DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF HEALING PROGRESSIONS, IN PARTICULAR FOR BONE INJURIES

摘要

The invention relates to a device comprising: i) a sample-receiving unit (20), said sample-receiving unit (20) comprising a cavity (24) for receiving sample material, means (22) for applying pressure in a regulatable and/or controllable fashion to sample material located in the cavity, and an outlet (25), said outlet (25) being disposed and designed in such a way that, by actuating the means (22) for applying pressure in a regulatable and/or controllable fashion, components of the sample material can be transferred from the cavity (24) through the outlet (25) and directly to an analysis unit (30) connectable to the outlet (25); and ii) an analysis unit (30), said analysis unit (30) comprising an inlet (31), a first filter (32), a reservoir (33) and an analysis track (35), said inlet (31) being designed to be connectable to an outlet (25) of the sample-receiving unit (20) such that components of the sample material can be fed from the sample-receiving unit (20) directly to the analysis unit (30), said first filter (32) being disposed between inlet (31) and reservoir (33), so that substantially liquid components of the sample material can be transferred from the inlet (31) through the filter (32) into the reservoir (33), said reservoir (33) and analysis track (35) being disposed and designed in such a way that filtrate can be transferred from the reservoir (33) into the analysis track (35); wherein the outlet (25) of the sample collection unit (20) is connected directly to the inlet (31) of the analysis unit (30) in a liquid-tight manner.