System, method and apparatus for cancer detection
OwnerAdrianna Daviesinventor
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Abstract
Systems, methods, techniques, devices and apparatuses for detecting cancer. A handheld device which performs an automated analysis from a droplet of whole blood for other bodily fluid. The device is inexpensive, non-invasive, easy to use, and easily transportable, enabling better screening for a wider range of diseases, enabling the detection of metastases at an earlier stage, when interventions are more effective, enabling regular monitoring of patients receiving therapy or those in remission, and enabling a major contribution to the growing body of scientific evidence on how to treat certain cancers based on information gathered about the genomic profile of a tumor. In short, the present invention saves more lives, with fewer resources, and causing minimal harm than prior art techniques.
Claims25
A portable cancer detection device comprising:
- an adaptor configured to connect said portable cancer detection device to a hand-held device;
- a fluid receptor configured to receive an amount of fluid deposited therein;
- a plurality of cancer detection biomarkers, said plurality of cancer detection biomarkers disposed in communication with said fluid receptor and targeted for a specific cancer,
- wherein, upon contact of said fluid to at least one of said cancer detection biomarkers, a reaction occurs, said reaction producing a plurality of analog signals;
- a plurality of nanotubes, said plurality of nanotubes configured to receive said plurality of analog signals produced during said reaction, at least one of said nanotubes, at a first end thereof, conducting respective analog signals therethrough;
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- a converter, said converter connected to said plurality of nanotubes, at a second end thereof, and converting said respective analog signals to a plurality of digital signals,
- wherein said plurality of digital signals correspond to said specific cancer.
A portable cancer detection kit comprising:
- at least one instruction for the use of said kit;
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- at least one portable cancer detection device, said at least one portable cancer detection device comprising:
- an adaptor configured to connect said at least one portable cancer detection device to a hand-held device;
- a fluid receptor configured to receive an amount of fluid therein;
- a plurality of cancer detection biomarkers, said plurality of cancer detection biomarkers disposed in communication with said fluid receptor and targeted for a specific cancer,
- wherein, upon contact of said amount of fluid to at least one of said cancer detection biomarkers, a reaction occurs, said reaction producing a plurality of analog signals;
- a plurality of nanotubes, said plurality of nanotubes configured to receive said plurality of analog signals produced during said reaction, at least one of said nanotubes, at one end thereof, conducting respective analog signals therethrough;
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- a converter, said converter connected to said plurality of nanotubes, at another end thereof, and converting said respective analog signals to a plurality of digital signals,
- wherein said plurality of digital signals correspond to said specific cancer.
A method for detecting cancer comprising:
- depositing a fluid sample from a patient on a detection area of a portable cancer detection device;
- analyzing, within said portable cancer detection device, said fluid sample against at least one antigen for a specific cancer;
- detecting, by at least one of a plurality of nanotubes disposed in communication with said detection area, analog signals indicative of said specific cancer in said fluid sample;
- converting, by a converter, said analog signals to a plurality of digital signals;
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- forwarding said plurality of digital signals to a hand-held device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.