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Class 436/36 - WITH USE OF CONDENSATION NUCLEI


Subclass of Class 436 - Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing
Definition: Processes or materials wherein water or another liquid is
No. of patents: 25
Last issue date: 10/04/2011


NumberTitleIssue Date
8030079Hand-held video gaming device with integral printer
A hand-held video gaming device comprises a games console comprising a disc reader module configured to load a game stored on a disc; a printer module configured to print game information on print media, the printer module being hingedly mounted above the games cons...
10/04/2011
7221453Optical apparatus
Various optical apparatus provide a source of parallel light (7, 75). The parallel light (7, 75) is generally achieved by directing an incident beam at the apex of a prism (1, 22, 24, 26, 28). The prism may have varying configurations. One confi...
05/22/2007
7201879Aerosol into liquid collector for depositing particles from a large volume of gas into a small volume of liquid
An aerosol-into-liquid collector (ALC) for collecting gas-borne particles from a large volume of gas such as air into a small volume of liquid is described. The ALC uses a linear quadrupole to concentrate particles flowing in a gas and to help direct these concentra...
04/10/2007
7201878Aerosol particle analyzer for measuring an analyte in airborne particles
Aerosol particle analyzer (APA) for measuring an analyte in airborne particle is described. Airborne particles are first given an electrical charge and then drawn in air past an oppositely charged volume of an analysis liquid that exposed to the air at a small hole ...
04/10/2007
7153475Aerosol particle analyzer for measuring the amount of analyte in airborne particles
Aerosol particle analyzer (APA) for measuring the amount of analyte in airborne particle is described. The APA uses an analysis liquid. In most embodiments, this analysis liquid is chosen so that when it is mixed with the particles, an optical property of the analys...
12/26/2006
7125518Aerosol particle analyzer for measuring the amount of analyte in airborne particles
Aerosol particle analyzer (APA) for measuring the amount of analyte in airborne particle is described. The APA uses an analysis liquid. When this analysis liquid is mixed with the particles, an optical property of the analysis liquid (CDAL) varies according to the a...
10/24/2006
7115401Detection of transmembrane potentials by optical methods
Methods and compositions are provided for determining the potential of a membrane. In one aspect, the method comprises: (a) introducing a first reagent comprising a hydrophobic fluorescent ion capable of redistributing from a first face of the membrane ...
10/03/2006
7024316Transiently dynamic flow cytometer analysis system
A flow cytometry apparatus and methods to process information incident to particles or cells entrained in a sheath fluid stream allowing assessment, differentiation, assignment, and separation of such particles or cells even at high rates of speed. A first signal pr...
04/04/2006
7012689Flow cytometer with active automated optical alignment system
An automated monitoring and alignment system to position the mechanical and optical components of a flow cytometer to enhance the consistency, performance, and efficiency of particle sorting and analysis applications. ...
03/14/2006
6927067Detection devices, methods and systems for gas phase materials
Sensor arrays, methods, and systems for detecting the presence of gas phase materials by the formation of films based on the gas phase material are disclosed. The gas phase materials preferentially deposit conductive films on receptor materials that can be detected....
08/09/2005
6897070Detection of gas phase materials
Sensors and methods of monitoring for the presence of gas phase materials by detecting the formation of films based on the gas phase material are disclosed. Advantageously, some gas phase materials preferentially deposit on specific surfaces. As a result, selective ...
05/24/2005
6881551Subcutaneous glucose electrode
A small diameter flexible electrode designed for subcutaneous in vivo amperometric monitoring of glucose is described. The electrode is designed to allow “one-point” in vivo calibration, i.e., to have zero output current at zero glucose concentration, even in th...
04/19/2005
6511850Pneumatic nebulizing interface to convert an analyte-containing fluid stream into an aerosol, method for using same and instruments including same
A self-adjusting, free-flowing pneumatic nebulizer interface is described for coupling fluid phase separation apparatus such as capillary electrophoresis apparatus or fluid-phase analyte delivery apparatus such as flow-injection analysis apparatus to gas ...
01/28/2003
6300135Blood component deposition-preventing agent, methods using them, and blood test ware and matrixes
This invention has for its object to provide a blood component deposition-preventing agent and a blood coagulation accelerator, which are substantially indifferent to blood coagulation activity and serum chemistry parameters and a plastic blood test ware ...
10/09/2001
6051189System and method for detection, identification and monitoring of submicron-sized particles
A system and method for detection, identification, and monitoring of submicron sized particles, the method including the steps of collecting a sample, extracting existing submicron particles from the collected sample based on density, purifying the extrac...
04/18/2000
5611855Method for manufacturing a calibration wafer having a microdefect-free layer of a precisely predetermined depth
A semiconductor silicon wafer (10) useful as a calibration standard for measurement of a thickness (18) of a microdefect-free layer (16) is formed by depositing an epitaxial layer onto a substrate (12) having an interstitial oxygen concentration suitable ...
03/18/1997
5374396Syringe injection system for measuring non-volatile residue in solvents
The concentration of non-volatile residue in a test solvent is determined by generating multiple liquid droplets from a liquid stream including the solvent and ultrapure water. The droplets are dried to form a stream of multiple particles of the non-volat...
12/20/1994
5298967Measurement of concentrations of dissolved solvent
In a system for measuring minute concentrations of dissolved solids in liquids, seed particles of a known diameter are mixed with the liquid and the mixture of the seed particles and the liquid is atomized into droplets of a known size. The droplets are d...
03/29/1994
5278626Non-volatile residue system for monitoring impurities in a liquid
A system for monitoring and analyzing impurities in a liquid by analyzing the non-volatile residue of droplets of the liquid includes a droplet generator for generating a stream of droplets of the liquid, a droplet inspection unit, a drop-on-demand unit f...
01/11/1994
5264183Method and apparatus for carrying out catalyzed chemical reactions and for studying catalysis
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for carrying out and studying catalysis and catalyzed chemical reactions. Disclosed is a reactor with a catalyst zone, under vacuum, into which a very rapid pulse of reactant gas is pulsed. The products are analyzed...
11/23/1993
4952513Assays for qualitative and quantitative detection of organic and inorganic analytes of diverse chemical classes via the selective formation and growth of light scattering crystals
The present invention provides a general assay methodology suitable for the detection of organic analytes which are neither aldehydes nor ketones and for inorganic substances. The methodology utilizes prepared sensitized films of derivatizing agents and s...
08/28/1990
4794086Method for measurement of impurities in liquids
Method and apparatus for the measurement of sub-ppm concentrations of impurities in liquids. The liquid to be measured for impurities is dispersed into uniform droplets of a precisely known diameter D in a gas stream, such as air, using for example, a vib...
12/27/1988
4727024Binding assays involving formation and detection of light scattering crystals
A methodology for the detection of an analyte of interest in a fluid sample through the formation, growth, and optical detection of light scattering crystals. The methodology provides for direct assay and competitive binding assay protocols using pairs of...
02/23/1988
4238194Nuclei analysis of solid substances
The presence of red phosphorus in solid form is detected through the use of a condensation nuclei detector and the preliminary steps of reacting the phosphorus body with ozone and then removing solid particles from a sample of the resulting gas mixture an...
12/09/1980
 
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