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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7919323 | Microfluidic flow devices for determining parameters of physical and/or chemical transformations Operation of a microfluidic flow device includes providing a microfluidic flow device including a body and at least one flow microchannel for transferring a mixture (G; T′) of at least two components being formed within the body, in which said mixture (G; T′) of... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7892840 | Media compositions for eluting compounds from matrices and methods for making and using them Embodiments of the invention provide to apparatuses and media used in drug elution studies and methods for making and using them. One embodiment of the invention is a drug elution method that can be used for in-vitro studies of a matrix impregnated with a compound s... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7704745 | Apparatus and methods for monitoring the status of a metabolically active cell An apparatus and methods for monitoring the status of a cell that consumes oxygen. In one embodiment of the present invention, the method includes the steps of confining the cell in a sensing volume, measuring dynamically intracellular or extracellular signaling of ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7687268 | Apparatuses and media for drug elution and methods for making and using them Embodiments of the invention provide to apparatuses and media used in drug elution studies and methods for making and using them. Such methods and materials can be used for example to assess and control the manufacturing process variability of drug eluting implantab... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7666680 | Osmotic reaction detector for detecting biological and non-biological reactions A method and apparatus for measuring the presence or absence of interaction between at least a first and second material of interest by measuring osmotic pressure changes in an osmotic cell. Changes in osmotic pressure are determined by measuring the amount of compr... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7553669 | Osmotic reaction detector for monitoring biological and non-biological reactions A method and apparatus for measuring the presence or absence of reaction between a first and second material of interest by measuring osmotic pressure changes of reaction detector. The reaction detector is capable of measuring the small changes in pressure that occu... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7553670 | Method for monitoring a polymerization in a three-dimensional sample A method of optical infrared thermography, and the use thereof in monitoring and characterizing the polymerization of the three dimensional sample is described. ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7470540 | Method and device for the integrated synthesis and analysis of analytes on a support A method for preparing receptor-coated particles is described which comprises the following steps: a) providing a support body, b) conducting a liquid containing particles into or onto the support body, c) immobilizing the part... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7442665 | Preparation and screening of crystalline inorganic materials Methods and apparatus for the preparation and use of a substrate having an array of diverse materials in predefined regions thereon. A substrate having an array of diverse materials thereon is generally prepared by delivering components of materials to predefined re... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439068 | Plasma monitoring method, plasma processing method, method of manufacturing semiconductor device, and plasma processing system Disclosed is a plasma monitoring method for detecting the amount of atomic radicals generated by dissociation of a molecular raw material gas during a plasma processing conducted by introducing the molecular raw material gas and a rare gas into a process atmosphere,... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7422904 | Method of operating a fixed bed reactor under predetermined hydraulic conditions The invention provides a system for designing, operating, monitoring and/or diagnosing a chemical reaction, particularly a hydrotreating process, using a fixed bed catalytic reactor. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416893 | Methods for diagnosing drug-resistant cancer cells or for identifying chemotherapeutic agents by measuring anomalous intracellular ion and/or second messenger dynamics The present invention relates to methods of identifying drug-resistant and/or drug-sensitive cells, for example, breast cancer and brain tumor cells, on the basis of different ion and/or second messenger dynamics between a drug-sensitive and drug-resistant cell. For... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7416572 | Apparatus and method for determining reforming catalyst degradation According to an apparatus and method for determining degradation of a reforming catalyst degradation which reforms a mixture of air and fuel, in a reformer that supplies a reformate gas to an engine of a vehicle, a temperature sensor detects a temperature of a refor... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7374940 | Method and apparatus for determining the progress of a uranium oxyfluoride conversion reaction in a furnace and for controlling the reaction A substance in a condensed state, for example a powdered solid, is in continuous movement in the longitudinal direction (6) of a furnace (4, 5). A reactive gas mixture is brought into contact with the substance in the condensed state. A plurality of sa... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374941 | Active reactant vapor pulse monitoring in a chemical reactor A method and apparatus for determining changes in a supply system, designed to supply repeated pulses of a vapor phase reactant to a reaction chamber is disclosed. One embodiment involves providing the reactant source, and a gas conduit to connect the reactant sourc... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371562 | Guided mode resonant filter biosensor using a linear grating surface structure Methods and compositions are provided for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods can be performed in a high-throughput manner. The invention also provides optical devices useful as narrow band filters. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357913 | Methods for detecting, prognosing, or monitoring a disorder by comparing relative flux rates of two or more biological molecules in vivo The invention relates to techniques for measuring and comparing relative molecular flux rates of different biological molecules by administering isotope-labeled water to one or more tissues or individuals and comparing the molecular flux rates of two or more biologi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7338639 | System and method for analyte measurement A method of measuring an analyte in a biological fluid comprises applying an excitation signal having a DC component and an AC component. The AC and DC responses are measured; a corrected DC response is determined using the AC response; and a concentration of the an... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336354 | Spectrophotometer A spectrophotometer having an optical system for directing a beam of substantially monochromatic excitation light to a liquid sample contained in a well (3) of a well plate for interaction with the sample for absorption or emission measurements to analyse the... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327454 | Method and apparatus for detecting biomolecular interactions Method and apparatus for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods may be performed in a high-throughput manner. An apparatus for detecting biochemical interactions occurring on the surface of a biosensor includes a light... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7319003 | Arrays of probes for positional sequencing by hybridization This invention is directed to methods and reagents useful for sequencing nucleic acid targets utilizing sequencing by hybridization technology comprising probes, arrays of probes and methods whereby sequence information is obtained rapidly and efficiently in discret... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316700 | Self optimizing lancing device with adaptation means to temporal variations in cutaneous properties A lancing device, an embodiment of which controls the advancement and retraction of a lancet by monitoring the position of the lancet in conjunction with a lancet controller which incorporates a feedback loop for modulating the lancet driver to follow a predetermine... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312090 | Label-free methods for performing assays using a colorimetric resonant reflectance optical biosensor Methods are provided for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods can be performed in a high-throughput manner. The invention also relates to optical devices. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306770 | High temperature combustion tube An improved reaction tube having an interior configured for bifurcated chambers. The present device has an inert chamber and a catalyst chamber where the materials contained therein are decoupled from one another. This improved tube is especially beneficial as it pr... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7304300 | Infrared tag and track technique A method of covertly tagging an object for later tracking includes providing a material capable of at least one of being applied to the object and being included in the object, which material includes deuterium; and performing at least one of applying the material t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301628 | Method and apparatus for detecting biomolecular interactions Method and apparatus for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods may be performed in a high-throughput manner. An apparatus for detecting biochemical interactions occurring on the surface of a biosensor includes a light... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300803 | Label-free methods for performing assays using a colorimetric resonant reflectance optical biosensor Methods are provided for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods can be performed in a high-throughput manner. The invention also relates to optical devices. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292336 | Method and instrument for detecting biomolecular interactions Method and apparatus for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods may be performed in a high-throughput manner. An instrument system for detecting a biochemical interaction on a biosensor. The system includes an array of... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288227 | Biochip reader with enhanced illumination and bioarray positioning apparatus A method of illumination and illumination apparatus are provided in a biochip reader. Illumination is provided by a non-collimated laser source or a light emitting diode (LED). The light is directed to opposing sides of a glass substrate by a pair of optical fiber b... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288411 | Process for simultaneously evaluating a plurality of catalysts A process for simultaneously testing a plurality of catalysts using combinatorial chemistry has been developed. The process involves containing the plurality of catalysts in an array of parallel reactors with each reactor containing a bed of catalyst. Each bed of ca... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285420 | System and method for self-referencing a sensor in a micron-sized deep flow chamber A system and method are described herein for self-referencing a sensor that is used to detect a biomolecular binding event and/or kinetics which occur in a sample solution flowing along side a reference solution in a micron-sized deep flow channel. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275420 | Fluid sensor fixture for dynamic fluid testing A system that facilitates measurement, analysis, and automatic maintenance of fluid comprises a fluid, and a casing that includes a plurality of apertures is immersed in the fluid. The apertures are opened to permit the fluid to enter the casing and closed to confin... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276639 | Process and apparatus for detecting a loss of reaction in a hydrocarbon conversion reaction A hydrocarbon conversion process such as an auto-thermal cracking process in which a hydrocarbon feed and a molecular oxygen-containing gas are contacted in a reaction zone in the presence of a catalyst to produce an outlet stream having an oxygen concentration whic... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7271007 | Microscale diffusion immunoassay Methods and apparatuses are provided for determining presence and concentration of analytes by exploiting molecular binding reactions and differential diffusion rates. Analyte particles and binding particles are allowed to diffuse toward each other, and slowing of t... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267987 | Process and assembly for simultaneously evaluating a plurality of catalysts A process and an assembly for simultaneously evaluating a plurality of catalysts is provided wherein the flow rate of a reactive fluid to each of a plurality of reactors is automatically adjusted based on the measured amount of catalyst sample in each reactor to con... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267986 | Method of detecting inorganic phosphoric acid, pyrophosphate and nucleic acid, and method of typing SNP sequence of DNA According to the present invention, an inorganic phosphoric acid is detected by a method which includes: subjecting a sample to a measurement system containing glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, oxidized nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide or oxidized nicotinamide adenine di... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264973 | Label-free methods for performing assays using a colorimetric resonant optical biosensor The instant invention provides compositions and methods for determining cell interactions that are faster than conventional methods and that require the use of fewer reagents than conventional methods. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262061 | Test element analysis system Test element analysis system for the analytical investigation of a sample, in particular of a body liquid of human beings or animals, comprising test elements (2) with a carrier film (5) and a test field (7) fixed to the flat side (6) of ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258837 | Microfluidic device and surface decoration process for solid phase affinity binding assays This invention provides a microfluidic device for use in the detection of one or more analytes in a fluid using solid-phase affinity binding assays. The device offers a practical, easy-to-use, portable, inexpensive, robust analytical system for the parallel and quan... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251085 | Optical resonance analysis system An optical resonance analysis system comprising a sensor means (60) and an illumination means (400) for generating non-monochromatic illumination. The illumination means (400) further comprises a means for generating illumination at a plurality ... | 07/31/2007 |
