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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7930923 | Quartz crystal microbalance with nanocrystalline oxide semiconductor thin films and method of detecting vapors and odors including alcoholic beverages, explosive materials and volatilized chemical compounds A nanocrystalline ITO thin film formed on a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) facilitates detection of gaseous compounds emitted from an analyte. Adsorption of gas molecules onto the nanocrystalline ITO thin film changes the resonant frequency of the quartz crystal.... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7913540 | Odor screening system An apparatus and method are provided for screening odor emitters for one or more target odors. A screening station is adapted to permit an odor emitter, such as a pedestrian or vehicle, to pass through the screening station. An observation room contains a dog traine... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7574893 | Odor sensor The present invention provides a biomimetic odor sensor that utilizes neither an oxide semiconductor nor a quartz oscillator, is hardly affected by the atmospheric moisture, simple in structure, inexpensive in production cost, fast in reaction rate, of a wet type, a... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7559225 | Artificial throat The present invention relates to an artificial throat for simulating aroma release comprising—a tube (1) having an inlet (2) and an outlet (3) and having an upper portion (4), a middle portion (5) and a lower portion (6);â... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7404311 | Breath test simulator A breath simulator for supplying a breath test analyzer with a sample effluent of ethyl alcohol that controls headspace and adjacent effluent passageway temperature. ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7350427 | Sorbent collector material based on polyorganosiloxane The invention relates to a sorbent collector material based on polyorganosiloxane for the microextraction of substances to be analysed, the collector material having an open-cell foam structure, and to a collector and a liner which include this collector material. | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334401 | Apparatus for sensing particulates in a gas flow stream A particulate sensor for sensing the presence of particulates in a gas flow stream is disclosed. The particulate sensor includes a housing having a flow divider to provide a first flow path and a second flow path. A heater is disposed and configured to provide unifo... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7318908 | Integrated nanotube sensor Integrated nanotube sensors are adapted for detecting various chemical and biological molecules. In one implementation, nanotube sensor arrays are formed as nano-electronic noses capable of such detection, and can be implemented in devices including carbon nanotube-... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7290438 | Automated apparatus and method for testing cork wine bottle stoppers for the presence of an analyte that causes cork taint in bottled wine An apparatus and method for automatedly detecting the presence of one or more chemical contaminants, such as 2,4,6-trichloroanisole, in/on a plurality of cork wine bottle stoppers in rapid succession using electronic nose chips. The apparatus moves the nose chips an... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7278427 | Filtered breathing device with aromatic-infusion A breathing device includes a housing having an air inlet port, a filtered air outlet port, and a filter situated upstream of the outlet port and downstream of the inlet port. An inhalation valve is situated upstream of the outlet port and downstream of the filter a... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274015 | Capacitive discharge plasma ion source In a system for chemical analysis, an RF-driven plasma ionization device including a pair of spaced-apart and plasma-isolated electrodes, the electrodes are connected to a power source wherein the electrodes act as plates of a capacitor of a resonant circuit, the ga... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267989 | Method and device for measuring sulfur compound and/or ammonia based on a sensory unit coated with at least one novel peptide A peptide compound for measuring sulfur compound and ammonia and measurement method and device using the compound. The method comprises contacting an analyte with a sensory device coated with the peptide compound to produce a signal, processing the signal to produce... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7248972 | Computer code for portable sensing The present invention relates to a computer program product or code in memory for detecting and transmitting sensory data from a portable field device 10 to a processor 12 via a computer network 10 for analytic purposes. The product includes a c... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244346 | Concentration measuring mechanism, exposure apparatus, and device production method In a concentration measuring mechanism, a first concentration meter that measures the concentration of a first gas inside an enclosed space is isolated by an isolator in an isolatable space isolated from the enclosed space in order to achieve high-precision measurem... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7216527 | Gas detection device A gas detector capable of accurately measuring particular components (odors or the like) contained in an ambient gas to be measured, being compact, and capable of being easily formed to be portable, or producing low noise and capable of being small-sized. Having zer... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217920 | Pancake spectrometer Method and apparatus for identification of chemical compounds in a sample based on differences in ion mobility, wherein the filter and detector electrodes are formed radially spaced on facing substrates. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7192913 | Enhancing the fragrance of an article A composition having a fragrance that substantially mimics a fragrance of a plant is made by (a) identifying a plurality of different chemical entities emitted from a plant, wherein the plurality of different chemical entities combine to form the fragrance of the pl... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190276 | System and methods for detecting harmful agents within contents of mail A system and methods of the present invention advantageously provide efficient mail processing and handling that, as compared to existing procedures, enhances detection of biological, germ, chemical, or other harmful agents within the mail being processed or handled... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7167815 | Measuring the intensity of odors The intensity of an odour can be quantified by determining what is the response of an odour sensing device to that odour, then transforming the response data to an odour intensity value based on transformation data relating to a set of selected reference odours. The... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157411 | Odor neutralizers This invention relates to odor neutralizers comprising esters of the formula (I) wherein R1 is an alkyl radical with 1 to 4 carbon atoms which can optionally contain a double bond; R2 is a hydrogen or an alkyl radical with 1 to 3 carbon atoms w... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148535 | Zero capacitance bondpad utilizing active negative capacitance The present invention is an apparatus and system for reducing bondpad capacitance of an integrated circuit. Circuitry of the present invention may produce a negative capacitance approximately equal in magnitude to the capacitance associated with the bondpad and ther... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143631 | Olfactory method for assessing quantitative and qualitative odor characteristic in an airstream An olfactory method for simultaneously assessing a quantity and a quality of odors in an airstream, comprising the steps of determining a first mean value of results of ratings of an acceptability of an odor of a single airstream, rated by a group of test persons; d... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140230 | Odor measuring apparatus The present invention provides an odor measuring apparatus capable of assuredly detecting and evaluating such odors that cannot be detected by a measurement apparatus using conventional odor sensors. In an embodiment of the present invention, a gas sample to be meas... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7134319 | Acoustic wave sensor with reduced condensation and recovery time An acoustic wave sensor apparatus is disclosed, which generally includes a piezoelectric substrate having a surface thereon. One or more interdigital transducers and a passivation layer can be formed upon the piezoelectric substrate. Additionally, an absorbent mater... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131341 | Method and apparatus for detection of trace volatiles A method and apparatus for the detection of trace volatiles such as those produced by fungal decay of timber, comprising a sampling probe (10), comprising a housing (11) and bored barrel (12) adapted removably to receive an SPME device (14 | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130136 | Optical modulator holder, optical device, and projector Cooling chambers (R1, R2) for accommodating therein a cooling fluid for cooling a liquid crystal panel (441) are formed inside a pair of frame members (4405, 4406) constituting an optical modulator holder (4402). There are provided... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7096715 | Odor discriminating apparatus The present invention provides an odor discriminating apparatus capable of determining the similarities or differences between plural odors with respect to the odor quality and the odor intensity, and showing the measurement result in such a manner that helps the us... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7097973 | Method for monitoring molecular species within a medium Apparatus and methods for monitoring, analyzing, and/or discriminating molecular species, preferably a biomolecule, within a medium using a multisensor array (MSA) and multivariate processing. Biological compounds such as nucleotides and polynucleotides can be detec... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096716 | Integration of thermal regulation and electronic fluid sensing A fluid sensor device includes a number of components integrated onto a substrate, such as a semiconductor substrate. The integrated components include analyte-detection transducers, signal processing circuitry for manipulating the signals from the transducers, an e... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7085081 | Optical device and projector An optical device (44) includes fluid circulating member link sections (446) that can link a plurality of fluid circulating members (448). The fluid circulating member link sections (446) are arranged respectively between a main tank (... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7082849 | Apparatus and method for extracting volatile constituents A method and apparatus for ensuring the collecting volatile constituents contained in a solid sample S such as leaf tobacco. In particular, a sample vessel 10 for containing a sample of a solid containing volatile constituents, a gas feeding device 16 ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076371 | Non-invasive diagnostic and monitoring method and apparatus based on odor detection A set of volatile markers are determined which are characteristic of a particular condition or disease, and which will be found in the exhaled breath of a person or odor from other parts of a body or from an entity. These markers are detected in the breath odor or g... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7071437 | System for detecting the presence of harmful materials in an incoming mail stream A system including a mailpiece sorting apparatus which includes a feeder, an OCR scanner, a mailpiece deliverer, a diverter and output module, compartments or bins for receiving sorted mailpieces, an optical character recognition system for reading addressee informa... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7051572 | Process for determining the odor-inhibiting properties of textile auxiliaries Gaseous or volatile substances which are either themselves odor-active or components of odor-active mixtures of substances are applied to fabrics. The amount of these substances adsorbed by the textiles is then determined. It is then determined what amount of these ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052854 | Application of nanotechnology and sensor technologies for ex-vivo diagnostics Systems and methods for the ex vivo diagnostic analysis of samples of bodily fluids, including exhaled breath and blood. The present invention uses nanostructure-based assemblies in combination with sensor technology to provide an efficient and accurate means for id... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051573 | Gas sensor chamber and odor detection method The invention relates to a chamber (2) for gas sensors (9) to be used in a device (1) for detecting aromas or odors. The chamber (2) comprises three portions (5, 6, 7) in which there is a uniform, turbulence-free flow (F) of gas or... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7041468 | Blood glucose tracking apparatus and methods A measurement module for glucose testing includes a glucose testing measurement module housing, a test strip receptacle formed in the housing, and a connector portion formed in the housing and shaped to permit mechanical removable attachment of the housing to a hand... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043129 | Wide bandgap semiconductor waveguide structures A waveguide structure for transmitting broad spectrum light, includes a wide bandgap semiconductor thin film arranged on a substrate and ablated to form a waveguide channel to transmit the broad spectrum light. ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036454 | Insect holder An insect holder for holding an insect, e.g. a forager honey bee, comprises a housing with a chamber adapted to receive the insect, an inlet to the chamber through which the insect can pass to enter the chamber, and a head opening to the chamber adapted to permit th... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7017416 | Disposable pressure diaphragm and wireless sensor systems and methods A disposable and wireless sensor system and method are disclosed. In general, a pressure diaphragm can be connected to one or more reusable Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) probe heads, which are associated with an antenna for wirelessly receiving or transmitting signals... | 03/28/2006 |
