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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4935346 | Minimum procedure system for the determination of analytes A method for determining the presence of an analyte in a fluid is described along with various components of an apparatus specifically designed to carry out the method. The method involves taking a reflectance reading from one surface of an inert porous m... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4928540 | Method of dispensing coagulative test liquid A nozzle of a dispenser is filled with a coagulative liquid specimen. Then, the liquid is drawn into the dispenser such that a lower surface of the liquid is spaced from the lower end of the nozzle by a distance which is not smaller than the inner diamete... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4883642 | Means to automatically hold, process, store and analyze biological samples The present invention provides a flexible and transparent ribbon having two continuous longitudinal shoulders disposed along the edges of a face of the ribbon opposite that which is intended to support a plurality of samples to be processed. These shoulde... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4876204 | Method and apparatus of automatic continuous analysis using analytical implement An autonomous continuous analysis method and apparatus using Dip and Read type analytical implements. A series of operations of taking out analytical implements, dipping them in the sample solution, optical measurement, calculation, and disposal of the us... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4865812 | Integral specimen collection tube and microscope slide device The unitary device includes a generally tubular container having a generally central specimen collection space communicating with the open upper end of the container, and a microscope slide member below and integral with the container and having transpare... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4857272 | Chemical assay system A chemical assay system comprises at least one incubator having a plurality of slide receiving chambers each for receiving a chemical assay slide. The chambers are arranged in a row so that the chemical assay slides received in the chambers are arranged i... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4855109 | Chemical analysis apparatus A chemical analysis apparatus comprises a slide loading section for holding chemical analysis slides, a section for applying a sample material to the chemical analysis slide, and an incubator provided with housing compartments for housing the chemical ana... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4826659 | Apparatus for feed-in and ejection of chemical analysis slide An apparatus for feed-in and ejection of a chemical analysis slide comprises an incubator having compartments for housing chemical analysis slides placed side by side in a transverse direction. The compartments have inlet openings formed along a rear end ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4823009 | Ir compatible deposition surface for liquid chromatography Effluent from a liquid chromatograph (LC) is deposited onto a deposition medium having a deposition surface inert to the LC effluent elevated above and parallel to a planar IR reflective front surface, preferably driven so as to define a continuous sample... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4820491 | Reagent test strip reading instrument A multiple reagent test strip-reading instrument having rails extending from a loading area to one or more reading station platforms and then to a waste receptacle, a reciprocating blotter arm which contacts individual reagent strips sequentially placed t... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4795613 | Biochemical analyzer A biochemical analyzer provided with a disk for engaging and conveying measuring elements and an analyzing method wherein information held by the measuring elements is detected and the engagement and conveyance of these elements can be controlled on the b... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4777133 | Device for quantitative endpoint determination in immunofluorescence using microfluorophotometry The present invention discloses a device and a process for quantitation of Toxoplasma gondii and Treponema pallidum antibody titer in a biological sample by immunofluorescent photometric microscopy. The process comprises: (a) reacting a specimen of said sample... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4775515 | Agglutinographic slide An agglutinographic slide for immunochemical liquid agglutionation particle reagents has a first panel and a second panel. The second panel is spaced a predetermined distance from the first panel. The slide has an entrance end and a viewing end. A channel... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4738824 | Apparatus for dyeing specimens automatically preparatory to microscopic examination An automatic dyeing apparatus has a casing, a plurality of vessels arranged in the casing, a specimen cage transporting mechanism and a controller capable of moving each cage with a plurality of pieces of slide glass to a predetermined position whereby va... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4710352 | Simplified test element advancing mechanism having positive engagement with element There is disclosed a test element advancing mechanism for use in an analyzer to move such test element from station to station, and a method of doing the same. The mechanism features a support surface over which the test elements move in a predetermined d... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4647431 | Device for maintaining a constant temperature for chemical analysis A device for maintaining a constant temperature for chemical analysis performed with slides having at least one layer adapted to absorb a substance to be analyzed. The slides are conveyed upon a lower conveying belt which may have projections or recesses ... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4622291 | Method and device for quantitative end point determination in immunofluorescence using microfluorophotometry The present invention discloses a device and a process for quantitation of end point in the formation of fluorescent reaction product in microfluorophotometry. The process comprises: (a) incorporating a protective agent in a suitable mounting medium in an ... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4584275 | Incubator An incubator is provided with an inlet, a measurement station and an outlet for chemical analysis slides, and a number of levers or pushing devices for stepwisely circulating the slides through the apparatus. The device is useful for uniformly incubating ... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4512952 | Apparatus for storing and dispensing analysis slides A method and apparatus are disclosed for storing and dispensing analysis slides in a chemical analyzer. Slides contained in cartridges are loaded into a rotor in a slide supply, and a positioning means is adapted to locate a selected cartridge such that a... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4452899 | Method for metering biological fluids A method is disclosed for repeatedly and accurately depositing predetermined amounts of fluid, especially biological fluids, onto generally planar analysis slides. Fluid is aspirated into a disposable metering tip which is rapidly moved into a metering po... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4447395 | Sampling device Apparatus for processing and analyzing various liquids, such as blood ser includes an indexable table for supporting a plurality of liquid sample containers. A probe is inserted into each sample container in succession. During probe insertion, a portion ... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4420566 | Method and apparatus for detecting sample fluid on an analysis slide A method and apparatus are disclosed for detecting sample fluid on an analysis slide of the type which is used to perform quantitative analyses. The apparatus comprises means for projecting radiation comprising wavelengths absorbed by water onto the slide... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4224032 | Method and apparatus for chemical analysis A method and apparatus are disclosed for performing chemical analysis on selected fluids. The apparatus comprises a turntable which carries a plurality of cartridges containing test slides. A transfer mechanism is adapted to receive a slide from a selecte... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4210419 | Automated quantitative muscle biopsy analysis system An automated system to aid the diagnosis of neuromuscular diseases by producing fiber size histograms utilizing histochemically stained muscle biopsy tissue. Televised images of the microscopic fibers are processed electronically by a multi-microprocessor... | 07/01/1980 |
