Abstract: A diagnostic composition to detect antibodies in a sample obtained from an animal or human being infected by Trichinella, comprising at least one peptide containing a series of amino acids that form a continuous or discontinuous epitope recognized by sera from pigs infected with Trichinella.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 29, 2007
Publication date:
July 29, 2010
Applicant:
PRIONICS AG
Inventors:
Patrik Buholzer, Alex Raber, Paul Price, Daniel Zwald, Weldy Bonilla Pinschewer, Roger Marti, Jurg Weidmann, Christoph Stamm
Abstract: Method for the diagnosis of a tuberculosis infection caused by Mycobacteria belonging to the Mycobacteria tuberculosis complex group (MTC) in an animal including a human being, which comprises in vitro-detection of cell-mediated immune response to OmpAtb and/or antibodies against OmpAtb in a sample taken from that animal.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 8, 2007
Publication date:
June 17, 2010
Applicant:
PRIONICS AG
Inventors:
Bruno Oesch, Irene Schiller, Martin Vordermeier
Abstract: Methods for the detection of the disease associated conformation of the prion protein as an indication of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), including preclinical detection of infected live animals and humans, and post-mortem detection methods are disclosed. In one aspect, the tissue or body fluid sample of a test subject is contacted with an antibody that binds only the disease related conformation of the prion protein under non-denaturing conditions.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 13, 2005
Publication date:
September 11, 2008
Applicant:
PRIONICS AG
Inventors:
Mario Purro, Daniel Zwald, Jaqueline Schmid, Karin Biffiger, Franziska Kuhn, Bruno Oesch, Alex Raber
Abstract: An apparatus for cutting up biological sample material, including a sample container, a rotary drive device separate from the sample container, and a shaft rotatably arranged in the sample container, wherein the shaft has a laterally projecting cutting device in the region of a working end and has a coupling piece in the region of a coupling end, said coupling piece being accessible from outside and being designed for coupling engagement with a coupling counterpart of the rotary drive device, wherein the shaft (14) is arranged with lateral guidance and in an axially displaceable manner in the sample container (10), the coupling piece (19) and the coupling counterpart (21) are designed for producing coupling engagement which is positive-locking in the direction of rotation (23) and permits an axial displacement, and the cutting device (16) is designed in a propeller shape in such a way that, during rotation of the shaft (14) in the working direction, it exerts a propulsive force on the latter in the direction
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 25, 2006
Publication date:
August 28, 2008
Applicant:
PRIONICS AG
Inventors:
Stefan Jenni, Daniel Krieg, Karsten Meissner
Abstract: A device for the visual analysis of test strips, each having at least one delimited area in which, after contact with a sample to be examined, a visually detectable signal can be generated, with the device having a positioning device including a seat for at least one test strip or at least one test strip unit consisting of a plurality of test strips combined in a defined spatial arrangement, the device further including an image generating device which graphically records at least one of the delimited areas and transmits the recording result to an image analysis device, with the image analysis device qualitatively and/or quantitatively analyzing the visually detectable signals for each test strip.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 18, 2005
Publication date:
July 12, 2007
Applicant:
PRIONICS AG
Inventors:
Andreas Buchmann, Stefan Jenni, Alexander Rietsch, Michael Sidler, Bruno Oesch