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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8156788 | Supercritical-phase mixed chromatography method and installation for implementing same A method for the superficial-phase chromatography of a product comprises the steps which are performed continuously in the following order, namely: an operation consisting in pumping a supercritical fluid; and operation consisting of injecting at least one sample of... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7954360 | Field mounted analyzer with a graphical user interface The present invention is directed to a field-mounted analyzer having a graphical user interface (GUI). The analyzer has a display screen visible from the exterior of the housing. A plurality of magnetically-actuatable switches are mounted behind the display screen. ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7849726 | Gas chromatograph with digital processing of thermoconductivity detector signals A gas chromatograph for connection to a source of carrier gas and a source of a sample gas. The gas chromatograph includes a first bridge circuit with a sample sensor connected therein and a second bridge circuit with a reference sensor connected therein. The output... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7422625 | Methods and systems for characterizing a sorbent tube Disclosed are systems and methods that include providing a vessel having an inlet and an outlet for communicating a carrier gas through the vessel; determining a differential pressure between the inlet and the outlet for a known flow rate at the outlet; and, determi... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7396386 | Method and apparatus for keeping constant the retention times in a gaschromatographic analysis A method for obtaining reproducibility of the retention times of the components of a mixture to be analysed in an apparatus for gaschromatographic analysis provided with a capillary column, when there occurs one of the following variations: variation in the length o... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7359804 | System and method for calibrating remote emissions sensing instruments A system and method is provided for obtaining calibration curves for CO and CO2 during laboratory calibration of one or more remote emissions sensing (RES) instruments, and for self-calibration of on-road RES instruments to compensate for changes in backg... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357043 | Chemical trace detection portal based on the natural airflow and heat transfer of vehicles A portal is provided with a detector for detecting trace amounts of substances of interest that may be retained on the surface or interior of a vehicular subject. The portal relies upon the continuous process by which microscopic flakes of dust, dirt, pollen, and ot... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7305866 | Mass spectrometry A method of gas chromatograph mass spectrometry with a negative chemical ionization (NCI) process includes analyzing a standard substance for the NCI by deriving with a derivatization reagent a fatty acid with a multiple number of carbon atoms, measuring the standar... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7299710 | Hand-held trace vapor/particle sampling system A sampling system that contains filter components for collecting and concentrating vapor and particles in high-volume flows. The sample is then vaporized and delivered to a detector at a low-volume flow. The invention also has a sampling probe that contains an air-j... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7274994 | Exhaust opacity measuring device A remote emissions sensing system and method for sensing exhaust emissions from motor vehicles is provided where the system determines the opacity of an exhaust plume. The system comprises a radiation source that emits radiation which is passed through the exhaust p... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267796 | Preparative liquid chromatograph using plural detectors The preparative liquid chromatograph uses a plurality of detectors including a mass spectrometer, and a chromatogram generator is provided for generating a plurality of chromatograms each corresponding to each of the plurality of detectors. The plurality of chromato... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7267709 | Methods and systems for characterizing a sorbent tube Disclosed are systems and methods that include providing a vessel having an adsorbent disposed therein, the vessel having an inlet and an outlet for communicating a carrier gas through the vessel; determining a differential pressure between the inlet and the outlet ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7258132 | Electronically controlled back pressure regulator An electronically controlled back pressure regulator comprises an analysis device having a vent coupled to the analysis device through a vent path, a pressure sensor coupled to the vent path, a proportional valve coupled to the vent path, the proportional valve conf... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7246013 | Data processor for use in chromatographic analysis A data processor for analyzing chromatograms in detail and collecting analysis-associated information necessary for verification of data validity throughout an analysis process. The data processor includes a first data collecting section which collects and records a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7225085 | Precision gas flow meter A precision gas flow meter that is capable of measuring small flow rates of gasses precisely in the range of 0.01 to 10 L per minute. The meter is designed to measure the gas flow in small volume increments of predetermined value, and therefore can be used to measur... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7194924 | System and method for biohazard detection using compression The present invention includes a system and method for detecting contaminated objects, for example mail pieces, through use of a pinching device that compresses the objects, thereby possibly releasing potential contaminant-containing particles into the air in a clos... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191037 | Method for controlling production process A method for controlling production process by performing near-infrared absorptiometric analysis by simple procedures in an accurate manner, in which control of production process step can be realized at a high accuracy by simple operation based on the thereby obtai... | 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 |
| 7140231 | Evolved gas analyzing method and apparatus An evolved gas analysis system contains a first measurement step of heating a first sample containing measurement target material and non-measurement target material at a predetermined temperature programming rate and detecting the amount of gas evolved from the fir... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7135056 | Method and system for sub-ambient pressure control for column head pressure in gas chromatography systems Methods and system for sub-ambient pressure control for column head pressure in gas chromatography (GC) systems. The GC system includes an inlet and a capillary column connected to the inlet. The inlet includes a valve that regulates an inlet pressure and pressure s... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7113277 | System and method of aerosolized agent capture and detection System and method of aerosolized agent detection. Multi-part collection tape is employed for capturing particles of interest for immediate analysis and optional forensic preservation and recording information related to capture and subsequent real-time analysis. Las... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111494 | Methods and systems for characterizing a sorbent tube Disclosed are systems and methods that include providing a vessel having an adsorbent disposed therein, the vessel having an inlet and an outlet for communicating a carrier gas through the vessel; determining a differential pressure between the inlet and the outlet ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110886 | Method and apparatus for analyzing multi-channel chromatogram A method for analyzing a multi-channel chromatogram is realized for accurately resolving overlapping peaks on a multi-channel chromatogram to permit analysis of the composition of a sample. First, components of overlapping peaks are specified. A data matrix Dij is d... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7110925 | Security checkpoint simulation The present invention provides a system and method for simulating a security checkpoint. While the present invention is presented in the context of an airport, the simulation may be easily adapted for any type of security checkpoint at any location. Specifically, th... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7056745 | Diagnostic method and apparatus Diagnostic method, based on the amounts of biogenic amines that are contained in a body fluid or other sample. A number of measured parameters related to the desired diagnostic information are derived from the amounts. For each diagnostic information desired, an inp... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7026611 | Analytical instruments, ionization sources, and ionization methods Methods and apparatus for simultaneous vaporization and ionization of a sample in a spectrometer prior to introducing the sample into the drift tube of the analyzer are disclosed. The apparatus includes a vaporization/ionization source having an electrically conduct... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019640 | Sensor suite and communication system for cargo monitoring and identification A system and method for monitoring a cargo container. The novel system (100) includes a sensor module (10) mounted in each target area (20) and a central monitoring system (40). Each sensor module (10) includes one or more sensors ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016789 | Exhaust opacity measuring device A remote emissions sensing system and method for sensing exhaust emissions from motor vehicles is provided where the system determines the opacity of an exhaust plume. The system comprises a radiation source that emits radiation which is passed through the exhaust p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6966216 | Leakage detecting device for sealed packages The object of this invention is to provide a leakage-detecting device for sealed packages that is capable of performing detection continuously for all sealed packages when performing leakage detection for sealed packages. This invention comprises a conveyor b... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6959248 | Real-time detection method and system for identifying individual aerosol particles A method and system of identifying individual aerosol particles in real time. Sample aerosol particles are compared against and identified with substantially matching known particle types by producing positive and negative test spectra of an individual aerosol parti... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6946300 | Multi-modal detection of explosives, narcotics, and other chemical substances A compact scanning apparatus has an infrared laser adapted to emit light. The light is delivered as a beam by an optical system to illuminate an interrogation area on the surface of an object being scanned to cause selective desorption of molecules of the contraband... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6946842 | Analytical instrument and processes An analytical instrument for analyzing biohazardous specimens is provided. The instrument provides means for exposing only the sample chamber to the containment area. A process for analyzing a biohazardous sample is also provided. ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944549 | Method and apparatus for automated detection of peaks in spectroscopic data A method and apparatus are provided for identifying peaks in spectral data. A method in accordance with some embodiments includes sorting the spectral data by spectral parameter values; detecting peaks in the data; integrating peak areas; identifying any coeluting p... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6936814 | Median filter for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry data High-intensity, spiked noise is reduced in chromatography-mass spectrometry data by applying a nonlinear filter such as a moving median filter to the data. The filter is applied to individual mass chromatograms, plots of ion abundance versus retention time for each ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934638 | Method and apparatus for analyzing multi-channel chromatogram A method for analyzing a multichannel chromatogram is realized for accurately resolving overlapping peaks on a multichannel chromatogram to permit analysis of the composition of a sample. ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6920802 | Adsorption trap for the detection of surface-active agents in gas streams A method and apparatus are provided for adsorbing surface-active compounds, such as corrosion inhibitors and water, from pressurized gas streams utilizing existing gas pipeline sampling valves. The apparatus includes an adsorption trap assembly containing an adsorpt... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6904784 | Liquid chromatographic method and system To economically perform preparatory chromatography, a plurality of pumps each having a corresponding one of a plurality of pistons and a corresponding one of a plurality of cylinders are driven by one motor to draw and pump solvent simultaneously into corresponding ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6845650 | Gas chromatograph A gas chromatograph in which the substances of a substance mixture that is to be analyzed are separated in a separation device and are detected in a detector device. An evaluation device (10) provides a result (11) in the form of a quantitative determi... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6841391 | Medical applications of artificial olfactometry The present invention provides methods for detecting the presence of an analyte indicative of various medical conditions, including halitosis, periodontal disease and other diseases are also disclosed. ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6837096 | Low-power gas chromatograph A low-power gas chromatograph is provided including an optional air sampler module, an injector, an analytical column, a pulsed-flame photometric detector, and a computer system. The gas chromatograph of the present invention is designed for portable use such that t... | 01/04/2005 |
