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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438704 | Open instillation container and method of manufacturing the container A bottomed conical hollow 6b is formed in a tip end of the container body A formed of a thermoplastic material with a liquid filled and sealed therein simultaneously during the molding process, the hollow having an inside diameter enlarging toward the ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7426866 | Acoustic liquid dispensing apparatus A liquid dispensing apparatus for dispensing droplets of a liquid, and methods for measuring various fluid parameters of the liquid are described. The liquid dispensing apparatus comprises a container having a chamber for holding a liquid. An orifice is positioned a... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7380729 | Dispensing method In a method for cleaning a liquid delivery device such as a dispensing or pipetting device, the liquid chamber can be flushed in a cleaning step. To remove gas bubbles which might exist in the liquid chamber, for example, the liquid in the liquid chamber is vibrated... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7361312 | Nozzle tip for pipetting apparatus In an improvement of a nozzle tip for a pipetting apparatus which is adapted to be removably attached to a nozzle base of the pipetting apparatus, the nozzle tip includes a head portion having an opening adapted to fit onto the nozzle base, a cylindrical portion ext... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7335294 | Integrated lancing and measurement device and analyte measuring methods An integrated lancing and measurement device is provided comprising a sensor designed to determine the amount and/or concentration of analyte in a biological fluid having a volume of less than about 1 μL. A piercing member is adapted to pierce and retract from a si... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334694 | Closure cap cooperating with a bottle container The invention relates to a closure cap (1) which cooperates with a bottle container (4). A catching protection (5) is disposed on the neck (3) of the bottle container (4) and a lower-engaging projection (6′) is disposed on... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331944 | Ophthalmic dispenser and associated method An ophthalmic dispenser has a rigid housing defining a fluid-receiving chamber, a flexible bladder receivable within the fluid-receiving chamber, a pump coupled in fluid communication with the fluid-receiving chamber, and a nozzle having a valve defining an annular,... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325708 | Ocular positioning droplet dispensing device with a recessed dispensing orifice An ocular positioning device threadably attached to a standard soft sided squeeze bottle of ophthalmic fluid. The device consists of two parts, an attaching mechanism and a sealing mechanism, connected by a hinge with motion limited to ninety degrees of arc. The sea... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322230 | Runoff rain gauge Disclosed is a runoff rain gauge 100 which includes a collector tube 104, soil infiltration resistance medium 108, a runoff resistance flow element 113, a standard rain gauge 102, and runoff collection tube 114. Precipitatio... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316336 | Quantitative dosing of small amounts of liquids The invention relates to quantitative dosing of small amounts of liquids having a volume of microliter or nanoliter order. Such a dosing technique is useful for instance for productive serial dosing in applications of clinical chemistry. In dosing device of the inve... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311228 | Liquid crystal dispensing apparatus A liquid crystal dispensing apparatus for dispensing liquid crystal onto a substrate includes a liquid crystal container, a nozzle structure, and a valve structure. The liquid crystal container contains the liquid crystal to be dispensed. The nozzle structure is dis... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7273589 | Samples delivering device, method of manufacturing samples applicator, method of delivering samples, and base activation device The present invention relates to a samples delivering device, a method of manufacturing a samples applicator, a method of delivering samples, and a base activation device which can handle a plurality of various samples, efficiently and promptly. The invention is con... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7258253 | Method and system for precise dispensation of a liquid Devices, systems, and methods for the precise dispensation of small volumes of liquids are presented. A fluid microdispenser comprises a liquid-filled tube, an actuator coupled to the tube, and a tip at one end of the tube. When the actuator applies an actuation pre... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7220074 | Slender container A small slender container that may be used to store small quantity of fluid, such as perfume, in a sealed environment and easily dispenses the fluid as desired is disclosed. The content of the slender container is completely sealed and will not leak or evaporate fro... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7204581 | Magnetic actuator using ferrofluid slug A magnetostatic actuator uses a ferrofluid slug confined in a cylindrical tube which is wrapped in a conducting coil. By applying a current to the coil, a magnetic field is generated inside the coil. The ferrofluid slug may be attracted to the interior of the coil b... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198758 | Microarraying head and microarrayer A microarraying head 51 has a base portion 57 and a plurality of needles 53. The needles 53 are arranged in parallel with one another on the base portion 57. The needles 53 place a solution on substrates 3 with the to... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191916 | Device for dispensing fluid medicine A dispensing device for fluid medicine includes a housing having an opening leading to an interior and a plastic dropper bottle at least partially disposed in the interior through the opening. The bottle has a container holding fluid medicine to be dispensed and a n... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7185790 | Hermetically sealed container with non-drip opening A hermetically sealed container having a nozzle that defines a dispensing orifice closed by a unitary but removable cap. Accumulation of container contents in the cap is minimized by a constriction in the nozzle situated at least 0.1 inches from the dispensing orifi... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182106 | Fluid dispensation method Under a reduced-pressure environment, stopping at will liquid that flows out from a nozzle tip, or dispensing liquid with the level of energy at which it will not splatter has proven difficult. To address such difficulties, parameters including nozzle bore, and surf... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178703 | Autoclaveable small-volume dropper bottle A terminally sterilizable container includes a polypropylene bottle having a body with a manually squeezable sidewall and a thickness preventing water loss. The bottle body includes shoulders for providing autoclave produced pressure distribution and deformation res... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175057 | Dropper bottle An improved dropper bottle, and in particular a dropper body able to be joined to a container body and closed by a cap, are described. The dropper body comprises a first droplet delivery end and an open base, the open base of the dropper body comprising a first proj... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166090 | Medicine dropper According to the present disclosure, a monolithic medicine dropper, for storing and dispensing liquids, includes a first portion resiliently compressible at one end. Also included is at least a second portion fluidly connected with the first portion and being essent... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7165701 | Droplet nozzle for use in eye drop container A nozzle includes a top portion projecting in the same direction as an opening of a container, and a plurality of liquid-medicine passages formed at an outer periphery of the top portion. When the container is inclined, a liquid medicine in the container leaks out t... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7156264 | Removable cap assembly A removable cap assembly having a cap, a stopper and a sipper tube. The cap has a curved side wall which has an inner and outer surface. From this wall extends a top portion. A boss extends perpendicularly from the top portion. The boss has a bottom portion and a to... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7138441 | Bioabsorbable blends and surgical articles therefrom Blends made of bioabsorbable materials including glycolide, lactide, caprolactone, dioxanone, trimethylene carbonate, alkylene glycols, esteramides, etc., and polymers and copolymers thereof with cyanoacrylates are described. Processes for making the polymers and su... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7128852 | Aerosol method and apparatus, particulate products, and electronic devices made therefrom Provided is an aerosol method, and accompanying apparatus, for preparing powdered products of a variety of materials involving the use of an ultrasonic aerosol generator (106) including a plurality of ultrasonic transducers (120) underlying and ultraso... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7078679 | Inductive detection for mass spectrometry The invention provides devices, device configurations and methods for improved sensitivity, resolution and efficiency in mass spectrometry, particularly as applied to biological molecules, including biological polymers, such as proteins and nucleic acids. More parti... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070071 | Dispensing apparatus and method for liquid products, particularly medicinal products A dispensing apparatus for a liquid product, the apparatus comprising a) a housing (2) or frame (3), b) a receptacle (4) for the liquid with a feed nozzle (4a) arranged substantially stationary with respect to the housing or frame,... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066021 | Runoff rain gauge Disclosed is a runoff rain gauge 100 which includes a collector tube 104, soil infiltration resistance medium 108, a runoff resistance flow element 113, a standard rain gauge 102, and runoff collection tube 114. Precipitatio... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063241 | Dispensing tip A dispensing tip includes a body suitable for attachment to a dispensing bottle along with a nozzle having a lumen therethrough for flow of liquid formulation and an egress orifice which is in fluid communication with the lumen for the formation of droplets. A conca... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7000808 | Spout design A spout for containers with pourable contents configured to be securely retained to the container. The spout remains secure by the shape and/or design of the spout, most notably the interaction of circumferential beads on the outer wall of the spout with an inwardly... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6953552 | Spotting device for fabricating microarrays of biological samples and spotting pin inserted therein The present invention relates to a spotting device for fabricating microarrays of biological materials and a spotting pin inserted therein. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a spotting device, which comprises several pins and pin-guiding holder... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6945638 | Method and system for controlling the temperature of a dispensed liquid A device for controlling or altering the temperature of a liquid at the point of dispensing. A temperature-altering device is thermally coupled to a dispensing device to compensate for heat dissipated into the liquid as it passes through the dispensing device during... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6918309 | Sample deposition method and system A method and system to deposit rapidly, accurately and efficiently liquid droplets onto a sample plate. A liquid from which the droplet is formed contains sample molecules, matrix molecules or a mixture of both sample and matrix molecules. A sample plate is position... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915927 | Dropper cap An improved dropper cap, for use in controlled dispensing of liquid from a container, comprises an antechamber, a baffle and an elongated nozzle. The nozzle may comprise a flared spout to ensure clean separation of the liquid from the dropper cap, reducing dripping ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6915928 | Fluid dispenser A dispensation device having a nozzle defining a chamber and a dispensation orifice which communicates with the chamber. A transfer pin is moveably received within the chamber and moveable between a retracted position and a dispensing position. In the dispensing pos... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6906322 | Charged particle source with droplet control for mass spectrometry The invention provides devices, device configurations and methods for improved sensitivity, detection level and efficiency in mass spectrometry particularly as applied to biological molecules, including biological polymers, such as proteins and nucleic acids. In one... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6896600 | Liquid dispense manifold for chemical-mechanical polisher A liquid dispense manifold having drip nozzles configured to form controlled droplets is provided for use in chemical-mechanical polisher (CMP) systems. The liquid dispense manifold includes a plurality of drip nozzles that are secured to the side of the liquid disp... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6851583 | Double-acting pump for ejecting a product from a container A double-acting pump for ejecting a product from a container includes a piston which is axially slideable in a housing and is sealed by the housing. A hollow piston rod extends the axial bore of the piston and is slideable in a closing cap and has an actuating head,... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6832733 | Nozzle end configuration An ultra small quantity fluid dispenser having a needle like dispense tip terminating in an orifice is provided with an interior lumen diameter increasing counterbore at the orifice to reduce wicking of fluid being dispensed. A wicking wire may be positioned in the ... | 12/21/2004 |
