Quotables
"What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches?"
The Quarterly Review ; March edition, 1825
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173972 | Device for use in normalizing readings on a testing machine An optic module verification device for normalizing between X photon counters, including a verification tray with X verification wells and a modular photon emitter in each verification well. Each photon emitter includes a spring, a Beta source disk, a scintillator d... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8158957 | System and method for structured illumination and collection for improved optical confocality of raman fiber array spectral translator imaging and interactive raman probing The disclosure relates generally to methods and apparatus for using telescope optics and a fiber array spectral translator-based (“FAST”) spectroscopic system for improved imaging, spectral analysis, and interactive probing of a sample. In an embodiment, the con... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8143598 | Display screen comprising photoluminescent material Embodiments are disclosed herein related to the use of photoluminescent material to improve the presentation of images being displayed by a user interface device. For example, one embodiment provides a user interface device including a cuplet microstructure sheet th... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143597 | Remote sensing phase fluorimetry using mercury vapor lamp An efficient and portable method for remote detection of a target mineral material through frequency domain fluorimetry, a detection technique that measures the time lag between absorption and emission of photons, thereby determining the lifetime of said target mine... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8129697 | Laser scanning microscope The present invention relates to a laser scanning microscope capable of acquiring suitable fluorescent images. A fluorescence detection unit 26 measures a plurality of intensities of fluorescent light of different wavelengths that is excited by irradiation of... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124943 | Methods and systems for altering fluorescent intensities of a plurality of particles A method for altering fluorescent emissions of particles includes setting the particles in motion and exposing the moving particles to light such that fluorescent intensities of the particles are lessened isotropically and substantially simultaneously. Another metho... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119995 | Device for detection of excitation using a multiple spot arrangement The invention relates to a device (1) for detection of excitation (110) using a multiple spot arrangement (60), in which a multiple spot generator (50) is matched to the multiple spot arrangement (60) in such a way that light (1... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8110817 | Probe array and method of manufacturing the same A probe array includes a probe-carrying substrate and a base member. The probe-carrying substrate has first and second principal surfaces extending parallel to each other, and a plurality of probe carriers carrying probe molecules. The base member has a reference su... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110816 | Fluorescence detection system A fluorescence detection system capable of detecting fluorescence with a high sensitivity even if a sample generating fluorescence is small in amount includes a light source emitting excitation light, a probe arranged in opposition to a sample unit, an optical multi... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8097862 | Fluorescence detecting method and fluorescence detecting apparatus Fluorescence detection utilizes surface plasmon. The intensity of scattered light, which is substantially proportionate to the intensity of an electric field enhancing field generated on a metal film, is employed, to normalize and correct the intensity of fluorescen... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097863 | Mode-locked laser device, pulsed laser light source device, microscope device There is provided a mode-locked laser including: a resonator having a pair of resonance mirrors; a solid-state laser medium, disposed in the resonator and outputting oscillating light due to excitation light being incident thereon; an excitation unit that causes the... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8080810 | Method and apparatus for measuring the phase shift iduced in a light signal by a sample A first light source emits a light signal along a measurement optical path that includes a sample and a second light source emits a light signal along a dummy measurement optical path. A measurement circuit receives the light signals and provides outputs separated i... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8076652 | Real-time, on-line analysis of haloacetic acid species and amounts thereof in drinking water supplies Post-column reaction-ion chromatography (PCR-IC) analysis of drinking water samples for quantity measurements and species identification of haloacetic acid contaminants therein is provided. With the necessity to chlorinate drinking water to remove harmful bacteria a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8063385 | Method and apparatus for ultraviolet scan planning The invention provides method for locating one or more substantially circular-shaped tissue sample positioned on a solid support. The method involves the steps of transmitting light of a preselected wavelength onto a tissue sample, wherein the light induces the tiss... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8063384 | Detection system and probe therefor There is provided a detection system capable of simultaneously detecting a plurality of fluorescences or phosphorescences having different dominant wavelengths generated from a minute region and a probe therefor. A fluorescence detection system includes a probe havi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8053742 | Substrates, systems and methods for analyzing materials Substrates, systems and methods for analyzing materials that include waveguide arrays disposed upon or within the substrate such that evanescent fields emanating from the waveguides illuminate materials disposed upon or proximal to the surface of the substrate, perm... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8039814 | Luminescence sensor operating in reflection mode A luminescence sensor, such as a luminescence biosensor or a luminescence chemical sensor, includes a substrate having at least one aperture filled with a medium. The aperture has a first lateral dimension larger than the diffraction limit of excitation radiation in... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8039816 | Fluorescence observation apparatus To accurately obtain fluorescence intensity in a variable passband. Provided is a fluorescence observation apparatus including an excitation light source that emits excitation light; a Fabry-Perot resonator including a variable passband in which the wavelength of li... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8039815 | Fluorescent light microscope for measuring a sample using red-shifted stokes lines A fluorescent light microscope for measuring a sample comprises a light source providing transfer light having a transfer wavelength for transferring a fluorescent dye in the sample from one state into another state, and a detector which measures fluorescent light f... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8026494 | Flourescence detecting method and fluorescence detecting apparatus An excitation light beam of a wavelength that excites fluorescent labels and a reference light beam having a wavelength longer than the excitation light beam are irradiated through a dielectric block toward an interface between the dielectric block and a metal film,... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8022372 | Apparatus and method for batch non-contact material characterization An apparatus for performing non-contact material characterization includes a wafer carrier adapted to hold a plurality of substrates and a material characterization device, such as a device for performing photoluminescence spectroscopy. The apparatus is adapted to p... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8013313 | Laser scanner apparatus for fluorescence measurements Laser scanner and method images or measures fluorescent samples on specimen slides treated with different fluorescent dyes. Motor-driveable sample table for the slides includes a laser and first optical system creating two laser beams of differing wavelength, a scan... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7999237 | Valuable document The invention relates to a printed value document having at least one luminescent substance. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7999238 | Arrangement for processing signals at the output of a multichannel detector An arrangement for signal processing at the output of a multichannel detector in the spectrally resolved acquisition of time-variable fluorescence phenomena in a microscope, particularly lifetime measurements, is characterized in that an FPGA (free programmable gate... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7994485 | Apparatus and method for fluorescence measurements using spatially structured illumination An apparatus and method for depth selected fluorescence measurements is provided. The apparatus may include a carrier for at least one sample substance; projection optics; an image capture module; a signal processor to transform the data image to provide depth selec... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7977650 | Method and device for 3D reconstruction of the distribution of fluorescent elements A device and method for processing fluorescence signals emitted after excitation by radiation coming from a radiation source, by at least one fluorophore with a lifetime τ in a surrounding medium, which signals are detected by detection means, and which method incl... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973294 | Methods and devices for characterizing particles in clear and turbid media The invention provides methods and devices for detecting, identifying, classifying and characterizing particles in a fluid sample. Optical analyzers are provided having a rotating and/or translating sample container for measuring the concentrations of fluorescent pa... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7968856 | Fluorometer with low heat-generating light source This invention concerns a fluorometer preferably combined with a thermal cycler useful in biochemical protocols such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA melting curve analysis. The present fluorometer features a low heat-generating light source such as a ligh... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7964853 | Laser scanning microscope A laser scanning microscope that can construct a fluorescence image with high resolution even with a photodetector having a small array size is provided. A laser scanning microscope includes a line-focusing optical system that focuses laser light from a laser light ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7943908 | Sensor system with surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP) enhanced selective fluorescence excitation and method In a sensor system, an active sensor chip includes an array of periodically-patterned dielectric active sensor patches of different periodicities and geometries formed on a metal film. A specimen under study is positioned on each patch, and the active sensor chip is... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943909 | Fluorescence detecting apparatus and fluorescence observation system A fluorescence detecting apparatus includes a light detecting device disposed in a light path of fluorescence generated in an illuminated area of a specimen and a barrier filter disposed in the light path toward the light detecting device to exhibit transparency for... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7935938 | Apparatus for measuring fluorescent material in a liquid An apparatus (10) for measuring, in particular, the amount of oil present in a quantity of water. The apparatus comprises a measurement chamber (12) having an optical window (18) through which an excitation signal may be transmitted and fluoresc... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932502 | Fluorescence observation apparatus A fluorescence observation apparatus according to the present invention includes a light source section that emits excitation light for exciting a first fluorescent substance and a second fluorescent substance, a fluorescence detection section that detects first flu... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928408 | Multi-channel fluorescence measuring optical system and multi-channel fluorescence sample analyzer A multi-channel fluorescence measuring optical system and a multi-channel fluorescence sample analyzer using the optical system are provided. The multi-channel fluorescence measuring optical system, which irradiates light onto a plurality of sample channels and dete... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7919761 | Fluorescence observation apparatus Clearly observing the state of an examination site is made by sufficiently suppressing the influence of residues. Fluorescence observation apparatus includes: a light source emits excitation light for irradiating the vicinity of an examination site; a fluorescence i... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7902523 | Fluorescence microscope apparatus To observe and analyze intermolecular interactions such as diffusion and/or binding behaviors of molecules in a sample in a reacting state against optical stimulation, while applying the optical stimulation to a desired region in the sample by irradiating stimulus l... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7902524 | Portable corrosion detection apparatus A method and apparatus comprising a housing, an excitation unit, and a detector. The housing is portable and capable of being positioned relative to a location on an object. Quantum dots are present in the location. The excitation unit is mounted to the housing. The... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7884337 | Fluorescent microscope and fluorescent correlation spectral analysis device A fluorescence microscope 11 includes an objective lens 101, a dichroic mirror 102, a half mirror 105, a mirror 106, a laser light source 111, an ND filter 112, a beam expander 113, a mirror 114, a spati... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7884338 | Method and apparatus for measuring the phase shift induced in a light signal by a sample A first light source emits a light signal along a measurement optical path that includes a sample and a second light source emits a light signal along a dummy measurement optical path. A measurement circuit receives the light signals and provides outputs separated i... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880149 | 3D biplane microscopy A microscopy system is configured for creating 3D images from individually localized probe molecules. The microscopy system includes a sample stage, an activation light source, a readout light source, a beam splitting device, at least one camera, and a controller. T... | 02/01/2011 |
