Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128890 | Methods and algorithms for cell enumeration in a low-cost cytometer The enumeration of cells in fluids by flow cytometry is widely used across many disciplines such as assessment of leukocyte subsets in different bodily fluids or of bacterial contamination in environmental samples, food products and bodily fluids. For many applicati... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8105554 | Nanoliter array loading An interface is provided for storing microfluidic samples in a nanoliter sample chip. A fluid access structure provides a fluid access region to a selected subset of sample wells from an array of sample wells. A fluid introduction mechanism introduces a sample fluid... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8097211 | Analyzer An analyzer comprising: a first specimen holder configured to hold a plurality of first specimen containers; a conveying assembly for conveying the first specimen containers held in the first specimen holder; a second specimen holder arranged at a position higher th... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8066943 | Clinical analyzer having a variable cycle time and throughput A clinical analyzer having the capability to operate at both a higher and lower throughput, depending upon the assay load demand experienced by the hospital or laboratory, so that analyzer throughput most closely matches assay demand. ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8007723 | Liquid transporting device A liquid transporting device capable of transporting a liquid, such as dispensing or distributing a liquid, to microplates in number larger than a value mountable on a table. The liquid transporting device comprises a table on an upper surface of which a storing mem... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7968051 | Clinical laboratory apparatus A clinical laboratory apparatus includes a plurality of reaction cuvettes, a first dispenser, a second dispenser, a controller, and an analyzer. A subject sample and a reagent are mixed in each of the plurality of reaction cuvettes. The first dispenser is configured... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7951330 | Clinical specimen processing apparatus The clinical specimen processing apparatus is provided with a discharge pipette and supply pipette for staining in conjunction a blood smear sample preparation operation, a top sensor for detecting whether or not the operations of raising the discharge pipette and s... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7931863 | Sample analyzer The present invention is to present a sample analyzer which is able to move a reagent container containing a reagent which a user desires to replace to a pick up position. The sample analyzer comprises: a holding section comprising a plurality of holding regions for... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7799273 | Manufacturing execution system for validation, quality and risk assessment and monitoring of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes Manufacturing execution systems relating to methods, systems, and software program for validation of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes and quality assurance process are described and disclosed herein. Consequently, the methods provide a means to perform validat... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7776264 | Automatic analyzer An automatic analyzer capable of replenishing a reagent even during an analysis and minimizing a suspension of the analysis. The automatic analyzer includes a plurality of reaction cells and a unit for holding reagents used in analyses. A plurality of reagents are d... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7754149 | Clinical laboratory management systems, management apparatuses, and recording media A clinical laboratory management system is described that includes an analyzer for analyzing a sample, and a management apparatus connected to the analyzer. The management apparatus includes (a) a storage configured for storing a result of an assay output from the a... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7727470 | Analyzer and analyzing system Analyzers are described that includes a first conveyance device for transporting a container accommodating analyte; a first analyzer body for analyzing analyte accommodated in a container transported by the first conveyance device; a first transmission device for tr... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7687028 | Sequential, time-integrated collector of precipitation, ground water, and surface water for analysis of isotopes A sequential, time-integrated collector having an electronic controller that actuates either of two electrically-actuated valves, each connected to a water reservoir. At a preset time interval (e.g., every 30 minutes), time-integrated water samples are transferred i... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7674430 | Automated analyzer The performance of an analyzer is checked on by use of a performance check cartridge which has the same external shape as a reagent cartridge for analyzing samples has; the performance check cartridge holds reagents for checking on the performance of the analyzer, a... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7662339 | Apparatus having improved gantry assembly suitable for use in a laboratory environment An assembly suitable for use in a laboratory instrument is set forth. The assembly comprises a plurality of guide rods that are disposed generally parallel with one another and a plurality of carriage assemblies connected for movement along the plurality of guide ro... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7618586 | Automatic blood chemistry analyzer An automatic analyzer for performing qualitative and quantitative analyses of living samples, such as blood and urine, which effectively utilizes the sample and enables requested tests to be performed as many as possible, when sample deficiency is predicted as a res... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7560072 | Blood analyzer with specimen container holder A blood analyzer that can check whether a cap is in place or not and can set a mixing mode at the same time when the specimen container is inserted. A specimen container holder holds a specimen container. A holder driving part can rotatably drive the specimen contai... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7556771 | Automatic analyzing system A reagent shortage detection unit detects that one of the reagents of reagent supply units of analyzing apparatuses is shortage. A reagent shortage occurrence display unit notifies the shortage of the one reagent in response to that the reagent shortage detection un... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7547414 | Automatic analyzer For installing reagent bottles in a reagent disk, the operator needs to install them while confirming the orientation of each reagent bottle. However, the operator will groan under a psychological burden in working while confirming the orientation. If the operator i... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7488451 | Systems for particle manipulation Systems, including methods and apparatus, for particle manipulation to perform assays. ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7435383 | Automated tissue staining system and reagent container An automated staining system and a reagent container designed for use with the automated staining apparatus. The reagent container includes a reagent containment section capable of containing a volume of a reagent. The reagent containment section includes an upper w... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435602 | Reducing effects of spectral nonuniformity Method and system providing calibration of light detected from biological samples with a correction factor including components for each of a plurality of spectrally distinguishable species and/or for each well and/or for each filter. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431883 | Clinical analysis system A system for analyzing samples having a portable analysis unit and a base unit. The portable analysis unit has a sample inlet, an analyzer, a reagent supply reservoir, a collection reservoir for waste, a reagent inlet for providing reagent to the supply reservoir, a... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425305 | Specimen dispensing system A specimen dispensing system includes a conveying mechanism for conveying a master specimen container containing a specimen and a required number of empty slave specimen containers on a conveyor lane, the master and slave specimen containers being aligned in a conve... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425306 | Slide heater A slide heater for use in a slide processing apparatus in which an interface surface between the slide heater and the slide has a plurality of slots or channels terminating in an edge thereof, for gathering and venting gas bubbles. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425307 | Enhanced subsurface scanning system, method and computer program product An enhanced scanning solutions module is disclosed including a flow control subsystem; a detector subsystem coupled to the flow control subsystem; a dryer/moisture separator subsystem coupled to the flow control subsystem; a sampling subsystem coupled to the flow co... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7416700 | Immunoassay fluorometer A fluorometer for sensing the fluorescence of a sample utilizes an optical energy source for exciting a sample to be tested and an optical energy detector for detecting the emitted energy from the excited sample. Drive electronics are used for positioning the sample... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7404930 | Method and system for performing in continuous flow a biological, chemical or biochemical protocol The invention concerns the performing, in continuous flow, of a biological, chemical or biochemical protocol on substances to be analysed, comprising several steps which consists in: in causing a mobile analysis support (11) comprising means (12) for r... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7404927 | Automated molecular pathology apparatus having fixed slide platforms Apparatus and methods for automatically staining or treating multiple tissue samples mounted on slides are provided, in which the slides and reagent bottles are held in fixed position, and the reagent and wash solutions brought to the slides. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402282 | Auxiliary sample supply for a clinical analyzer A sample handler includes a plurality of sealable metering tips, each of the tips, when sealed, containing a fluid volume of a test fluid and in which each of the sealed metering tips acts as an auxiliary sample supply container for use with at least one chemistry s... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400983 | Information notification sample processing system and methods of biological slide processing A sample processing system (101) that may be automated and methods are disclosed where samples) (198) are arranged on a carrier element (197) and a process operation control system (171) automatically processes the samples) perhaps roboti... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396508 | Automated molecular pathology apparatus having independent slide heaters Apparatus and methods for automatically staining or treating multiple tissue samples mounted on microscope slides are provided. Individualized slide temperature control is accomplished by the heating system according to the present invention that has thermal platfor... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390460 | Control device for automatic liquid handling system In reagent reaction experiments using microplates, a desired period of time can be set for determining the time to introduce a reaction stop solution after introduction of a reagent. The set time is measured starting from the introduction of the reagent and the reac... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390458 | High throughput processing system and method of using Briefly, the present invention provides a system and method for high throughput processing using sample holders. The system has a plurality of work perimeters, with a rotational robot preferably associated with each work perimeter. At least one transfer station area... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388202 | Method and apparatus for determining an analyte concentration in a sample having interferents A method and apparatus are described that permit an analyte concentration to be estimated from a measurement in the presence of compounds that interfere with the measurement. The method reduces the error in the analyte concentration in the presence of interferents. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384601 | Automatic analyzer In an automatic analyzer, necessary setup works are displayed prior to analysis operation. The present invention can realize an automatic analyzer which can be used by an inexperienced operator to execute all necessary setup works. A maintenance button, data erase b... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7374720 | Control device for automatic liquid handling system In reagent reaction experiments using microplates, the operator cannot just set dispensing tips in all the fixing holes of the dispensing tip container. It is necessary to carry out the time-consuming task of deciding in advance on a suitable arrangement of position... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372038 | Analysis of temperature-dependent molecular configurations An apparatus and method for analysing temperature-dependent molecular configurations such as folding comprises a multi-channel flow-through chip (12) along which molecules to be analysed pass. A temperature gradient is maintained along the length of the chip.... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368080 | Smear preparing apparatus A smear preparing apparatus for preparing a smear of a specimen on a glass slide by using a spreader based on a smearing condition, the apparatus includes a memory for storing smearing conditions in connection with pertinent information required for establishing the... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368083 | Blood processing apparatus and blood introducing method The present invention provides a blood processing apparatus that can introduce a metered quantity of a blood sample into a chamber and does not require an opening linked to the chamber to be closed after the introduction of the blood sample. An introducing chamber, ... | 05/06/2008 |
