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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7217574 | Method and apparatus for biosensor spectral shift detection Performing high-resolution determination of the relative shift of the spectral properties of a biosensor. The shift in the resonance peak of the biosensor is indicative of the amount of material bound to the surface of the biosensor. A preferred biosensor is a Guide... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214345 | Apparatus for analyzing reduced inorganic sulphur An apparatus for measuring the reduced inorganic sulfur content of a sample. The apparatus has a reaction chamber (12) and means (14) for introducing a reducing agent that can selectively convert the reduced inorganic sulfur of a sample in the reaction... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214939 | Ultra low power NDIR carbon dioxide sensor fire detector A fire detector and method for generating an alarm signal in response to a fire uses an NDIR CO2 sensor to generate a detector signal based upon a 15μ absorption band of CO2 and generates an alarm signal when a signal processor receives the de... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214541 | Variable rate particle counter and method of use A variable rate particle counter for adjusting the volumetric delivery rate of fluid to a flow cell based upon an initial particle count rate in order to effectively “tune” the final dilution of sample sheath flow to the particle concentration of the sample. A s... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214346 | Optoelectronic detection system The invention relates to optoelectronic systems for detecting one or more target particles. The system includes a reaction chamber, a specimen collector, an optical detector, and a reservoir containing cells, each of the cells having receptors which are present on t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214538 | Device and method for the determination of lithium ion concentration in a biological fluid The present invention relates to a novel device and method for the detection of lithium ions in a biological fluid. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention provides a novel compound and a optical sensor which incorporates said compound for the detection of ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211438 | Method and apparatus for predicting the presence of haemostatic dysfunction in a patient sample Methods for predicting the presence of haemostatic dysfunction in a patient from a time-dependent measurement profile include performing a time-dependent measurement on an unknown sample and measuring a respective property over time so as to derive a time-dependent ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211430 | System for stirring growth medium An improved system and method for stirring suspended solids in a liquid media to enhance sample growth and improve sample detection results. The system and method employs a sample vessel holder which adapted to receive at least one sample vessel which contains the s... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211443 | Device and method for multiple analyte detection The invention is directed to a method and device for simultaneously testing a sample for the presence, absence, and/or amounts of one or more a plurality of selected analytes. The invention includes, in one aspect, a device for detecting or quantitating a plurality ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211787 | Particle movement device This invention relates to a process for moving a particle using a device comprising a substrate (4), a wave guide (2) and a grating (6) formed on the wave guide, in which: light with wavelength λ is injected i... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212925 | Calibration data entry system for a test instrument A test device for determining the analyte concentration in body fluid. The test device has a memory in which calibration adjustments corresponding to calibration numbers are stored. The test device is adapted to receive a test sensor for collecting a sample. The tes... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208286 | Bioluminescent bioreporter integrated circuit devices and methods for detecting ammonia Monolithic bioelectronic devices for the detection of ammonia includes a microorganism that metabolizes ammonia and which harbors a lux gene fused with a heterologous promoter gene stably incorporated into the chromosome of the microorganism and an Optical Applicati... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7209608 | Wavelength tunable optical filter Provided is a Fabry-Perot type wavelength tunable optical filter, comprising a first mirror; a second mirror located over the first mirror; a driving body located over the first mirror, and having both ends fixed to the first mirror through a spacer; a plurality of ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208121 | Plasticizer-free-ion-detective sensors A plasticizer-free ion detective sensor for detecting a target ion in a sample is provided. The sensor comprises a copolymer of methacrylate monomers with pendant alkyl groups of different length, and an ionophore for detecting the target ion. The copolymer matrix o... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208119 | Hospital meter system A healthcare data management system for use with an instrument for determining the concentration of a medically significant component of a body fluid. The instrument includes a first port. The system includes a cradle for receiving the instrument. The cradle include... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208122 | Emissive polymers and devices incorporating these polymers The present invention relates to a class of luminescent and conductive polymer compositions having chromophores, and particularly solid films of these compositions exhibiting increased luminescent lifetimes, quantum yields and amplified emissions. These desirable pr... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208123 | Molecular contamination monitoring system and method A flow-through monitor for detecting molecular contamination (MC) within a fluid flow. The monitor has a diffusion chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port, and a structure for supporting a fluid flow from the inlet port to the outlet port. The structure incl... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7206701 | Systems and methods for automated quantitative analysis of digitized spectra A variety of methods and systems related to automated quantitative analyses via digital spectroscopy techniques can be used to determine the quantity of one or more analytes in a sample. A parameter file can be used to control automated analysis. Suspect conditions ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206987 | Error detection and correction in a layered, 3-dimensional storage architecture A method and system for space-efficient error-control coding for encoding data into a 3-dimensional data-storage medium. The method and system enables the detection and correction of a bounded number of certain types of errors corresponding to the known failure mode... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204960 | Apparatus and method for calibration of a dispensing system The invention provides an apparatus and method for calibrating a dispensing system. A dispenser dispenses a controlled quantity of material into a container for receiving material. A system, preferably a vision system comprising an image capturing device and an imag... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205154 | Calibrating array scanners A method of using a chemical array reader, chemical array readers, and computer program products for use with a chemical array reader. The chemical array reader may include a holder to mount an array and hold the array at a reading position. A light system illuminat... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201873 | Fine channel device, method for producing the fine channel device and use of the same A device includes a first substrate having a channel formed on front and rear surfaces of the first substrate, and an information recording layer forming an optical recording medium on at least one of the front and rear surfaces of the first substrate. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201871 | Specimen having capability of separating solid component A test strip having the capability of separating blood cells from whole blood, wherein it has a porous reagent layer comprising beads, an inorganic gel and a reagent that causes a detectable reaction with a substance to be detected, and a substrate that supports the... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201876 | Ion-detecting sensors comprising plasticizer-free copolymers Ion-detecting sensors for detecting a target ion in a sample are provided. The sensor comprises a plasticizer-free copolymer comprised of polymerized units of methacrylate monomers having pendent alkyl groups of different length and a functionalized ionophore of sai... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201879 | Aerosol into liquid collector for depositing particles from a large volume of gas into a small volume of liquid An aerosol-into-liquid collector (ALC) for collecting gas-borne particles from a large volume of gas such as air into a small volume of liquid is described. The ALC uses a linear quadrupole to concentrate particles flowing in a gas and to help direct these concentra... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203386 | Self-referencing waveguide grating sensors Self-referencing optical sensors and methods are described herein that can be used to detect bio-chemical interactions (e.g., biological binding of antigen-antibody pairs) that occur in for example a microplate. In one embodiment, the self-referencing optical sensor... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201878 | Aerosol particle analyzer for measuring an analyte in airborne particles Aerosol particle analyzer (APA) for measuring an analyte in airborne particle is described. Airborne particles are first given an electrical charge and then drawn in air past an oppositely charged volume of an analysis liquid that exposed to the air at a small hole ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202091 | Optically similar reference samples Systems and methods for establishing and/or maintaining the accuracy of a multivariate calibration model designed for quantitative optical spectroscopic measurement of attributes or analytes in bodily tissues, bodily fluids or other biological samples, which are par... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7198756 | Non-invasive measurement of pH There is a need within the medical community for non-invasive instruments to measure critical physiologic parameters at the point of care. Such a technique may be applicable to a wide variety of commonly monitored physiologic parameters during critical care patient ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198755 | Multichannel fluorosensor A multichannel fluorosensor includes an optical module and an electronic module combined in a watertight housing with an underwater connector. The fluorosensor has an integral calibrator for periodical sensitivity validation of the fluorosensor. The optical module h... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198606 | Method and apparatus for a multi-use body fluid sampling device with analyte sensing A device for use with a penetrating member driver to penetrate tissue is provided. A plurality of penetrating members are coupled to a single cartridge and are operatively couplable to the penetrating member driver. The penetrating members are movable to extend radi... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198893 | DNA diagnostics based on mass spectrometry Fast and highly accurate mass spectrometry-based processes for detecting a particular nucleic acid sequence in a biological sample are provided. Depending on the sequence to be detected, the processes can be used, for example, to diagnose a genetic disease or chromo... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200493 | Method for screening crystallization or amorphous stage conditions for molecules A system and a method for screening of nucleation tendency of a molecule, such as a macromolecule, based on acoustic, electrostatic or hybrid acoustic/electrostatic levitation of a droplet for optimizing crystallization conditions for said molecule. This allows for ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198855 | Methods of surface modification of a flexible substrate to enhance cell adhesion The present invention provides methods of producing a surface with enhanced cell-adhesive properties comprising applying a stress to a polymeric matrix. The strained matrix is then modified by grafting a self-assembled monolayer onto the strained matrix, with the se... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198939 | Apparatus for interrogating an addressable array A method and apparatus of interrogating an addressable array unit, which includes a substrate, a light reflecting layer on a front side of the substrate, and a plurality of features on a front side of the array. The method may include, for each of multiple features,... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198901 | Reflective substrate and algorithms for 3D biochip A reflective substrate is used to amplify the photon signal captured from overlying analyte domains containing photon emitters. The reflective substrate provides substantial desired signal amplification of the photon emissions from each domain via interference effec... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197169 | Method for detecting a response of each probe zone on a test strip A method for detecting a response (grey level) of each probe zone on a test strip includes providing a test strip having a color pattern. The color pattern occurs in response to a solution contacting with the test strip and includes color lines arranged in sequence.... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195909 | Measurement and use of molecular interactions The subject invention pertains to a method for determining the affinity between binding partners, or a property of one of the binding partners dependent on the affinity, comprising the steps of: (i) contacting the binding partners,... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195920 | Collection systems for cytometer sorting of sperm Improved flow cytometer system particularly adapted to use for sex-selected sperm sorting include enhanced sheath fluid and other strategies which minimize stress on the sperm cells, including a 2.9 percent sodium citrate sheath solution for bovine species and a HEP... | 03/27/2007 |
