes Baptist Adrianus Dionisius Van Zon, Waalre, NL;
Johannes Joseph Hubertina Barbara Schleipen, Eindhoven, NL;
Derk Jan Wilfred Klunder, Geldrop, NL;
Toon Hendrik Evers, Eindhoven, NL;
Ron Martinus Laurentius Van Lieshout, Geldrop, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a substance determining apparatus for determining a substance within a fluid. Particles attach the substance and bind to a binding surface (), wherein a sensing signal is generated depending on the bound particles. Binding events indicating a binding of a particle on the binding surface () are determined from the generated sensing signal, and the substance within the fluid is determined based on the determined binding events. During a procedure of determining a substance within a fluid, particles may bind to the binding surface and may leave the binding surface. Therefore, during this procedure a number of binding events can be determined being much larger than the number of bound particles. The determination of the substance within the fluid can therefore be based on a very large amount of data, thereby increasing the accuracy of determining the substance within the fluid.