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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8064063 | Optical characterisation methods and systems A device (100) for assisting in optical characterisation of a sample fluid. The device can comprise a substrate (102) with at least one measurement reservoir (104) adapted for filling with the fluid (106) in a filling direction. The devic... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8045166 | Method of particle detection, apparatus therefor, method of forming particle concentration difference in dispersion liquid, and apparatus therefor A method of particle detection includes a shock wave generating step of irradiating a dispersion liquid having dispersed first particles having a first diameter and second particles having a second diameter larger than the first diameter, with a pulse laser, and gen... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7436515 | Fluid borne particle analyzers This invention describes an improved method and apparatus for the analysis of fluid borne particles and which is especially suitable for the detection of airborne biological particles. In one aspect of the invention provides an apparatus for the detection of fluid b... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7423751 | Systems and methods for use in detecting harmful aerosol particles The invention provides systems and methods for detecting aerosols. The systems and methods can be used to detect harmful aerosols, such as, bio-aerosols. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7400407 | Meter for measuring the turbidity of fluids using reflected light A meter for measuring the turbidity of a fluid includes a light source for directing a light beam through a fluid under test towards a reflective surface and a sensor for detecting light reflected from the reflective surface and passing back through the fluid under ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394545 | Apparatus for characterizing and measuring the concentration of opaque particles within a fluid sample A system and method for counting opaque particles within a fluid sample. The system uses an optical lens system to focus a light beam onto a sample on a multi-dimensional translation stage. The translation stage is moved in a pattern such that the intensity of the t... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7372063 | Optical detector for the presence of gas bubbles in a liquid The invention concerns a method for detecting gas bubbles in a liquid adapted to a device comprising a light source, a light detector and a data controlling and processing unit connected to a client system comprising the following steps: emitting light from the ligh... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365852 | Methods and systems for selecting pathlength in absorbance measurements Methods and sub-systems for substantially optimizing the absorbance measurement in optical instruments are provided. A method comprises forming a liquid sample into a droplet extending between two opposing surfaces, passing a light beam through the sample, and varyi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362429 | Opaque additive to block stray light in amorphous fluoropolymer light-guiding flowcells The present invention is directed to the use of a light absorbing wall material to eliminate stray light paths in light-guiding structures, such as those used for HPLC absorbance detection. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of carbon-doped ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7342660 | Detection system and method for aerosol delivery An apparatus comprises a detector, a pressure sensor and a processor. The detector is operable to detect light that is scattered by an aerosol that is associated with a pressure. The pressure sensor is operable to measure the pressure. The processor is coupled to th... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7330262 | Methods and apparatus for determining the content materials of a liquid employing a piston movable within a measuring chamber The contents of a liquid medium are determined using a light source and an optical detector, for example a spectrometer. A longitudinally displaceable piston sucks the medium into a cylindrical glass measuring chamber and evacuates the liquid from the chamber. At le... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7261276 | Flow regulator valve An apparatus such as a multiple orifice valve (MOV) for controlling a flow of pressurized fluid. A housing directs the flow from an inlet to an outlet and supports an interior stationary surface. A moveable surface selectively impedes the flow and is disposed in fac... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7224905 | Remotely-interrogated high data rate free space laser communications link A system and method of remotely extracting information from a communications station by interrogation with a low power beam. Nonlinear phase conjugation of the low power beam results in a high power encoded return beam that automatically tracks the input beam and is... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7201875 | Fixed mounted sorting cuvette with user replaceable nozzle A flow cell and flow cytometer in which a nozzle at the end of a flow channel is disposed on a removable substrate held at a registered location on a flow cell. Other elements including illumination optics, light collection optics, and the flow cell may then be posi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7149396 | Apparatus for optical measurements on low-index non-solid materials based on arrow waveguides An optical waveguide is constructed so as to comprise a non-solid core layer surrounded by a solid-state material. The non-solid core layer has an index of refraction which is lower than the index of refraction of the surrounding solid-state material, and light can ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7106498 | Blue-light generating femtosecond wavelength-tunable non-collinear optical parametric amplifier The present invention discloses a means of the generation of tunable femtosecond pulses from 380 nm to 465 nm near the degenerate point of a 405-nm pumped type-I BBO non-collinearly phase-matched optical parametric amplifier (NOPA). The tunable UV/blue radiation is ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099012 | In-line spectrometer Some embodiments of the invention provide an improved spectrometer that measures light emissions and/or reflection from a non-solid material that flows through a system of pipes. This spectrometer is designed to fit into a standard pipe system. The material flows pa... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090759 | Apparatus and method for light-controlled electrokinetic assembly of particles near surfaces A method and apparatus for the manipulation of colloidal particulates and biomolecules at the interface between an insulating electrode such as silicon oxide and an electrolyte solution. Light-controlled electrokinetic assembly of particles near surfaces relies on t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090808 | Apparatus for testing sterilization methods and materials Apparatus and method for testing one or more sterilization indicators (e.g., biological indicators or chemical indicators) or other articles by contacting them under controlled sterilization conditions with a flowing antimicrobial gas containing hydrogen peroxide va... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7050166 | Calcium carbonate imaging technique The invention concerns a method for determining the particle size distribution (PSD) of bridging agents in fluids, particularly aqueous fluids used in hydrocarbon recovery such as drilling fluids, drill-in fluids, completion fluids, and the like. It was discovered t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6999174 | Photoacoustic spectroscopy sample array vessels and photoacoustic spectroscopy methods for using the same Methods and apparatus for simultaneous or sequential, rapid analysis of multiple samples by photoacoustic spectroscopy are disclosed. Particularly, a photoacoustic spectroscopy sample array vessel including a vessel body having multiple sample cells connected theret... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6956230 | Integrated particles sensor formed on single substrate using fringes formed by diffractive elements Integrated sensors are described using lasers on substrates. In one embodiment, a first sensor forms a laser beam and uses a quartz substrate to sense particle motion by interference of the particles with a diffraction beam caused by a laser beam. A second sensor us... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6884624 | Method for measuring the rate of cell reproduction by analysis of nanoliter cell samples A method of detecting cancer using a laser biocavity having a semiconductor laser including a microchannel through which cells in fluid traverse, comprising determining the laser wavelength of the laser biocavity with only fluid in the microchannel; determining the ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6873412 | Method and device for suppressing multiple scattering when examining turbid media by means of three-dimensional cross-correlation technique The invention relates to a portable device for carrying out examinations of turbid media using a three-dimensional cross-correlation technique and for suppressing the influence of multiple scattering, as well as to an adjustment method for adjusting the device. The ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6873716 | Confocal-reflection streak lidar apparatus with strip-shaped photocathode, for applications at a wide range of scales The system images the volume of a turbid medium and detects the contents. The medium can be water or air, or living tissue, or almost any other material which is at least partially light-transmissive. The system includes a light source for producing a series of disc... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6831289 | Detector for scattered light The invention relates to a detector for scattered light, especially for detecting particles in a carrier medium. Said detector comprises a housing (1) and an inlet (3) and an outlet (5) in the housing (1). The carrier medium flows through... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6788409 | Flow cell system for solubility testing The invention provides a flow cell system for high throughput solubility testing of compounds that is particularly useful for screening large compound collections, such as combinatorial chemical libraries or other such synthetic chemical libraries. The system includ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6743637 | Disease type and/or condition determination method and apparatus and drug screening method and apparatus The object of the present invention is to provide a disease type and/or condition determination method and apparatus that enables rapid and reliable determination by spectral analysis of the energy state of cells or drugs, and a drug screening method and apparatus t... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6717172 | Diffractive optical fluid shear stress sensor A diffractive optic sheer stress sensor operates by forming diverging fringes over a linear area of measurement. A diode laser focuses light onto a diffractive lens which focuses the light to respective slits. The slits form diverging fringes, and scattered light fr... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6710878 | In-line particulate detector An in-line particulate detector comprises a housing having an inner flow portion. The housing Is disposed between adjacent portions of pipeline to permit a fuel flow from a fuel source through the inner flow portion to a fuel consumer. A light source is positioned w... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6704110 | Method and apparatus for measuring internal information of scattering medium Pulsed light of predetermined wavelengths or modulated light of predetermined frequencies from a light source 5 is injected into a scattering medium 1 as a measured object and output light therefrom is detected by a photodetector 7. Further, measuring met... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6630990 | Optical method and apparatus for red blood cell differentiation on a cell-by-cell basis, and simultaneous analysis of white blood cell differentiation Methods and apparatus are disclosed for determining the volume, hemoglobin concentration, maturity and cell shape of mammalian red blood cells in a whole blood sample and simultaneously monitoring system standardization. Methods for distinguishing red blo... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6594017 | Measuring sensor positioning The invention relates to a device and a method for moving a measuring sensor (2) into and out of a pressurized or flow-through conduit (1) or a pressurized or flow-through vessel. The device according to the invention comprises, in this case, a holding el... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6501072 | Methods and apparatus for determining precipitation onset pressure of asphaltenes The optical density of an oil sample at a plurality of wavelengths over a plurality of different (typically decreasing) pressures is monitored and used to find the size of agglomerated asphaltene particles which are precipitating from the oil sample. The ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6482652 | Biological particle sorter An automated particle sorter having a fluid flow path, which places single biological particles in an optical cuvette. An exciting light irradiation system having a light source emits a source of light through the cuvette. The light excites a fluorescent ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6468807 | Mixing method The invention relates to a method for carrying out mixing in a thin liquid layer, which is arranged between essentially parallel walls at a capillary distance from each other. The mixing is carried out by subjecting the walls to a motion essentially in th... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6466355 | UV protected electrochromic device This invention relates to electrochromic devices that are protected against UV light by nanoparticles.... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6459093 | Dynamic light scattering at multiple discrete wavelengths, using multiple mono-mode fibres or for detecting the velocity of scattering sensors A dynamic light scattering apparatus comprises at least two lasers (11) of different wavelengths which illuminate the same volume (SV) of a fluid containing scattering or fluorescent centres. The scattered or fluoresced radiation is detected at each discr... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6404494 | Measurement of the lidar ratio for atmospheric aerosols using a 180 degree-backscatter nephelometer An integrating nephelometer is modified to measure 180° backscattering from an aerosol. A laser is mounted outside a housing of the nephelometer and produces a coherent light beam that is directed into a sample volume of the nephelometer, substantially a... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6384960 | Photoactivated method and device for broadband limitation of a luminous flux The invention relates in particular, to the area of devices or systems whose optical operation is modified by changing the optical properties of the medium of which they are formed and that are intended, in particular, for limiting the luminous intensity ... | 05/07/2002 |
