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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7427501 | System and method for optically monitoring the concentration of a gas, or the pressure, in a sample vial to detect sample growth A system and method employing infrared laser spectrography and dual wavelength modulation to monitor the concentration of a gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide, in the sample vial, or to monitor the pressure in the sample vial, to thus detect for microorganism gro... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7368722 | Method and apparatus for detecting ionizing radiation A method for detecting ionizing radiation with the aid of a scintillation counter and a photomultiplier using an inorganic solid-matter scintillator that incorporates at least one decay time component greater than 100 ns and measures the photons emitted by the scint... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7355699 | Optical detector for a particle sorting system An optical system for acquiring fast spectra from spatially channel arrays includes a light source for producing a light beam that passes through the microfluidic chip or the channel to be monitored, one or more lenses or optical fibers for capturing the light from ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352844 | Method and system for automatically scanning and imaging the contents of a moving target The system and method described herein facilitate back-to-back automatic scanning of moving vehicles without have the vehicles stop in the scanning zone. The system includes a scanning zone that comprises a radiation source and a radiation source detector. The syste... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7285242 | Biochemical analysis unit and biochemical analyzing method using the same A biochemical analysis unit includes a substrate made of a material capable of attenuating radiation energy and/or light energy and formed with a plurality of holes, and a plurality of absorptive regions formed by forming an absorptive region in every hole. Accordin... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7224470 | Method and apparatus for measuring surface configuration A method of measuring the surface configuration of a liquid surface, e.g. to measure surface tension. Liquid samples are confined in wells, e.g. of a multi-well microtitle plate, and a light beam is passed through the sample offset from the centre of the well. The i... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215738 | Method and system for automatically scanning and imaging the contents of a moving target The system and method described herein facilitate back-to-back automatic scanning of moving vehicles without have the vehicles stop in the scanning zone. The system includes a scanning zone that comprises a radiation source and a radiation source detector. The syste... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7194360 | Method of determining radioactive nuclides A method of simply and quickly determining α-ray releasing nuclides having long half-life without carrying out a chemical separation is provided. By inputting a data of pulses incident to an α-ray detector in a computer, obtaining time distribution of the i... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7183103 | Instrument for monitoring polymerase chain reaction of DNA An optical instrument monitors PCR replication of DNA in a reaction apparatus having a temperature cycled block with vials of reaction ingredients including dye that fluoresces in presence of double-stranded DNA. A beam splitter passes an excitation beam to the vial... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7151262 | Radioactive gas measurement apparatus and failed fuel detection system To provide a radioactive gas measurement apparatus that is simply constructed and can efficiently measure Xe-133 in a radioactive gas on-line under the condition that the radioactive gas is mixed with interference N-13, an apparatus is provided for measuring a radia... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7122321 | High throughput method for functionally classifying proteins identified using a genomics approach The present invention provides a method for functionally classifying a protein that is capable of unfolding due to a thermal change. The method comprises screening one or more of a multiplicity of different molecules for their ability to shift the thermal unfolding ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7087732 | Nucleotides and analogs having photoremovable protecting groups A synthetic strategy for the creation of large scale chemical diversity. Solid-phase chemistry, photolabile protecting groups, and photolithography are used to achieve light-directed spatially-addressable parallel chemical synthesis. Binary masking techniques are ut... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7008789 | Instrument for monitoring polymerase chain reaction of DNA An optical instrument monitors PCR replication of DNA in a reaction apparatus having a temperature cycled block with vials of reaction ingredients including dye that fluoresces in presence of double-stranded DNA. A beam splitter passes an excitation beam to the vial... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7005029 | Method of making a multi-well test plate having adhesively secured transparent bottom panel A method of making a multi-well test plate including an upper frame portion and a glass panel secured to a lower side of the upper frame portion with a layer of light-curable adhesive. The upper frame portion includes a plurality of walls defining adjacent wells for... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6965105 | Scanning system and method for scanning a plurality of samples A system for detecting fluorescence emitted from a plurality of samples in a sample tray is provided. The system generally includes a plurality of lenses positioned in a linear arrangement, a linear actuator configured to translate the plurality of lenses, an excita... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6919211 | Polypeptide arrays The present invention provides methods and apparatus for sequencing, fingerprinting and mapping biological macromolecules, typically biological polymers. The methods make use of a plurality of sequence specific recognition reagents which can also be used for classif... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6915518 | System and method for runtime reallocation of PLD resources A system and method for allocating resources of programmable logic devices (PLDs) according to activity level. In various embodiments, the activity levels of functions implemented on the PLDs are monitored. When decreasing and/or increasing activity levels are detec... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6774366 | Image integration and multiple laser source projection An apparatus and method for enhancing an image relayed by a central beam of collimated light centered on the optical axis of a lens with an aperture area of A and focused on the focal plane of the lens. The apparatus having an aperture at least n times as big as A c... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6716350 | Microplate protective tray undercover A laboratory device design particularly for a multiplate format that includes a tray having at least one well with a support associated with the well, and a removable undercover. The undercover protects the support or membrane from external contamination without cau... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6703616 | Apparatus and a method for measuring radiation A method and an apparatus for measuring low energy radiation from a sample provided on a sample carrier (6, 6I). The sample is positioned in a shielded cavity (8) between two oppositely aligned Geiger-Muller tubes (11, 12) such that sample radi... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6677606 | Dopa and dopamine modification of metal oxide semiconductors, method for attaching biological molecules to semiconductors A method is provided for selective binding and detecting target molecules, and a method for detecting biological molecules, the method comprising supplying a semi-conductor capable of charge pair separation, and juxtaposing affinity moieties to the semi-c... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6630679 | Sample changer for transferring radioactive samples between a hot cell and a measuring apparatus A sample changer for transferring radioactive samples between a hot cell (12) and a measuring apparatus (10), as e.g. a hybrid K-edge densitometer, comprises a transfer channel (28) axially extending through a tubular containment (22) between the charging... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6627902 | Dose reading device and dose reading magazine A dose reading device comprises: an ultraviolet irradiating section 40 for irradiating an ultraviolet laser beam forming an excitation light source for fluorescent glass elements X; a fluorescence detecting section 50 for detecting a radiation exposure do... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6624427 | Dosimeter glass element, method for manufacturing same, and dosimeter holder A cylindrical silver-activated phosphate glass base material 2 is placed inside a heater 1. The upper end of this base material 2 is set in a supporting section 3, and an extending section 4 provided in vertically movable fashion by means of a drive devic... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6546786 | Methods and apparatus for detection of radioactivity in liquid samples Methods and devices for stop flow detection and measurement of radioactivity in liquid samples are provided. In some embodiments, the invention includes precise positioning of fractions within a flow cell detection area. Novel flow cells and methods provi... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6492642 | Method for identifying radionuclides in probes using a liquid scintillation sensor The invention relates to the field of radio-ecological monitoring, in particular to a method for measuring the content of radionuclides in components of the environment. The technical result is enhancement of the sensitivity of liquid scintillation analys... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6143250 | Multi-vessel container for testing fluids A multiple vessel container for testing fluids comprises a gap part formed to have a width smaller than the caliber of a front end portion of a liquid sucking/discharging line. The gap part has a shape capable of aspirating and discharging all liquid thro... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6025129 | Remotely programmable matrices with memories and uses thereof Combinations, called matrices with memories, of matrix materials with remotely addressable or remotely programmable recording devices that contain at least one data storage unit are provided. The matrix materials are those that are used in as supports in ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5999253 | Apparatus and method for spectrometry A device and a method are intended for use in a spectroscopic analysis, especially performed with the aid of Raman spectroscopy, of a solid sample, such as a tablet (1). By means of a sample holder (7), the sample (1) is positioned in relation to an excit... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5952218 | Container holder reflectance flag A bottle retaining mechanism holds a culture bottle in place in a cell in an incubating apparatus which agitates the culture bottle and detects the growth of microorganisms in the culture bottle. When a bottle is not present in the cell of the apparatus, ... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5888825 | Method and device for monitoring changes in an array of sensor containing bottles Monitoring apparatus comprises a support device for receiving a plurality of items to be monitored in an array, each item having a unique machine-readable identifying reference associated therewith, the arrangement being such that the items are movable to... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5866907 | Ultralow background multiple photon detector An ultralow background multiphoton detectors device for radioisotopes has a background of about one count per day. Two opposed gamma and X-ray photon detectors each preferably include a scintillation crystal and a photomultiplier tube. Sandwiched between ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5568253 | Sample holder for sample testing apparatus A holder for samples to be analyzed in a spectrometer is made of a polymer to avoid introducing metal contaminates into the test from the usual metal holder. The preferred polymer is polyvinylidenefluoride (PDVF). The holder uses less expensive polymers f... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5416329 | Apparatus for counting liquid scintillation samples A device for counting liquid scintillation samples which can count a single sample or several samples simultaneously. A transport system moves samples from a storage section to a counting section. The samples are placed on sample plate holders to assist t... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5416328 | Method for evaluating sample activities in a multidetector liquid scintillation counter A method for the evaluation of sample activities in multidetector liquid scintillation counters. All prepared quench curve standards are measured only in one reference detector in order to establish the relationship between the quench levels and the count... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5367170 | Method for measuring samples with liquid scintillation counting and a counter A method and a liquid scintillation counter for measuring a sample, a mixture of the specimen to be analysed and a scintillator, in a liquid scintillation counter where the sample (14) is measured with two photo multiplier tubes (23, 24) situated on diffe... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5357114 | Method for use in liquid scintillation counting for detecting, recording and analyzing scintillation phenomena A method for use in liquid scintillation counting for detecting, recording and analyzing scintillation phenomena due to ionizing radiation in a device having a measuring chamber into which the sample is placed and which sample is measured with at least tw... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5329123 | Method and a device for preventing optical crosstalk between liquid scintillation samples deposited on transculcent sample plates An invention for preventing optical crosstalk in a process of counting liquid scintillation samples deposited in a sample plate, the sample plate composed of a plurality of sample wells, the optical crosstalk being caused by mutual optical affection betwe... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5324943 | Method for scintillation counting and a scintillation counter with adjustable coincidence resolving time A method for scintillation counting and a scintillation counter exploiting a coincidence technique, in which the coincidence resolving time is flexible and can be automatically adjusted to fit the scintillation characteristics of each sample separately. T... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5321261 | Normalization technique for photon-counting luminometer A normalization system for multi-photodetector single photon counting luminescent measuring systems and a standard for use in the same. The method comprises calculating one or more counting ratios for each photodetector in the single photon counting syste... | 06/14/1994 |
