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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178852 | Photolytically and environmentally stable multilayer structure for high efficiency electromagnetic energy conversion and sustained secondary emission A multilayer structure for authentication that includes an energy conversion layer, at least one stability enhancement layer and at least one optical variable element is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of creating and using the inventive multilayer structure f... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173974 | Method of indirect emission by nano-materials A method of indirect emission by nano-materials includes providing an infrared up-conversion phosphor 1 (weight ratio) and a long-wave ultraviolet phosphor 0.01-10 (weight ratio); treating both surfaces of the infrared up-conversion phosphor and the long-wave ultrav... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173973 | Eliminating fluorescence background noise A method for measuring a fluorescent sample on a substrate. The method includes exciting the fluorescent sample with an exciting light source for the generation of a sample fluorescent optical signal and a substrate fluorescent optical signal substantially eliminate... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8143599 | Compensator for multiple surface imaging A system and method for imaging biological samples on multiple surfaces of a support structure are disclosed. The support structure may be a flow cell through which a reagent fluid is allowed to flow and interact with the biological samples. Excitation radiation fro... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134133 | Method and system for authenticating archeological artifacts A method for authenticating an estimated age of an archaeological artifact is described. The method generally includes irradiating the artifact with laser light, measuring a fluorescence spectrum emitted from the artifact and determining whether the artifact's actua... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8124944 | Microarray reader based on evanescent wave detection and method of reading a microarray A microarray reader (100) comprises a light source (102), beam shaping elements (104) positioned near the light source (102), a moving stage (124) supporting one or more of the light source (102) and beam shaping elements ( | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119996 | Quantum efficiency measurement apparatus and quantum efficiency measurement method A sample that is an object whose quantum efficiency is to be measured, and a standard object having a known reflectance characteristic are each attached to a sample window provided in a plane mirror. Based on respective spectrums measured by a spectrometer in respec... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119997 | Optical system and method for inspecting fluorescently labeled biological specimens A system for imaging a fluorescently labeled sample is presented, The system comprises a capsule, which is a closable structure made of a material isolating the inside of the capsule from its surrounding environment, and which has a support stage for receiving the s... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115181 | Luminescent glass element, producing method thereof and luminescing method thereof The present invention relates to a luminescent glass element comprising a luminescent glass substrate, which a metal layer is positioned on a surface thereof. The metal layer is provided with a metal microstructure. The luminescent glass substrate has composite oxid... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8106368 | Fluorescence detecting method A fluorescence detecting method utilizes surface plasmon enhancement. An electric field enhancing field is caused to be generated at a detecting portion that includes a metal film provided on a surface of a dielectric prism. Fluorescence emitted by fluorescent label... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8097864 | System, method and computer-accessible medium for providing wide-field superresolution microscopy Exemplary embodiments of apparatus, system, method and computer-accessible medium using which at least one first pulsed electro-magnetic radiation is generated. Such radiation depletes at least one excited state of at least one molecule. Further, it is possible to g... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093566 | Upconversion fluorescent nano-structured material and uses thereof Upconversion fluorescent nano-structured material(s) comprising at least one compound of formula (M1)j(M2)kXn:(M3)q and at least one polymer, wherein: each X is the same or different and is... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8084755 | Time-domain method and apparatus for determining the depth and concentration of a fluorophore in a turbid medium Methods and apparatuses for determining the depth and concentration of fluorophores in a turbid medium are disclosed. The method advantageously provides for a rapid estimation of the depth of the flurophore using characteristics of a temporal point spread function. ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084754 | High spatial resolution imaging of a structure of interest in a specimen For imaging of a structure, the structure is marked with a substance which can be converted by a switching signal from a first into a second state, and which provides an optical measurement signal in one of its states, only. The switching signal is applied such that... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084753 | Method and system for non-contact fluorescence optical tomography with patterned illumination A method and system for non-contact fluorescent optical tomography using patterned illumination is disclosed. The method comprises illuminating a surface of a medium with light from at least one excitation light source to project at least two patterns. Each pattern ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8076653 | Dispersions of luminescent rare-earth oxide particles, varnish comprising these particles, their methods of preparation and method for marking substrates A composition including: a dispersion of particles of at least one oxide of at least one luminescent rare earth, disaggregated and stabilized in a hydrophobic liquid medium to which at least one surfactant is added, in which said surfactant is a non-ionic surfactant... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071962 | Compensator for multiple surface imaging A system and method for imaging biological samples on multiple surfaces of a support structure are disclosed. The support structure may be a flow cell through which a reagent fluid is allowed to flow and interact with the biological samples. Excitation radiation fro... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8063386 | Time resolved fluorescent imaging system A system and method that allows for time-resolved fluorescent imaging of fluorescent samples. The user is able to receive temporally filtered pictures of the sample with a reduced amount of the scattered excitation light and the short lived background fluorescence. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8058630 | Microfluidic devices and methods Embodiments of the present invention provide improved microfluidic devices and related apparatus, systems, and methods. Methods are provided for reducing mixing times during use of microfluidic devices. Microfluidic devices and related methods of manufacturing are p... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8053743 | Superresolution in devices with single wavelength illumination In apparatus for superresolution microscopy or microlithography, wherein a spot in the specimen to be examined or in the microlithographic medium is raised to an excited state by a first pulse of light, and a second pulse of light reduces the excitation in the perip... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049185 | Fluorescence detection device and fluorescence detection method In a fluorescence detection device and a fluorescence detection method, forward-scattered light which is scattered from a measurement object irradiated with a laser beam is received and detection signals for informing the measurement object passing through the measu... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8049184 | Fluoroscopic device and fluoroscopic method A lesion can be made distinctive in an acquired fluorescence image so as to allow for accurate diagnosis. There is provided a fluoroscopic device (1) including a light source unit (2) that emits illumination light, which is in a wavelength range to be ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8039818 | Sub wavelength aperture There is provided a method of detecting a presence of a luminophore in a detection volume comprising providing excitation radiation in said detection volume. A luminophore is provided in said detection volume being excitable by said excitation radiation. The lumines... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8039817 | Compensator for multiple surface imaging A system and method for imaging biological samples on multiple surfaces of a support structure are disclosed. The support structure may be a flow cell through which a reagent fluid is allowed to flow and interact with the biological samples. Excitation radiation fro... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7964854 | Method of luminescent solid state dosimetry of mixed radiations A method of determining the doses of neutrons, gamma and X-ray photons, beta, alpha and other ionizing radiations using a method of image processing in spatial and frequency domain that produces parameters that are related to the radiation dose absorbed in a lumines... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7960707 | Time-domain method and apparatus for determining the depth and concentration of a fluorophore in a turbid medium Methods and apparatuses for determining the depth and concentration of fluorophores in a turbid medium are disclosed. The method advantageously provides for a rapid estimation of the depth of the fluorophore using characteristics of a temporal point spread function.... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7943910 | Method and device for determining the fluorescence of a sample and use thereof In a method and a device for determining the fluorescence of a sample, wherein the sample (40) is irradiated by light (25) of a wavelength which is suitable to excite fluorescent light (27, 28) in the sample and the fluorescent light (28)... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7932503 | Method for pre-identification of spectral overlaps within fluorescent dye and detector combinations used in flow cytometry This invention relates to the field of flow cytometry. It provides methods for identifying important dye-detector spectral overlaps for use in designing flow cytometry experiments. It further provides methods for quantifying the impact of spectral overlaps on dye se... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7919762 | Determining diffusion length of minority carriers using luminescence Methods (200, 300), apparatuses and systems (100) for determining minority carrier diffusion lengths in a semi-conductor structure (130), which may be a solar cell or a unprocessed or partially processed silicon sample, are disclosed. The lumine... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7906767 | Excitation and imaging optics for fluorescence detection The invention concerns an optical instrument for imaging fluorescence signals from an arrangement of a plurality of individual detection sites, for example the wells of a microtitre plate. In order to improve the light yield of the fluorescence excitation with excit... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7902525 | Method of luminescent solid state dosimetry of mixed radiations A method of determining the doses of neutrons, gamma and X-ray photons, beta, alpha and other ionizing radiations using a method of image processing in spatial and frequency domain that produces parameters that are related to the radiation dose absorbed in a lumines... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897937 | Method of fluorescence-microscopically imaging a structure in a sample with high three-dimensional spatial resolution For imaging a structure in a sample with spatial resolution, the structure is labeled with a fluorophore which is transferable by an optical transfer signal out of a first into a second photochromic state. Via a common objective, the sample is subjected to both the ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7888659 | Spatially-resolved measurement method for the detection of melanin in fluorophor mixtures in a solid sample A method of obtaining a spatially resolved measurement for the detection of melanin in fluorophore mixtures of a solid sample includes emitting at least one pulse of light from a laser light source onto the solid sample at an excitation wavelength between 300 nm and... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7888658 | Zirconium dioxide luminescence oxygen sensor A method of measuring oxygen partial pressure in gases, such as hot engine exhaust gases, uses a calibrated luminescence sensor and comprises the steps of bringing nanocrystalline zirconium dioxide ZrO2 (2) in said sensor into contact with a gas to be measure... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7880150 | High spatial resolution imaging of a structure of interest in a specimen For the high spatial resolution imaging of a structure of interest in a specimen, a substance is selected from a group of substances which have a fluorescent first state and a nonfluorescent second state; which can be converted fractionally from their first state in... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7868302 | Nano-particle/quantum dot based optical diode A particle based optical diode having at least two cavities or at least two regions of a single cavity, wherein the regions contain different types of particles. ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7863585 | STED-fluorescent light microscopy with two-photon excitation A method of high spatial resolution imaging a structure in a sample comprises: marking the structure with molecules of a fluorescent dye; selecting a first wavelength for excitation light which excites the molecules of the fluorescent dye via a multi photon process ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7858952 | Coatings and a method of optically detecting corrosion in coatings A method for optically detecting hot corrosion of a thermal barrier coating (TBC), comprising: providing a TBC which includes an indicator material which has an optical emission which is altered by corrosion of the coating; irradiating the TBC with an excitation bea... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7858953 | Use of fluorescent nanoparticles to measure individual layer thicknesses or composition in multi-layer films and to calibrate secondary measurement devices Fluorescent nanoparticles such as quantum dots are incorporated into plastic, paper and other web layered products to achieve cross-direction and machine direction on-line analysis of the individual layers therein. Fluorescent nanoparticles markers are added in know... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7829869 | Method and apparatus for checking documents of value The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for recognizing forged documents of value, wherein the documents of value are illuminated with clocked excitation light of a light source. Within the bright phase of the excitation light a first luminescence intensi... | 11/09/2010 |
