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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8082810 | Microfluidic elastic micro-aliquotter Disclosed is a microfluidic device comprising at least one micro-aliquotter for dispensing fixed or variable volumes. The micro-aliquotter includes an rigid, dimensionally stable foundational layer having a fluid port therein that is in fluid communication with a ch... | 12/27/2011 |
| 7938029 | Simplified oil sampling assembly An oil sampling assembly structured to collect an oil sample from the oil circulating system of an engine or other device and including a housing connected in fluid communication with the oil circulating system and having a container removably connected thereto. Dur... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7866222 | Mobile vacuum sampling system A mobile vacuum sampling system comprising: an inlet; a first filter; a gas sample vacuum pump; a solenoid valve; a sample tube; a pressure gauge; a first block valve; a second filter; a micro filter; a gasifier; a gas analyzer; and a computational, recording and/or... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7802486 | Portable discrete groundwater sampling system Methods and systems are presented for discrete sampling of groundwater. The methods and systems presented are directed toward collecting groundwater samples at one or more locations below ground surface using one or more portable, vacuum-activated sampling devices i... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7607363 | Liquid volume metering device and method The present invention discloses a liquid volumetric device comprising a metering tube, a start sensor, an end sensor, a bath for storage of a sample to be metered, a vacuum chamber and a pump for pumping out air inside the vacuum chamber to form a negative pressure ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7448288 | Scent evidence transfer device An improved scent transfer device for collecting evidence at a crime scene. The device comprises an air inflator with a gas cartridge coupled to an air amplifier. A holder having a sterile pad positioned therein is secured to the air amplifier. When gas from the car... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7437959 | In-water hull cleaning sampling device An In-Water Hull Cleaning Sampling Device includes a sampling chamber, a drive shaft housing, a drive shaft sealing membrane, a drive shaft, a spring retainer, a pressure spring, a cleaning pad, a mechanical drive device and a chamber sealing means. The sampling cha... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435339 | Filter device integrating sampled volume control The invention relates to a drainage device for a filter unit for microbiological testing of liquids, said drainage device including a mechanical support (10), which is adapted to receive a filter unit (16), and an suction pump (22) connected to ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430930 | Sampler for taking a defined amount of sample of a fluid medium from a sample-taking site A sampler for taking a defined amount of sample of a fluid medium from a sample-taking site, with a tubular line, which can be brought into contact with the fluid medium at the sample-taking site, for conducting the fluid medium into at least one sample storing rece... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428848 | Electrostatic sampler and method The present invention is an electrostatic collector for low cost, high throughput, high efficiency sampling and concentration of bioaerosols. The device is small enough to be portable and can be contained within or placed on the wall of a typical office or hospital ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7363830 | Discrete volume sampling device using a vacuum A discrete volume vacuum sampling device is provided with a vacuum tube, a sample tube, and a sample container. The container defines a discrete volume of product to be sampled from a product bed within a processing machine. The sampler tube extends between the cont... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7270996 | Automated bioculture and bioculture experiments system The present invention provides a feedback controlled bioculture platform for use as a precision cell biology research tool and for clinical cell growth and maintenance applications. The system provides individual closed-loop flowpath cartridges, with integrated, ase... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267017 | Method to test indoor air quality A method that allows an individual to personally test for contaminants in an air supply. The method consists of purchasing the test kit, placing the test kit on a device that produces air circulation and blowing air through the test kit. The test kit is then removed... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261008 | Air sampler An air sampler having a fan; an air inlet tube; a main body having a cyclonic cup, a stripping column and a demister; and fluidic circuitry for inputting fluids to the main body and the air inlet tube, and for outputting fluids from the main body. Air flow through t... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7216556 | Tubing for transporting air samples in an air monitoring system An air monitoring system includes a tubing having a metallic inner layer and an outer jacket to provide optimal transport of air samples. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7207160 | Vacuum packaging appliance with vacuum side channel latches A vacuum packaging appliance for forming a hermetically sealed evacuated container. The appliance includes a lid adapted to define a vacuum chamber when moved to a closed position relative to a trough in the lower portion of the appliance. The trough in the lower po... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7188537 | Bung for an aspiration assembly A bung for an aspiration assembly sample collection tube, the bung (1) has a top surface (3), a tapered side surface (7) for fitting into the sample tube and a lower surface (5). First and second apertures (9, 11) extend through th... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7173257 | Integrated assembly for delivery of air stream for optical analysis An integrated particle detection apparatus for optical detection of particles in an air stream. The particle detection apparatus includes a scalper for removing large panicles from the air stream, a concentrator for separating out small particles and increasing the ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162896 | Apparatus for checking the formation of scale, and water-carrying appliance An apparatus allows monitoring the formation of scale. The apparatus makes it possible to determine the degree of water hardness or a tendency of the degree of water hardness to change over time and to take measures for adjusting the desired degree of water hardness... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7159445 | Sniffing leak detector and method for operation thereof A sniffing leak detector includes a handpiece, supporting a sniffing tip, the detector further including a gas sensor. To promote longer life and obtaining more accurate results, the leak detector is equipped with an acceleration sensor for recording the movements o... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7159475 | Apparatus and method of sampling semivolatile compounds An apparatus and method for sampling semivolatile compounds is disclosed. A collection bag is placed around an air conditioning vent on an aircraft. An opening in the collection bag receives air from the air conditioning vent into the bag. An exit in the collection ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143697 | Apparatus and method for identifying ammunition The present invention is directed to identifying ammunition. In one embodiment, an identifiable ammunition cartridge includes a bullet having a first identification surface, a casing having a second identification surface, and an identifying code positioned on at le... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138461 | Fluorine-containing copolymer molding material A molding material consisting of a fluorine-containing copolymer, which has a metal elution index η of at most 10 as the total amount in ng of metals of Na, Mg, Cu, Cr, Ni, K, Ca and Fe per 1 g of the molding material, as obtained by elution analysis of the molding... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7114370 | Air quality sampler using solid phase coated material A method and apparatus for monitoring air quality is provided. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7100461 | Portable contaminant sampling system The invention is a portable sampling system for sampling various media for contaminants. The media sample can include gases, liquids, and dry powders. The contaminant sample can include gaseous components, particulates of various kinds, and microorganisms. The syste... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100424 | Apparatus for accessing container security threats and method of use A system and method for accessing the security threat of a cargo container by sampling the air contained therein. The system is capable of analyzing the air disposed within the container for security threats including chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7092077 | System and method for monitoring contamination The present invention provides passive sampling systems and methods for monitoring contaminants in a semiconductor processing system. In one embodiment, that passive sampling system comprises a collection device in fluid communication with a sample line that provide... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083476 | Base for a headlight lamp and headlight lamp A base for a headlight lamp, which has a plastic base part having at least two electrical connections, which have a first end with a contact face, the first ends protruding from the base part when mounted such that the contact faces are perpendicular to the longitud... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7062982 | Method and apparatus for concentrated airborne particle collection An apparatus for collecting biological aerosols from an air sample is provided comprising an air intake assembly adapted to draw the air sample into the apparatus, a separation section coupled to the intake assembly and adapted to separate aerosol particles from the... | 06/20/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7040157 | Variable depth automated dynamic water profiler A winch-based system is used to raise and lower a hydrological probe into a water column to automatically dynamically obtain measurement data of a water column at incremental depths over selected time intervals. The winch-based system can be powered by a relatively ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028562 | Vacuum membrane extraction system The present invention relates to apparatus for sampling and analysis of gas phase molecules. A source of negative pressure is used to draw gas phase molecules through a gas-permeable membrane. The gas phase molecules are then directed into an analyzer, suitably a ga... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7006929 | Signal detecting sensor provided with multi-electrode A sensor capable of simply and quickly measuring the electrical activities of a number of cells simultaneously and a device comprising the sensor and capable of detecting the signal transmission between subject cells are provided. The sensor comprises a plurality of... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6993985 | Method and device for fluid sampling A fluid stream sampler enables variable flow rate controlled air sampling, as an attachment to a vacuum source, typically a household vacuum cleaner. The fluid stream sampler includes a housing body having a vacuum outlet opening and a sampling port inlet. A volumet... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6978688 | Semipermeable membrane-based sampling systems The device and methods relate to a sampling device for obtaining samples of analytes in a difficult-to-reach sampling location, such as below ground or underwater, and transporting the sample to an accessible delivery or collection site. The sampling device comprise... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976386 | Tensiometer methods A method for collecting data regarding a matric potential of a media includes providing a tensiometer having a stainless steel tensiometer casing, the stainless steel tensiometer casing comprising a tip portion which includes a wetted porous stainless steel membrane... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6966236 | Selective profiling of bulk building material for characterization using a concrete contamination profiling technology Disclosed is a method and system to characterize the contamination levels of bulk materials, the method comprises drilling into the material, sampling material from the drill point at predetermined intervals, and analyzing the sampled material. Such an embodiment ma... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6948391 | Probe with integral vent, sampling port and filter element A probe with an integral filtered vent and sampling port has a hollow shaft configured as a drill bit which in use passes through the lid of a drum containing waste products within a liner. The hollow shaft has a penetrating tip and at lest two radial bores, one of ... | 09/27/2005 |
