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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7241616 | System for culturing human cells and tissues Disclosed is a human cell/tissue culturing system including a plurality of incubators, each incubator capable of aseptically storing/culturing cell(s) or tissue(s) derived from a (human) individual and identifying the cell(s) or the tissue(s) during incubation, wher... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7158863 | Programmable controller for condition air curtains A programmable electronic controller that provides multiple command and control instruction for an air curtain being integrated therewith. The controller includes operational controls for fan speed, time adjustment duration including time delay, start time, stop tim... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7081226 | System and method for fluorescence monitoring A thermal cycling method and device is disclosed. The device comprises a sample chamber whose temperature can be rapidly and accurately modulated over a range of temperatures needed to carry out a number of biological procedures, such as the DNA polymerase chain rea... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7028913 | Process for humidifying the useful space in an incubator and in a controlled atmosphere incubator For humidifying a work space in a gas-fed incubator, water in a heatable pan in the floor area of an inner container surrounding the work space is evaporated with temperature-controlled heating of the interior until a predetermined temperature is reached, whereby a ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7021552 | Method and installation for controlling the temperature in a controlled-climate chamber The invention relates to a method for controlling the temperature in a controlled-climate chamber, wherein: an organism, such as a plant or an animal, is placed in the controlled-climate chamber; the temperature in the controlled-climate chamber is kept essentially ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6981649 | Electronic control for heating apparatus A power control device for automatically and proportionately metering power to a heating device used to create a warm microenvironment conducive to the health and growth of an animal during a predetermined incubation period is herein disclosed. The power control dev... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6935567 | Incubator The present invention provides an incubator which can release pressure applied to a vessel side by upper heating means, and can simplify an opening/closing structure of a reaction chamber. The gist of the present invention resides in an incubator comprising a reacti... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6694175 | Method of monitoring the body temperature of human embryos and hatchlings Infrared microthermography for human embryos and hatchlings. Body temperature is monitored using an infrared camera attached to a microscope. Body temperature is maintained by passing body temperature data through a feedback loop that serves to control bo... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6679432 | Audible indication of disconnection between a convective device and an air hose in a convective warming system In a convective treatment system a wind-actuated instrument mounted near an end of an air hose provides, generates, issues, or sounds an audible alarm when the end becomes disconnected from a convective device and pressurized air continues to flow through... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6666681 | Circulating agricultural building heaters Agricultural forced air heaters marketed for use in farm buildings which house poultry, swine, and livestock are quite susceptible to the accumulation of dust and other particles. These heaters are gas fired units having combustion, air mixing, blower and... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6593131 | Cultivating apparatus with sterilizing lamp A cultivating apparatus designed so that cultivating containers for cultivating cultures can be mounted therein and the inside of the apparatus is hermetically sealed by closing a door of said apparatus to cultivate the cultures, is provided with a steril... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6464715 | Intensive multidirectional phototherapy device Disclosed is a phototherapy device for treating icterus in new-born patients, comprising a light box with at least one light source arranged in the box for illuminating the patient and a support for the patient to be placed upon which is at least partiall... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6255103 | Cultivating apparatus with sterilizing lamp A cultivating apparatus designed so that cultivating containers for cultivating cultures can be mounted therein and the inside of the apparatus is hermetically sealed by closing a door of said apparatus to cultivate the cultures, is provided with a steril... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6177271 | Ambient temperature stabilization control system for laboratory incubator A laboratory incubator (10) having an improved temperature control assembly (14) that more effectively maintains the temperature within the incubator in a desired range and more accurately controls the rate of heat loss from the laboratory incubators as a... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6133548 | Apparatus and method for heating microscope slides In accordance with the apparatus of the invention, a preferably vertically upstanding housing is provided, internally thereof, with a rack structure having an upstanding series of shelves, or other microscope-slide-supporting members, spaced one above ano... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6117687 | Controlled atmosphere incubator A controlled atmosphere incubator having an interior chamber surrounded by a heated water jacket. A glass access door of the chamber is directly heated by a clear, electrically conductive coating. The door is sealed against the perimeter of the opening by... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5792427 | Controlled atmosphere incubator A controlled atmosphere incubator having an interior chamber surrounded by a heated water jacket. A glass access door of the chamber is directly heated by a clear, electrically conductive coating. The door is sealed against the perimeter of the opening by... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5730355 | Infant incubator An infant incubator in which the heater for heating the air circulated through the incubator and the speed of the fan which forces air across the heater to circulate through the incubator are controlled to increase the temperature of the heated air and de... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5707006 | Infant incubator heater assembly An infant incubator heater assembly having a heat radiator which is removably mounted, so that it can be removed for cleaning and maintenance. The heat radiator has a plurality of radially extending fins. In the removal and installation of the heat radiat... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5681492 | Incubator for micro titer plates An incubator is provided wherein the individual wells of a Micro Titer Plate are heated by means of a continuous temperature regulated flow of warm air (typically 37° C.) blowing through a series of holes from a plate underneath onto the bottom of the we... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5635397 | Thermal chamber for temperature control of biological specimens A thermal chamber, e.g. for culturing bacteria, has between a pair of sidewalls, a plurality of replaceable bridge members or plates which can be formed with undulating broad surfaces or grooves to accommodate flasks so that gaps between the plates receiv... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5240406 | Gas heater In a gas heater, a ceramic heater is used to ignite gas supplied to a gas burner. The ceramic heater is disposed in flame while the gas is burnt such that a change in the resistance value of the ceramic heater is sensed by a resistance value sensor to det... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5162038 | Infant warmer open bed An infant warmer is provided with a heating element for directing radiant heat onto an infant support surface and a temperature sensing probe attachable to the skin of an infant. A heater control which, in an automatic mode, supplies a control signal to a... | 11/10/1992 |
| 5149654 | Incubation device for microtiter plates An incubation apparatus for microtiter plates includes an heating chamber and a incubation chamber. The heating chamber has a controllable hot air generator over which are arranged air guide devices for equalizing and distributing a stream of hot air to t... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5090617 | Incubator heating system An automatic incubator comprises a chamber surrounded by a water jacket and insulation and provided with temperature and gas level sensors, a gas injection solenoid valve and separate water jacket and air heaters together with microprocessor proportional-... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4852799 | Weatherized, baffled, gas filtered, semi-automatic heating system for a poultry house or the like This invention discloses a heating and cooling system for buildings, such as poultry buildings, that provides clean, filtered gas fuel, efficiently burns gas fuel by providing adjustable airflow profile plates that blocks cold air from reaching the inside... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4700887 | Environmental control system for poultry houses Method and apparatus for controlling environmental conditions in an animal house, and particularly in a poultry house, for producing maximum economic return. The static parameters of the house are determined, and thereafter continuous measurements are mad... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4679615 | Method and apparatus for heating and/or cooling objects simultaneously at different preselected temperatures Apparatus and method are described for heating and/or cooling a plurality of objects simultaneously at different preselected temperatures, wherein a predetermined temperature difference is established between two spaced points on a heat-conductive member ... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4429829 | Interactive dual probe temperature control system A dual probe interactive, control system for accurately controlling the temperature within a specified area has a controlling temperature probe located for fast response times and used in association with a controllable setpoint for modulating a heating/c... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4384193 | Incubating device for specimen mounted on glass slides in immunoassays An incubating device particularly adapted for aligning an array of microscope slides bearing a tissue section, sample or specimen, and incubating the same with a series of test or reagent solutions at a higher-than-ambient temperature, is disclosed. The i... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4171770 | Poultry brooder system A poultry raising system includes a house having one or more enclosed sections with at least one section provided with a plurality of hovers and all of the sections having peripheral heat assemblies. All hovers and heat assemblies are equipped with sealed... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4054416 | Apparatus for use in investigating specimens The apparatus comprises a turntable carrying, in a circular array centered on a central rotational axis of the turntable, a plurality of vials extending below the underside of the turntable. A stepper motor imparts stepwise rotational motion to the turnta... | 10/18/1977 |
| 4045179 | Temperature control apparatus for use in investigating specimens The apparatus comprises a turntable carrying, in a circular array centered on a central rotational axis of the turntable, a plurality of vials extending below the underside of the turntable. A stepper motor imparts stepwise rotational motion to the turnta... | 08/30/1977 |
| 3976243 | Gas fuel control system for multiple brooder installations A gas fuel supply control system for a plurality of poultry brooders arranged in a series and each having a gas fired main burner. The control system includes an electrically activated main gas regulating valve device electrically controlled by electrical... | 08/24/1976 |
