Detection device for the in vivo and/or in vitro enrichment of sample material
AssigneeGilupi GmbH
InventorsKlaus Lücke, Andreas Bollmann, Steffi Mewes, Robert Niestroj
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Abstract
The present invention refers to a detection device for the in vivo and/or in vitro enrichment of sample material, the detection device comprising a functional surface equipped with detection receptors. To further improve the enrichment of sample material by using a detection device of the aforementioned type, it is provided according to the invention that the functional surface has a three-dimensional structure with mutually facing functional sections which form spaces that can be filled with a sample liquid. Furthermore, the present invention provides for a use and for a method for the use of the detection device.
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A biopsy device wherein the device or part of the device is modified with metals from group 10 or 11 of the periodic table of the elements, wherein the device is capable of in vivo enrichment of tissue, cells, drugs, therapeutic active substances or other analytes at a site of biopsy.
A detection device for the in vivo and/or in vitro enrichment of sample material, the detection device comprising a carrier which comprises a coating of a metal of the 10th or 11th group of the periodic table of elements, wherein the coating is applied by means of a galvanic process, a ceramic process, cementation or vapor deposition onto the carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.