ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE WITH BIOCHIP SENSOR
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Abstract
A device for performing minimally invasive procedures in vivo has an endoscope body that carries at least one sensor or actuator and at least one magnetic element allowing the body to be freely navigated in the body of a patient by an extracorporeally applied magnetic field. the body carries at least one biochip sensor with capture molecules for detection of biological molecules in samples. A processing and analyzing unit in the body is connected to the biochip sensor for optical or electrical evaluation of the samples.
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18. A device for implementing a minimally-invasive procedure in vivo, comprising:
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a device body configured to be freely movable inside the body of the patient; a magnet carried by the device body allowing navigation of the device body inside the body of the patient by interaction with an extracorporeally generated magnetic field; and at least one biochip sensor carried by said device body, said at least one biochip sensor comprising capture molecules that detect biological molecules in samples, and at least one preparation and analysis unit in said device body, in communication with said at least one biochip sensor, for optical or electrical evaluation of said sample captured by said biochip sensor. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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