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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120083044 | ELECTRONIC ANALYTE ASSAYING DEVICE An improved electronic diagnostic device for detecting the presence of an analyte in a fluid sample comprises a casing having a display, a test strip mounted in the casing, a processor mounted in the casing, and a first sensor mounted in the casing and operatively coupl... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20100129922 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE COLLECTION AND DETECTION OF SUBSTANCES The present invention provides a single self-contained device for collecting, extracting, on-site testing, and transferring for forensic confirmatory analysis, a wide variety of substances including, but not limited to, drugs of abuse, explosives, weapons of mass destru... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100129840 | Method and Apparatus for Reducing Luminescent Test Result Interferences This application involves detecting luminescence. Various methods and devices are described that reduce interference of ambient light, including UV radiation, on test results. Such methods and devices include using UV blocking material and covering test components prior... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20090325300 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF TRACE CHEMICALS A method of rapidly detecting trace materials including biohazards, toxins, radioactive materials, and narcotics in situ is disclosed. A corresponding apparatus is disclosed. A trace of the material is collected on a pad of the card component, collected by swiping the p... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090029422 | REACTOR PLATE AND REACTION PROCESSING METHOD The reactor plate preferably includes a sealed reactor, a reactor flow channel connected to the reactor, a sample container constituted from a sealed container provided separately from the reactor, a sample container flow channel to be connected to the sample container,... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080254550 | DRUG DETECTION KIT AND METHOD This invention relates to a kit and to a method of using the kit for the in situ detection of trace quantities of drugs on any surface. The method involves using a sampling means that is purposefully designed to sample trace elements of a drug to sample an unknown drug,... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080227216 | LIQUID TESTER A liquid testing device for determining the value of at least one property of a liquid. The liquid testing device includes a planar base and at least one test section, located on the planar base, with a reference color section located adjacent to the test section, which... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080227217 | SAMPLE-LIQUID ANALYSIS DISC AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING SAMPLE MIXTURE LIQUID A reaction of a sample mixture liquid is detected accurately, by allowing a solid reagent to be dissolved and reacted in a liquid sample quickly and accurately. A disc main body, and at least one sample mixing unit provided at the disc main body are provided, and the sa... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080194041 | INTEGRATED DEVICE FOR ANALYTE, TESTING, CONFIRMATION, AND DONOR IDENTITY VERIFICATION The present invention provides an apparatus for fluid sample collection and analyte testing, including a sample receiving member and at least one membrane test strip, and optionally a sample retention member, fingerprint acquisition pad, and/or fluid collector. It also ... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080145947 | Detection of formaldehyde in urine samples A method for rapidly detecting the presence of formaldehyde in a urine sample (e.g., urine or a urinary material associated therewith, such as headspace gas located associated with urine) is provided. The method includes contacting the urine sample with a substrate on w... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080145949 | Indicator immobilization on assay devices A lateral flow assay device for detecting the presence or quantity of an analyte in a test sample is provided. The device comprises a chromatographic medium that defines a detection zone, wherein a crosslinked network is non-diffusively immobilized within the detection ... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080124805 | CYTOMETER HAVING FLUID CORE STREAM POSITION CONTROL A cytometer having two or more chambers or regions in a containment structure of sheathing fluid that may be used to provide hydrodynamic focusing of another fluid having particles to be observed. The latter fluid may be a core stream which may have its lateral position... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080108146 | Flow cytometers A calibration method for a flow cytometer with a multichannel detector module. During calibration, the fluorescence intensity data values for the different detector channels are used to calculate normalization factors needed to adjust subsequent data collected by each o... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080038839 | Fluid Delivery System And Method A method and apparatus for delivering one or more fluids. Fluids may be delivered sequentially from a common vessel to a chemical, biological or biochemical process. ... | 02/14/2008 |
| 20080020482 | Assay Devices An assay device may include a housing, at least partially within which is housed a test strip. The housing may define a test window through which a test zone of the test strip may be viewed. The device may include a movable portion which is movable between first (“tes... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20070292964 | Measuring Equipment and Measuring Method Herein disclosed is a measuring equipment, comprising: a light source (13); a light receiving unit (14) disposed in spaced relationship with the light source (13); a device (11) disposed between the light source (13) and the light rece... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070275475 | Rapid Test Apparatus Provided herein are methods and devices for rapid testing of solid, semi-solid, or liquid specimens, such as stool, blood, urine, saliva, or swab specimens of the cervix, urethra, nostril, and throat, and for environmental testing. ... | 11/29/2007 |
| 20070259442 | Assay device and process for the testing of fluid samples An assay device for testing of liquid samples for drugs of abuse has a transparent cylindrical container for retaining a liquid sample and a portion of the cylindrical wall is flat. A test strip holder is within the container and is flat so that its front surface corres... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070087442 | Apparatus and method for performing counts within a biologic fluid sample A method and an apparatus for enumerating one or more specific elements within a biologic fluid sample are provided. An embodiment of the method includes the steps of: a) providing a chamber formed between a first planar member that is transparent and a second planar me... | 04/19/2007 |
| 20070070356 | Fiber-Optic Assay Apparatus Based on Phase-Shift Interferometry Apparatus and method for detecting an analyte in a sample based on optical interference. The apparatus includes a light source, detector unit and one or more disposable detector tips. The apparatus also includes an optical coupling assembly that couples light from the s... | 03/29/2007 |
| 20070026530 | Fluid-specimen collecting and testing device and method for recording chromatographic assay test results A fluid specimen testing device having a removable lid which carries at least one testing strip behind a transparent top viewing window. Testing is initiated by tilting the device into a stable sideways orientation to allow the specimen to contact the sampling pad porti... | 02/01/2007 |
| 20070015288 | Surface-enhanced spectroscopic method, flexible structured substrate, and method of making the same A method of obtaining a surface-enhanced optical property of an analyte using a flexible structured substrate having a metal layer conformably disposed on nanostructure, a flexible structured substrate, and a method of making the same. ... | 01/18/2007 |
| 20060263896 | Fluid contamination analyzer and a sample cell therefor A fluid contamination analyzer has a sample cell containing a trapping medium capable of trapping contaminants suspended in the aqueous fluid flowing through the trapping medium, a light source for illuminating the trapping medium to cause the entrapped contaminants gen... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060216830 | Feces sampling container, and fecal assay method and analyzer A fecal analyzing apparatus includes an extraction/dilution section (43) for extracting a fecal suspension from a feces sampling container (1). The fecal suspension is formed by dispersing feces in a feces-dissolving liquid in the feces sampling container ... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060084178 | Trace ammonia colorimetric test apparatus A chemical measuring apparatus and method that include a flexible sample bag for unmasking and measuring an amount of a chemical in a sample while under microgravity conditions. The sample includes a biocide that masks the presence of the chemical in the sample. The fle... | 04/20/2006 |
| 20060063268 | Method and article for analyte concentration free of intermediate transfer The present disclosure provides a method of concentrating an analyte directly into a test receptacle, the method comprising: placing a liquid containing an analyte into a first receptacle, the first receptacle being in direct fluid communication with a second test recep... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20060008382 | Microfluidic system for chemical analysis A microfluidic system for performing fluid analysis is described having: (a) a submersible housing having a fluid analysis means and a power supply to provide power to said system; and (b) a substrate for receiving a fluid sample, having embedded therein a fluid sample ... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20050250217 | Vent configuration for sample element Disclosed is a sample element for use in analyzing a concentration of an analyte in a material sample. The sample element comprises a sample chamber having at least one window, and a supply passage extending from the sample chamber. The supply passage defines a supply a... | 11/10/2005 |
| 20050233466 | Blood coagulation test cartridge, system, and method A system and method for determining a coagulation time, e.g., TT, PT, aPTT, and ACT, of a blood test sample deposited in a test cartridge is disclosed. A cartridge housing having upper and lower major sides and a minor sidewall encloses a test chamber having a test cham... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050232813 | Specimen collecting, processing and analytical assembly A specimen collecting, processing and analytical assembly, designed for testing small volumes of body fluids, substances and secretions, said assembly comprising a one piece barrel assembly with a volumetrically graduated capillary tube having an open end, and optionall... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050214950 | Optical disk based gas-sensing and storage device An optical disk based gas-sensing and storage system for sensing toxic gas species or environmental contaminants and recording such events on an optical data storage disk. The system includes a gas-retaining unit having an internal cavity for retaining a gaseous sample ... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050170521 | Multiple sample screening using IR spectroscopy An IR transparent substrate for enabling the analysis of a biological sample is provided. The IR transparent substrate includes the IR transparent substrate which has an active surface and a backside surface. The active surface of the IR transparent substrate has a rece... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050106747 | Automatic blood analysis and identification system An automatic blood analysis and identification process permits patient identification and other vital information to be automatically printed directly on a container holding a sample of a body fluid sample almost immediately after the sample has been drawn and analyzed.... | 05/19/2005 |
| 20050019943 | Automatic blood analysis and identification system An automatic blood analysis and identification system permits patient identification and other vital information, such as blood type and Rh factor, to be automatically printed directly on a container holding a bodily fluid sample almost immediately after the sample has ... | 01/27/2005 |
