Abstract: The present invention relates to a biopsy instrument, comprising the following components: i. a guide element (1) comprising a spring-elastic distal (2) region and a proximal (3) region; ii. a biofunctionalized element (4) arranged between the distal and the proximal region of the guide element and whose surface has detection molecules, and iii. a stabilizing element (5) connected to the proximal region of the guide element. The invention further relates to the use of said biopsy instrument for enriching specific sample material from the body as well as to a biopsy kit and the use of the same for enriching specific sample material.

Abstract: The invention describes a system for the magnetic attraction of objects, which comprises a device with a magnetic element and at least one object having magnetic particles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic biopsy-instrument and use thereof for enriching specific sample material from the body. The invention also relates to a biopsy-kit and use thereof for enriching specific sample material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutically acceptable colloidal suspension, which comprises a microcapsule, which is enclosed by a container (“double container”), wherein the microcapsules comprise magnetic particles in a colloidal solution. The invention further relates to the use of said pharmaceutically acceptable colloidal suspension as an oral contrast medium for the diagnostic investigation of the gastrointestinal tract and the use of the contrast medium to diagnose proliferative diseases, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases and hormonal and hereditary diseases in the gastrointestinal tract.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to biosensor technology, and pertains more particularly to novel multifunctional biosensors based on ordered arrays of metallic, semiconductors and magnetic nano-islands for medical, biological, biochemical, chemical and environmental applications.

Abstract: The invention describes a system for the magnetic attraction of objects, which comprises a device with a magnetic element and at least one object having magnetic particles.

Abstract: The invention relates to a magnetic biopsy-instrument and use thereof for enriching specific sample material from the body. The invention also relates to a biopsy-kit and use thereof for enriching specific sample material.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a three compartment structured polymer nanoparticle (core-shell-corona) for multimodal imaging with specificity for cells or cellular components, thus enabling more advanced diagnostic approaches and targeted therapy on the cellular level without the use of additional biologically active materials.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to biosensor technology, and pertains more particularly to novel multifunctional biosensors based on ordered arrays of metallic, semiconductors and magnetic nano-islands for medical, biological, biochemical, chemical and environmental applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a biopsy instrument, comprising the following components: i. a guide element (1) comprising a spring-elastic distal (2) region and a proximal (3) region; ii. a biofunctionalized element (4) arranged between the distal and the proximal region of the guide element and whose surface has detection molecules, and iii. a stabilizing element (5) connected to the proximal region of the guide element. The invention further relates to the use of said biopsy instrument for enriching specific sample material from the body as well as to a biopsy kit and the use of the same for enriching specific sample material.

Abstract: The invention is related to the area of new 6-Oxa-8?-steroid estrogen analogues and the synthesis of these new biological active steroid estrogen analogues, namely, to the preparation of 6-oxa-8?-steroid estrogens and their use as estrogen receptor modulators. These new estrogen analogues are ligands for estrogen receptors and as such may be useful for the treatment and prevention of a variety of conditions related to estrogen functioning. These conditions include bone and cartilage disorders, increased levels of LDL cholesterol, cardiovascular diseases, impairment of cognitive function, cerebral degeneration disorders, endometriosis and other types of inflammation, the metabolic syndrome, and cancer, in particular of the breast, uterus and prostate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a biopsy device for the in vivo enrichment of tissue, cells, or analytes, including drugs and therapeutic active substances, at the site of biopsy and for subsequent testing.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a three compartment structured polymer nanoparticle (core-shell-corona) for multimodal imaging with specificity for cells or cellular components, thus enabling more advanced diagnostic approaches and targeted therapy on the cellular level without the use of additional biologically active materials.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to biosensor technology, and pertains more particularly to novel multifunctional biosensors based on ordered arrays of metallic, semiconductors and magnetic nano-islands for medical, biological, biochemical, chemical and environmental applications.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to biosensor technology, and pertains more particularly to novel multifunctional biosensors based on ordered arrays of metallic, semiconductors and magnetic nano-islands for medical, biological, biochemical, chemical and environmental applications.