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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7998434 | Device and method for diluting a sample The present invention provides a pump device 50 which is usable to dilute a sample 52 before analysis. A first pump 54 pumps the sample to a mixing region 58 where it mixes with a diluent 66. A second pump 64 pumps the dilut... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7759131 | Device and a method for diluting a sample A device and a method for diluting a sample are disclosed. A sample is first diluted by a porous tube type diluter configuration. Then the diluted flow is further diluted by a ejector type diluter configuration. Further a heat exchange based on serrature heat exchan... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7749770 | Mechanical device for mixing a fluid sample with a treatment solution A method of preparing a fluid sample for use in a fluid analyte monitor, the method including drawing a fluid sample into a capillary channel in a body having a septum piercing projection; piercing a first septum covering a treatment solution chamber with the septum... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7479393 | Analytical test element and method for blood analyses An analytical test element for blood analyses is provided having at least a substrate body having a channel structure for the flow transport of a blood sample from an application site to at least one analytical site. The channel structure has a dilution channel that... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7439070 | Waste material handling, sampling and metal content value calculation A bulk sample is fed with a liquid into a mixing tank (1) where it is stirred to form a dispersion. A proportion of the dispersion is recycled from the bottom of the tank through a line to the top of the tank so that at least the dispersion in the recycle loo... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7384795 | Methods for verifying fluid movement Methods for using semiconductor nanocrystals for determining fluid movement, fluid dilution and fluid removal are described. Methods for using semiconductor nanocrystals for monitoring and quantifying the amounts of solid materials dissolved in a liquid are also des... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7361509 | Dynamic metered fluid volume determination method and related apparatus A method for dynamically determining the volume of a liquid dispensed by a metering system, the metering system including a metering pump, a pump motor, a sensor, and a conduit interconnecting the pump and a metering probe. The method includes the steps of aspiratin... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7335339 | Disposable apparatus for use in blood testing A disposable apparatus for use in blood testing and being adapted for simultaneous dilution of a blood sample into two different dilution ratios, said apparatus including a block-shaped housing having integrated therein a first and a second receptacle, one of which ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7328629 | Method and apparatus for maintaining multi-component sample gas constituents in vapor phase during sample extraction and cooling An apparatus and method for diluting and cooling that is extracted from high temperature and/or high pressure industrial processes. Through a feedback process, a specialized, CFD-modeled dilution cooler is employed along with real-time estimations of the point at wh... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7323345 | Liquid microvolume handling system The present invention relates to a microfluidic device comprising a microchannel (2, 4) providing for solvent contact between an open microarea (MA) carrying a microvolume (1) of a solvent and a reservoir (3) for the solvent, said reservoir (... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316802 | Device for the stepwise transport of liquid utilizing capillary forces The device (10) for the stepwise transport of liquid, particularly of sample liquid to be analyzed, through several reaction chambers located in series in terms of flow while utilizing capillary forces comprises at least one channel (14) through which ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7302834 | Method for supplying an internal combustion engine with conditioned combustion gas, device for carrying out said method, method for determining the quantities of pollutants in the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, and device for carrying out said method A method and apparatus for determining the quantities of pollutants in the exhaust gases of internal combustion engines wherein an essentially constant and fully conditioned quantity of humidity and/or temperature-conditioned combustion gas is supplied to the intern... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7281440 | Particulate sampling system having flow check device A particulate sampling system is disclosed. The particulate sampling system may include an exhaust sampling unit and a dilution flow assembly to supply dilution air to the exhaust sampling unit. The particulate sampling system may also include a total flow assembly ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7270788 | Assay device processing instrument An assay device processing instrument comprises a plurality of processing modules. A transport system transports an assay device to each processing module, the transport system being adapted to transfer the assay device from the transport system to the module to ena... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261812 | Multi-column separation devices and methods Chromatographic separation devices include multiple batch-processed columns joined by a body structure and adapted to perform parallel analyses. Both slurry-packed and monolithic column embodiments are provided. One or more liquid-permeable frits of various types ma... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7244247 | Bag for preserving and transporting sterile products in powder form and for forming solutions of said products in the bag A bag for preserving and transporting a sterile product in powder form and a method for preparing solutions of the sterile product in the bag. The bag contains a sterile product in powder form and has a port closed by a membrane through which a solvent can be fed in... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241424 | Apparatus for screening catalysts in a parallel fixed-bed reactor The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for rapid analysis of members of a combinatorial library. The apparatus includes a plurality of vessels for containing individual library members and a fluid handling system that apportions a test fluid about e... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231806 | Apparatus and method for rapidly, eco-friendly sample preparation prior to chromatographic determination of chemical substances A method and apparatus for rapidly preprocessing and analyzing chemical substances, which places a vaporization bottle containing a sample inside a microwave device and uses a magneton driving device to drive the magneton inside the vaporization bottle to rotate as ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219567 | Combinatorial pipettor device A combinatorial pipettor device for the collection of a sample adapted for use with different size microtiter plates. The device comprises an upper plate having first and second halves, each half independently movable between an upper and a lower position, and a low... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220383 | Method and instrument for automated analysis of fluid-based processing systems An analytical apparatus to monitor fluid systems has at least one extraction module having a raw-sample reservoir connected by input fluid conduit to individual ones of said fluid systems, to extract raw samples for analysis from said fluid systems, one or more modi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7208123 | Molecular contamination monitoring system and method A flow-through monitor for detecting molecular contamination (MC) within a fluid flow. The monitor has a diffusion chamber having an inlet port and an outlet port, and a structure for supporting a fluid flow from the inlet port to the outlet port. The structure incl... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204581 | Magnetic actuator using ferrofluid slug A magnetostatic actuator uses a ferrofluid slug confined in a cylindrical tube which is wrapped in a conducting coil. By applying a current to the coil, a magnetic field is generated inside the coil. The ferrofluid slug may be attracted to the interior of the coil b... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192558 | Multi-well rotary synthesizer An apparatus for synthesizing polymer chains includes a controller, a plurality of precision fit vials circularly arranged in multiple banks on a cartridge, a drain corresponding to each bank of vials, a chamber bowl, a plurality of valves for delivering reagents to... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7166290 | Methods for producing oocysts The present invention provides improved methods and compositions for producing oocysts. The oocysts produced according to the invention find use in the manufacture of vaccines. In preferred embodiments, the present invention provides methods and compositions for the... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7152459 | Apparatus and method for rapidly, eco-friendly sample preparation prior to chromatographic determination of chemical substances This invention discloses a method and an apparatus for rapidly preprocessing and analyzing chemical substances, which places a vaporization bottle containing a sample inside a microwave device and uses a magneton driving device to drive the magneton inside the vapor... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7144741 | Process and apparatus for the determination of parameters of a breath condensate The invention relates to a process and apparatus for the determination of the parameters of a breath condensate using at least one sensor for the measurement of the parameters and an analysis unit with display for the measurement results. The at least one sensor ( | 12/05/2006 |
| 7122156 | Parallel flow reactor having variable composition Parallel flow reaction systems comprising four or more reaction channels are disclosed. Distribution systems, and parallel flow reaction systems comprising such distribution systems are also disclosed. Specifically, the distribution systems comprise a feed-compositi... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7112450 | Method for performing multiple chemical reactions and a kit and system therefor The present invention relates to conducting a plurality of chemical reactions in a system including an apparatus which provides energy for the chemical reactions, such as chemical reactions in organic synthesis, where a particular advantage is the use of predetermin... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109039 | Chemical composition for dissolving a sample taken from semiconductor device fabrication equipment and method for analyzing contaminants on the equipment using the chemical composition A chemical for dissolving a sample taken from the semiconductor device fabrication equipment for analyzing the contaminants attached thereon, and a method of analyzing the contaminants thereby. The chemical composition is made of equal ports of sulfuric acid, hydrog... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105356 | Method and device for laminar flow on a sensing surface Methods and devices are provided for controlling a fluid flow over a sensing surface within a flow cell The methods employ laminar flow techniques to position a fluid flow over one or more discrete sensing areas on the sensing surface of the flow cell. Such methods ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7077152 | Microfluidic metering systems and methods Systems and methods for metering microfluidic volumes are provided. A discrete plug may be separated from a larger volume of first fluid by injecting a second fluid, such as a gas, into a channel containing the first fluid. The injection of the second fluid to isola... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074327 | Sample preparation for parallel chromatography Systems and methods are provided for preparing samples for chromatographic separations and then chromatographically separating the prepared samples, preferably in a high-throughput fashion utilizing multiple parallel first (fluid) processing regions in fluid communi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7045342 | Diagnostic detection device and method The invention provides an improved test cell for detecting the presence of an analyte in a liquid sample. The device has an elongate casing defining a liquid sample inlet, a reservoir volume, a test volume, and a window through the casing at the test volume. Dispose... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044009 | Dilution tunnel A dilution tunnel having a flow chamber structure with an inlet, an outlet, and an internal flow passage for a sample gas, the sample gas being adapted to flow in a flow direction between the inlet and the outlet. The flow chamber structure having a plurality of por... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7028536 | Sealing interface for microfluidic device A threadless interface for a fluidic system includes a microfluidic device having an outer surface and an internal near-surface channel having a first width and disposed at a first depth relative to the outer surface, with the first width being less than about two t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7029921 | Apparatus for rapid measurement of aerosol bulk chemical composition An apparatus for continuous on-line measurement of chemical composition of aerosol particles with a fast time resolution is provided. The apparatus includes an enhanced particle size magnifier for producing activated aerosol particles and an enhanced collection devi... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7027683 | Optical devices with fluidic systems Fluidic systems, including microfluidic systems, are used to manipulate light by light-fluid interaction so as to affect reflection, refraction, absorption, optical filtering, or scattering of the beam. One or more fluids may be provided to a channel or chamber and ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7015041 | Automated method for setting up multiple crystallization experiments in submicroliter volumes A method is provided for performing array microcrystallizations to determine suitable crystallization conditions for a molecule, the method comprising: forming an array of microcrystallizations, each microcrystallization comprising a drop comprising a mother liquor ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6979569 | Apparatus and method for mixing fluids for analysis In an apparatus for fluid analysis, a plurality of reagent-mixture components are each injected by a respective pump through a valve matrix and into a flow-injection unit. The flow-injection unit defines a mixing chamber including a plurality of. As the reagent-mixt... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6943035 | Liquid dispensing apparatus and method A multiwell plate for microarraying comprising a self-sealing lower membrane and optionally also a self-sealing upper membrane. Spotting is performed by pushing a pin down through the liquid and then on to pierce the self-sealing lower membrane. A slide having an up... | 09/13/2005 |
