Abstract: A theft-protection element intended to be attached to an item that is to be protected from theft and that is of textile or equivalent material, which theft-protection element is arranged to be attached to the item through a needle penetrating and passing through the item. The invention is characterized in that the point (5) of the needle is withdrawn in the resting condition (3a) of the needle into the disc (1) at a first side (7) of the recess (6), in that the point (5) of the needle is located in the said locked condition (3b) at a second, opposing, side (8) of the recess (6), and in that the said recess is sufficiently large that the material of the item can be introduced into it such that the needle (3) can pass through the material of the item, and in that the disc (1) is arranged such that the point (5) of the needle (3) is housed at the said second side (8) of the recess (6) in the locked condition (3b), or is placed in contact with, or is in the vicinity of, the said second side.

Abstract: A sampling device for obtaining samples of internal body substances in the digestive system is a swallowable capsule which allows a sample of the body substance to enter the capsule through an inlet which opens in the digestive tract following contact with the substance to be collected. The capsule inlet initially is sealed and, after the capsule has been swallowed, the inlet opens following contact with the body substance. An inner chamber preserves a vacuum or substantial under pressure when the inlet is sealed by a blocking member adjacent to the inlet. The blocking member is elastic and has a flow permitting configuration which admits the body substance into the inner chamber and a flow preventing configuration which blocks the inlet from the inside of the chamber when the pressure difference has been equalized.

Abstract: A sampling device for obtaining samples of internal body substances in the digestive system is a swallowable capsule which allows a sample of the body substance to enter the capsule through an inlet which opens in the digestive tract following contact with the substance to be collected. The capsule inlet initially is sealed and, after the capsule has been swallowed, the inlet opens following contact with the body substance. An inner chamber preserves a vacuum or substantial under pressure when the inlet is sealed by a blocking member adjacent to the inlet. The blocking member is elastic and has a flow permitting configuration which admits the body substance into the inner chamber and a flow preventing configuration which blocks the inlet from the inside of the chamber when the pressure difference has been equalized.

Abstract: A sampling device for obtaining samples of internal body substances in the digestive system is a swallowable capsule which allows a sample of the body substance to enter the capsule through an inlet which opens in the digestive tract following contact with the substance to be collected. The capsule inlet initially is sealed and, after the capsule has been swallowed, the inlet opens following contact with the body substance. An inner chamber preserves a vacuum or substantial under pressure when the inlet is sealed by a blocking member adjacent to the inlet. The blocking member is elastic and has a flow permitting configuration which admits the body substance into the inner chamber and a flow preventing configuration which blocks the inlet from the inside of the chamber when the pressure difference has been equalized.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sampling device for obtaining samples of internal body substances in the digestive system of humans or animals. The sampling device has the shape of a swallowable capsule (2) which allows a sample of the body substance (26) to enter the capsule through an inlet opening (18) which is opened in a predetermined position of the digestive tract following contact with the body substance to be collected. The capsule (2) comprises a capsule wall (3) comprising said inlet opening (18), which initially is sealed and, when the patient has swallowed the capsule (2), is opened in said predetermined position following contact with the body substance to be collected, an inner chamber (5), defined by said capsule wall (3) and disposed to preserve a vacuum or substantial under pressure when the inlet opening (18) is sealed, and a blocking member (12) disposed in the inner chamber (5) adjacent to the inlet opening (18) in the capsule wall (3).

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ampul containing a marking substance and intended for use in a theft-deterrent device for theft-attractive goods. According to the invention, the ampul (2) encloses an alarm element (8) which can be sensed or detected by an electronic alarm system and which is inaccessible unless the ampul (2) is broken, crushed or destroyed in some other way such as to release the marking substance (4). The invention also relates to a theft-deterrent device which includes such an ampul.