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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120103054 | CALIBRATION METHOD IN MEASUREMENT OF HEMOGLOBIN A1c A calibration method that enables calibration easily in a short time in a measurement of hemoglobin A1c by use of a separation analysis is provided. In a measurement of a hemoglobin A1c amount by use of a separation analysis, a one-point calibration using a single calib... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120080315 | FLUIDIC DEVICES HAVING INCORPORATED ELECTRODES The invention provides fluidic devices having incorporated electrodes, systems for using such devices, and methods for manufacturing such devices. The invention also provides fluidic devices configured to absorb joule heating within the device.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080313 | ELECTROOSMOTIC DEVICES Electroosmotic (EO) devices are provided which are not subject to mechanical wear and tear and with no moving parts, and having improved flow rates and electrical properties. Atomic layer deposition can be used to prepare three electrical terminal active zeta potential ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080316 | System and Method For The Separation of Analytes A separation module operates to fractionate or separate an analyte into fractions according to pI, i.e., pI bands, utilizing capillary isoelectric focusing (“CIEF”) within a first microchannel. The fractions are stacked to form plugs, the number of which is determin... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120043209 | MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF A microfluidic control apparatus and operating method thereof. The microfluidic control apparatus includes a photoconductive material layer and a flow passage. When a light with a specific optical pattern is emitted toward the photoconductive material layer, at least th... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120024706 | APPARATUS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF A CONCENTRATION OF A CHARGED SPECIES IN A SAMPLE An apparatus (1) for the measurement of a concentration of a charged species in a sample (10) is disclosed. The sample (10) comprises a plurality of types of charged species and at least one insoluble component. The apparatus (1) comprises a ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120027749 | Method The present invention provides a method for detecting a 5T4-positive cancer in a subject, which comprises the following steps: (i) identifying and/or isolating exosomes in a sample from the subject; and (ii) detecting exosome-associated 5T4.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120012462 | Electrophoresis Chip and Electrophoresis Apparatus An electrophoresis chip that enables an apparatus to be small, analysis time to be short and glycosylated hemoglobin to be analyzed highly accurately is provided. The electrophoresis chip includes an upper substrate 4, a lower substrate 1, a first introduc... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120006681 | Controlled Dispensing of Ultrafine, Variable Volume, Emulsion Droplets Embodiments of the present invention comprise a surface microfluidic system with varying coplanar electrode structure capable of precision dispensing of an array of variable volume droplets in a rapid, controlled and automated fashion. Furthermore, the invention provide... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120000779 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE SENSOR DEVICE INCLUDING TARGET BIOMOLECULE ISOLATION COMPONENT Provided herein is a surface acoustic wave (“SAW”) sensor device including an isolation component of a target biomolecule. A sample containing the target biomolecule is separated by its size using electrophoresis, and sequentially reacts with a SAW sensor. In other ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120000777 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FORMING DOUBLE EMULSION DROPLET COMPOSITIONS AND POLYMER PARTICLES The present invention generally relates to double emulsion droplet compositions, polymer particles that can be formed from such double emulsion droplet compositions, and to methods and apparatuses for making such compositions and particles. A double emulsion generally d... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110308949 | NANO-FLUIDIC FIELD EFFECTIVE DEVICE TO CONTROL DNA TRANSPORT THROUGH THE SAME The present invention provides a nano-fluidic field effective device. The device includes a channel having a first side and a second side, a first set of electrodes adjacent to the first side, a second set of electrodes adjacent to the second side, a control unit for ap... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110297543 | Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD) The process for the diagnosis, early detection and prognosis of the clinical development of autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) comprises the step of determining the presence or absence or amplitude of at least three polypeptide markers in a urine sampl... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110284378 | APPARATUS AND MICROCHIP FOR SORTING MICRO PARTICLES In one example embodiment, a micro-particle sorting apparatus includes: (a) a microchip in which a flow path through which liquid containing a micro particle flows and an orifice through which the liquid flowing through the flow path is discharged into a space outside t... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110272281 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR SEPARATING, FRACTIONATING, OR PRECONCENTRATING ANALYTES CONTAINED IN AN ELECTROLYTE A microfluidic device for separating, fractionating, or preconcentrating analytes contained in an electrolyte having at least two reservoirs separated by at least one microchannel and/or nanochannel. At least part of the wall of the microchannel is made of and/or coated... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110266151 | Microfluidic systems with electronic wettability switches The present invention concerns microfluidic systems with printed surface structured electronically controllable wettability switches for efficient manipulation of small amounts of fluids. The high performance microfluidic systems of the invention can be used in many app... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110259742 | Droplet Based Miniaturized Device With On-Demand Droplet-Trapping, -Fusion, And -Releasing The present invention refers to a droplet-based miniaturized device with on-demand droplet-trapping, -fusion, and -releasing. The device makes use of different electrical fields for directing droplets into microwells and releasing them from the same. In another aspect, ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110247938 | FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE LAB-ON-A-CHIP BASED ON MICROELECTRODE ARRAY ARCHITECTURE The system relates to filed-programmable lab-on-chip (FPLOC) microfluidic operations, fabrications, and programming based on Microelectrode Array Architecture are disclosed herein. The FPLOC device by employing the microelectrode array architecture may include the follo... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110240473 | Dielectrophoretic Cell Chromatography Device with Spiral Microfluidic Channels and Concentric Electrodes, Fabricated with MEMS Technology This dielectrophoretic micro cell chromatography device with concentric electrodes and spiral microfluidic channels, produced according to MEMS technology subject to this invention; is composed of 4 groups of effect electrodes, inlet electrodes, spiral zone and central ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110240471 | EXCHANGEABLE CARRIERS PRE-LOADED WITH REAGENT DEPOTS FOR DIGITAL MICROFLUIDICS The present invention provides exchangeable, reagent pre-loaded carriers (10), preferably in the form of plastic sheets, which can be temporarily applied to an electrode array (16) on a digital microfluidic (DMF) device (14). The carrier (10)... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110236984 | DNA SEQUENCING METHODS AND DETECTORS AND SYSTEMS FOR CARRYING OUT THE SAME In some embodiments, an analyte detection system is provided that includes a nanochannel, an electrode arrangement, and a plurality of nanoFET devices disposed in the nanochannel. A plurality of nucleic acid base detection components can be used that include a plurality... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110220498 | Method for Building Massively-Parallel Preconcentration Device for Multiplexed, High-Throughput Applications A multiplexed concentration interface that can connect with a plurality of microchannels, conventional 96 well plates or other microarrays is disclosed. The interface can be used in biosensing platforms and can be designed to detect single or multiple targets such as DN... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110220507 | MICROCHANNEL-TYPE FLUID MIXING APPARATUS USING AC ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOWS (AC-EOF) AND INCLINED-ELECTRODE PATTERNS The present invention provides a microchannel-type fluid mixing apparatus using AC electroosmotic flows (AC-EOF) for inducing the mixing of fluid materials flowing in a microchannel and inclined-electrode patterns. The fluid mixing apparatus according to the present inv... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110223605 | Multiple-sample microfluidic chip for DNA analysis Aspects of the disclosure provide a microfluidic chip. The microfluidic chip includes a first domain configured for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of DNA fragments, and a second domain for electrophoretic separation. The first domain includes at least a f... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110214990 | KIDNEY CELL CARCINOMA The process for the diagnosis of a renal cell carcinoma comprises the step of determining the presence or absence or amplitude of at least three polypeptide markers in a urine sample, wherein said polypeptide markers are selected from the markers as characterized in Tab... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110198225 | AMPLIFIED ELECTROKINETIC FLUID PUMPING SWITCHING AND DESALTING The present invention provides a device and methods of use thereof for desalting a solution. The methods, inter-alia, make use of a device comprising microchannels, which are linked to conduits, whereby induction of an electric field in the conduit results in the format... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110192723 | Systems and methods for manipulating a molecule in a nanopore Techniques for manipulating a molecule in a nanopore embedded in a lipid bilayer are described. In one example, an acquiring electrical stimulus level is applied across a lipid bilayer wherein a region of the lipid bilayer containing the nanopore is characterized by a r... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110192724 | HIGH RESOLUTION FOCUSING AND SEPARATION OF PROTEINS IN NANOFLUIDIC CHANNELS Exemplary embodiments provide systems and methods for concentrating, focusing and/or separating proteins using nanofluidic channels and/or their arrays. In embodiments, low-abundance proteins can be focused and separated with high resolution using separation techniques ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110174622 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE-DRIVEN PLUG TRANSPORT The present invention provides microfabricated substrates and methods of conducting reactions within these substrates. The reactions occur in plugs transported in the flow of a carrier-fluid.... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110174625 | COMPOSITIONS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR USING A NANOPORE The invention herein disclosed provides for devices and methods that can detect and control an individual polymer in a mixture is acted upon by another compound, for example, an enzyme, in a nanopore. The devices and methods are also used to determine rapidly (˜>50 ... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110168559 | Nanoscale Surface Plasmonics Sensor with Nanofluidic Control A microfluidically-controlled transmission mode nanoscal surface plasmonics sensor device comprises one or more arrays of aligned nanochannels in fluid communication with inflowing and outflowing fluid handling manifolds that control the flow of fluid through the array(... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110162963 | System and Method for Increasing Polymer/Nanopore Interactions An electrolytic system includes an analyte chamber having an access port for introducing a sample containing a molecules of interest, such as DNA. Electrodes create an electric field along a length of the analyte chamber to drive molecules toward an interaction region c... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110155572 | INTEGRATED BIO-ANALYSIS AND SAMPLE PREPARATION SYSTEM An integrated bio-analysis system incorporates built-in sample preparation capabilities. In one aspect of the present invention, a bio-analysis instrument is provided with a built-in sample preparation device based on PCR (or thermal cycling block/module). In one embodi... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110155574 | Molecular Characterization with Molecular Speed Control Provided is a first reservoir for containing a liquid solution including a molecule to be characterized and a second reservoir for containing a liquid solution. A solid state support includes a nanopore having a molecular inlet providing a fluidic connection to the firs... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110147216 | MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AN ENCAPSULATED DROPLET WITH A REMOVABLE SHELL A microfluidic system for creating encapsulated droplets whose shells can be further removed comprises: two electrode plates and a spacing structure disposed between the two electrode plates. One of the electrode plates has three reservoir electrodes and a plurality of ... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110139621 | MICROFLUIDIC CELL A microfluidic cell for the dielectrophoretic separation, accumulation, and/or lysis of polarizable bioparticles, including an interdigital electrode system composed of two electrode groups having interdigitated electrodes, a flat electrode in which the interdigital ele... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110139620 | MICROFLUIDIC CELL A microfluidic cell for the dielectrophoretic separation, accumulation, and/or lysis of polarizable bioparticles, including an interdigital electrode system composed of two electrode groups having interdigitated electrodes, and a micromixer having microchannels and micr... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110132761 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ANALYTE DETECTION Methods for detecting one or more analytes, such as a protein, in a fluid path are provided. The methods include resolving, immobilizing and detecting one or more analytes in a fluid path, such as a capillary. Also included are devices and kits for performing such assay... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110127165 | SIEVING MEDIA FROM PLANAR ARRAYS OF NANOSCALE GROOVES, METHOD OF MAKING AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for separating molecules on the basis of size and or structure, and to a method of making the apparatus. Generally, the separation method includes passing a fluid comprising particles having different effective molecular di... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110120867 | MICRO-CHANNEL CHIP FOR ELECTROPHORESIS AND METHOD FOR ELECTROPHORESIS The micro-channel chip for electrophoresis of the present invention comprises a first substrate formed of a gas-permeable material and a second substrate formed of a gas-permeable or a gas-impermeable material, the first and the second substrate being glued together, th... | 05/26/2011 |
