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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120105839 | Progressive Cut-Size Particle Trap and Aerosol Collection Apparatus Improved centrifugal particle traps for aerosol particle collection and sampling characterized by a curved, progressively tapered impactor channel operable over a incompressible or compressible flow regime, or a flow regime transitioning from incompressible to compressi... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20110314937 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE OPTICAL DETECTION OF AEROSOLS A detector for optically detecting biological aerosols in a sample volume using non-imaging optical components (NIOCs) includes a light source configured to stimulate bio-fluorescence of tryptophan or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. In at least one embodiment, a samp... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110167931 | MICROBIAL AIR SAMPLER An air sampler device has a top plate and a bottom plate, and receives a Petri dish between the top plate and the bottom plate. The top plate includes 283 substantially small holes. The bottom plate has a deepened center well formed in the top surface. Elongated slots a... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110132108 | Particle Interrogation Devices and Methods Devices and methods are disclosed for non-contact pneumatic sampling of surfaces, persons, articles of clothing, buildings, furnishings, vehicles, baggage, packages, mail, and the like, for aerosols or vapor residues indicative of a hazard or a benefit, where the residu... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110088492 | Automated cascade impactor An automated cascade impactor comprises an extension mechanism operable to couple to a plurality of impactor stages. The extension mechanism is operable to compress and separate impactor stages of the plurality of impactor stages via automation. The system provides a pl... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20100313685 | Surface Sampler for Biological Particles Novel rapid, efficient sample collection systems, devices and methods are disclosed which remove and capture particles, and especially biological particles from surfaces into a liquid sample. The devices were developed primarily for obtaining samples of biological conta... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100313686 | Surface Sampler for Bioterrorism Particle Detection Novel rapid, efficient sample collection systems, devices and methods are disclosed which remove and capture particles, and especially potential bioterrorism particles from surfaces into a liquid sample. The devices were developed primarily for obtaining samples of biol... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100288057 | Cascade Impactor The invention relates to low flow rate cascade impactors for sampling aerosols, notably but not limited to pharmaceutical aerosols. The impactor stages serve as both orifice plate and collecting cup, simplifying collection and analysis. The impactor is designed to opera... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100242632 | AIR SAMPLER BASED ON VIRTUAL IMPACTION AND ACTUAL IMPACTION Particles are removed from a fluid stream, such as air, and are deposited on one or more collection surfaces. A pre-filter can be employed to reject oversized particles and contaminants, such as rain and insects. A concentrator is employed to increase a concentration of... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100242633 | Biological Particle Collector, and Methods of Use Thereof One aspect of the invention relates to the devices and methods for the collection of bioaerosols (such as viruses, bacteria, and proteins) from the exhaled breath of humans and/or animals, for the purpose of determining, for example, particle size, generation rate, dise... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100229657 | Sinter-bonded metal flow restrictor for regulating volumetric gas flow through an aerosol sampler inlet The present invention allows for increased volumetric flow rates relative to current commercially available technology in battery-powered PM sampling devices while vastly simplifying the operation of that device. This will allow for the capture of more PM in a shorter a... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100212436 | Single use sterile slit impact sampling cassette with rotatable capture tray A single use sterile slit impact sampling cassette with rotatable capture tray for recovering particulate matter from ambient air, having a lid with a slit shaped air inlet, dish with an air outlet, and capture tray. The dish and lid assemble to form a sealed sample cha... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100186524 | Aerosol Collection and Microdroplet Delivery for Analysis An apparatus or device for collecting aerosol particles from a gas stream, having a collector body enclosing a collector channel, a particle trap in the collector channel, and an injection duct for injecting a discrete microdroplet of an elution reagent. The particle tr... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100116025 | AIR SAMPLER An air sampler includes an inertial impactor with a compressible porous collector that receives particles greater than a lower threshold size from an air sample. Before reaching the collector, the air sample may pass through a sorter that prevents that removes particles... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100089183 | MULTI-FILTER CHEMICAL SPECIATION SAMPLER AND VIRTUAL IMPACTION PARTICLE SEPARATION INLET THEREFORE A multi-filter chemical speciation sampler and a virtual impaction particle separation inlet therefore are provided. The inlet includes a housing having a bottom, a collection tube that extends through the bottom, and collection apertures formed in the bottom, arranged ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20090320619 | Narcotics and explosives particle removal system An explosive and narcotics detection system detects the presence of trace particles of those materials that are adhering to surfaces. The particles are removed from the surface, transported and collected in a particle collection medium, and then provided to detection in... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090320562 | PARTICULATE MONITOR A particulate monitor includes a housing, an air-moving device coupled to the housing, and an air passageway disposed at least partially within the housing. The air-moving device is operable to create an airflow through the air passageway. The particulate monitor may in... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090308181 | FLUID SAMPLING DEVICE Disclosed is a fluid sampling device comprising a housing arranged to be freely rotatable under the influence of a fluid and comprising an opening for channeling the fluid through the housing such that the fluid contacts a particular portion of a sampling medium corresp... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090293646 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL DETECTION OF AEROSOLS A detector for optically detecting biological aerosols in a sample volume using non-imaging optical components (NIOCs) includes a light source configured to stimulate bio-fluorescence of tryptophan or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. A first NIOC is disposed adjacent ... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090277284 | Sampling and transport device and method A device (1) for sampling particle contaminants is described. It may be adapted to a multitude of closed enclosures and with it, contaminants and/or pollutants present in the atmosphere of the enclosure may be recovered at a surface. With this sampling method, it... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090223279 | IN-LINE VIRTUAL IMPACTOR An inline virtual impactor comprising an outer housing having a housing inlet, a housing inner surface, a major flow outlet and a minor flow outlet; a flow accelerator member disposed in the upstream portion of the outer housing; and a flow stabilizer member disposed wi... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090183554 | PARTICLE CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY A method and apparatus for measuring particle concentration and size distribution of particles in liquids. The method involve separating dissolved and particulate residues in liquids for determination of the size and concentration of the particulate species. The method ... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090158823 | Particle analysis in an acoustic cytometer The present invention is a method and apparatus for acoustically manipulating one or more particles.... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090126514 | Devices for collection and preparation of biological agents A sample collection system and method for airborne biological agents is disclosed. The sample collection system comprises a sample collection module that collects particles in an air flow and transfer the collected particles into a sampling fluid, and a sample preparati... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090090198 | SEPARATION APPARATUS Provided is an apparatus for automated separation of a target component from a sample using magnetic particles, which apparatus comprises a reagent delivery device and a vial holder for holding one or more vials in position, in which the reagent delivery device is align... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090078062 | AUTOMATED CASCADE IMPACTOR An automated cascade impactor comprises an extension mechanism operable to couple to a plurality of impactor stages. The extension mechanism is operable to compress and separate impactor stages of the plurality of impactor stages via automation. The system provides a pl... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20080295616 | Multi-stage horizontal elutriator A multi-stage horizontal elutriator includes a flow inlet, a flow outlet, a hollow container that is disposed between said flow inlet and said flow outlet. This hollow container has a guide-in portion, a first parallel plates set, a second parallel plates set, and a gui... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080047372 | IMPACTOR AUTOMATION The application describes an automated system for carrying out tests using a cascade impactor 10 of the type having multiple impactor stages each comprising a respective stage body 30, the stage bodies being shaped to enable them to be assembled in a stack... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20070256566 | Multistage Variable Impactor An inertial gas-liquid separator and method is provided, including variable orifice jet nozzle structure having a variable orifice area dependent upon axial movement of a plunger relative to a housing sleeve, and in another embodiment having first and second flow branch... | 11/08/2007 |
| 20070056389 | Aerosol size-selective impactor for reducing particle bounce An aerosol size-selective impactor for reducing particle bounce includes a main structure, a buffering layer, and a dehydration preventing layer. This main structure with an inlet and an outlet has a central channel and a receiving cavity. There are many nozzles in the ... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070056390 | Particle size sampler A particle size sampler includes a cylindrical housing with an inlet end and an outlet end. A pump, connected to an outlet pipe at the outlet end, draws air through the particle size sampler. Aerosols or other particles are removed from the air during a series of filter... | 03/15/2007 |
| 20070044577 | Modular particulate sampler A gas sampler includes an impact disc for removing larger particles from a gas flow drawn by a pump and a filter for capturing smaller particles, also positioned in the flow path. The sampler is conveniently dissembled and reassembled to remove and replace the impact di... | 03/01/2007 |
| 20060162424 | Virtual impactor device with reduced fouling A virtual impactor device having reduced fouling includes injection ports within the separation zone to redirect particles that otherwise tend to impact the walls of the separation zone and produce fouling. The virtual impactor device preferably also includes an acceler... | 07/27/2006 |
| 20060000297 | Ambient particulate sampler inlet assembly An ambient particulate sampler assembly including an upper section with a nozzle entry and an impactor nozzle housing removably receiving a single nozzle jet. A lower section is removable from the upper section and includes an impaction chamber with one or more outlets.... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050279181 | Air sampler with parallel impactors An air sampler is designed for a predetermined flow rate. The air flow is admitted to at least two impactors operating in parallel. Preferably the inlet nozzles and the outlet orifices of each impactor are sized to achieve predetermined cut-off sizes of particles; prefe... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050028616 | Cascade impactor with individually driven impactor plates A cascade impactor apparatus has a series of vertically stacked impactor housing sections. Each of the impactor housing sections has an upper portion that supports a motor for driving an impactor plate that is positioned below a nozzle through which flow passes. Each ho... | 02/10/2005 |
