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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7413891 | Apparatus and method for detecting live cells with an integrated filter and growth detection device A device for processing fluids includes a filter to capture a cell sample. The filter has a physical barrier to isolate the cell sample on the filter. Growth detection circuitry is associated with the filter. The growth detection circuitry identifies, through electr... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7371563 | Peelable and resealable devices for biochemical assays Devices and methods for performing assays on materials, particularly biological materials, are provided. The devices and methods make use of self-sealing members, which can be applied to a flat surface to form wells to facilitate immobilization of materials on the f... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7214320 | Systems and methods for high throughput sample analysis Systems and methods for analyzing a plurality of samples in parallel include a plurality of liquid phase separation regions, a plurality of microfluidic storage regions, and a common mass spectrometer. Samples are separated in parallel in the separation regions to y... | 05/08/2007 |
| 6843262 | Fluidic switches and methods for controlling flow in fluidic systems The present invention relates to fluidic systems, including switches for fluidic systems. The switches of the present invention may be particularly applicable to microfluidic systems. The switches of the invention may include a switching region having more than one ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6729352 | Microfluidic synthesis devices and methods A microfluidic reactor for performing chemical and biological synthesis reactions, including chemical and biological syntheses of organic, polymer, inorganic, oligonucleotide, peptide, protein, bacteria, and enzymatic products is provided. Two fluids are input into ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 4441526 | Analog electro-fluidic signal transducer An analog electro-fluidic signal transducer utilizing one or a tandem series of laminar proportional amplifiers. The transducer has input passages at a varying pressure differential produced by movements of a piezoelectric bender bimorph between opposed n... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4258753 | Fluidic switch A fluidic amplifier or switch for supplying pulses of a power gas to be controlled which is insensitive to load impedance or back pressure. One arm of the fluidic switch comprising part of the gas injection path is coupled to a working outlet and the othe... | 03/31/1981 |
| 4184636 | Fluidic oscillator and spray-forming output chamber A fluidic oscillator includes a chamber having a common inflow and outflow opening into which a jet is issued in a generally radial direction. After impinging upon the far chamber wall the jet is redirected to form a vortex on each side of the incoming je... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4021146 | Fluidic flow control devices and pumping systems A fluidic flow control device comprising at least two generally aligned members having tapering bores therethrough, the members being so arranged as to constitute a convergence followed by a gradual divergence, separated by a gap, the gap communicating wi... | 05/03/1977 |
