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6361956 Biospecific, two photon excitation, fluorescence detection and device  
A method for measuring the end point and for monitoring the real time kinetics of a bioaffinity reaction in biological fluids and suspensions, employing microparticles as bioaffinity binding solid...
6342397 Homogeneous biospecific assay using a solid phase, two-photon excitation and confocal fluorescence detection  
A homogeneous biospecific assay method for an analyte in solution or in a biological suspension, in which a biospecific reagent competitively binding an analyte and a ligand labeled with a...
6320660 Sieving apparatus for a bio-chip  
The invention is directed to a sieving apparatus for a bio-chip, which has a light source, a HOE unit, a splitter, an objective lens, a filter, and an optical signal sensor. The HOE unit is coupled...
6317207 Frequency-domain light detection device  
Apparatus and methods for determining temporal properties of photoluminescent samples using frequency-domain photoluminescence measurements, where the measurements may include photon counting...
6315955 Method and apparatus for quantitative particle determination in fluids  
The present invention includes a method and an apparatus for the quantitative determination of particles in fluid. The apparatus of the invention includes an emitters set of one or more light...
6312961 Optical sensor using an immunological reaction and a fluorescent marker  
A biosensor comprises a waveguide into which light is coupled by a diffraction grating. The sample to be analyzed is placed on a reaction region in which a component of the immunological reaction...
6310687 Light detection device with means for tracking sample sites  
Apparatus and methods for optical detection with improved read speed and/or signal-to-noise ratio. These apparatus and methods may involve among others moving an sample substrate (108) while...
6300639 Process and arrangement for the device configuration of confocal microscopes  
A process for the device configuration of confocal microscopes, preferably of laser scanning microscopes is disclosed, in which laser light with one or more spectral lines is generated and directed...
6290912 Read head for luminometer  
The read head for luminometer includes a housing that encloses a cylindrical core. The housing has a through opening that aligns with a central passageway of the cylindrical core to define a...
6280960 Optical detection and analysis of sub-micron particles  
Method and apparatus for the single particle detection of submicron structures such as biological molecules and viruses utilises and optically transparent substrate coated with a thin film of metal...
6277653 Optical assaying method and system having movable sensor with multiple sensing regions  
An optical assaying method and system having a movable sensor is described. In one aspect, the present invention is a sensing system having a rotating sensor disk coated with indicator dyes...
6245508 Method for fingerprinting utilizing an electronically addressable array  
A system for performing molecular biological diagnosis, analysis and multistep and multiplex reactions utilizes a selfaddressable, selfassembling microelectronic system for actively carrying out...
6232125 Method and apparatus for differentiating and enumerating leukocytes  
A method and apparatus for differentiating and enumerating the five major sub-populations of leukocytes in a blood sample (i.e., lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, neutrophils and basophils) uses...
6222619 Diagnostic device and method  
A method and apparatus of diagnosing a cardiac disease state in as little as two minutes involving the utilization of an evanescent wave assay system in conjunction with a data acquisition and...
6221602 Functionalized nanocrystals and their use in labeling for strand synthesis or sequence determination  
Provided are compositions comprising functionalized nanocrystal-labeled nucleobases that are produced by operably linking a nucleobase to a functionalized nanocrystal via reactive functionalities....
6219144 Apparatus and method for measuring the refractive index and optical path length effects of air using multiple-pass interferometry  
Apparatus and methods particularly suitable for use in electro-optical metrology and other applications to measure and monitor the refractive index of a gas in at least one measurement path and/or...
6219566 Method of measuring concentration of luminescent materials in turbid media  
The present invention provides a method for measurement of concentration of fluorophores in turbid media. The method uses a fluorescence plus reflectance technique to measure quantitatively the in...
6211989 Light-scanning device  
A light scanning device for exciting and detecting secondary light, especially fluorescent light, on a sample, comprising a light emission device for emitting exciting light with a wavelength...
6211954 Integrated optical luminescence sensor  
An integrated-optical luminescence sensor having an excitation light beam with a first optical axis (k ein ), a planar waveguide (1), a sample interacting with the evanescent field thereof, and a...
6207392 Semiconductor nanocrystal probes for biological applications and process for making and using such probes  
A semiconductor nanocrystal compound is described which is capable of linking to one or more affinity molecules. The compound comprises (1) one or more semiconductor nanocrystals capable of, in...
6198869 Measuring device and its use  
A device comprising a planar optical waveguide, consisting of a transparent carrier (40) and a wave-guiding layer (41), wherein the waveguide at least has a diffractive element (42) for coupling...
6191847 Fixed optic sensor system and distributed sensor network  
A fixed optic sensor system (200) comprising a sensor system (210), and electronic sub-system (205) and a communications means (215). The system can be used for detecting the presence of various...
6190919 System for controlling deglycerolization of red blood cells  
A system for controlling the deglycerolization of red blood cells includes a cell sorter having multiple fluid channels each having a unique cross-sectional area for directing a fluid mixture...
6177990 Optical substrate for enhanced detectability of fluorescence  
A sample substrate for use in a fluorescence imaging system includes a rigid base with a specularly reflective surface, typically metal, on which is deposited a transparent coating layer. The...
6160617 High resolution imaging microscope (HIRIM) and uses thereof  
The invention pertains to a high resolution imaging microscope, and more specifically, to a digital imaging spectrophotometer (DIS) configured to enable the direct determination of the ground state...
6157442 Micro optical fiber sensor device  
A sensor device for measuring a concentration of a substance within a sample comprises a sensor comprising an optical fiber portion having a first end and a second end, the second end having a tip...
6154282 Semiconductor based excitation illuminator for fluorescence and phosphorescence microscopy  
Apparatus for exciting a fluorescent or phosphorescent molecule applied to a specimen in a microscope, the molecule having a known excitation wavelength, comprises a semiconductor light source...
6144448 Fluorescence detecting apparatus  
A fluorescence detecting apparatus which allows highly precise measurement of fluorescence even with minute sample amounts, which has a strong responsiveness to temperature variations, which allows...
6139831 Apparatus and method for immobilizing molecules onto a substrate  
Apparatus and method for immobilizing molecules, particularly biomolecules such as DNA, RNA, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, or hormones onto a substrate such as glass or silica; patterns of...
6124928 Methods and apparatus for obtaining a selectively polarized induced emission  
In an optical measurement system of the type wherein a source of excitation radiation is directed along an excitation path to stimulate an optical emission from a sample along a collection path,...
6111248 Self-contained optical sensor system  
A self-contained optical sensor (5) with a device platform (7) and an encapsulating light transmissive housing (9) formed therein is disclosed in conjunction with several sensor configurations...
6111641 Nonlinear spectrophotometer  
The purpose of the nonlinear spectrophotometer is to provide a simple instrument that can be used on a routine basis to accurately measure the two-photon absorption (TPA) coefficient and...
6110749 System for simultaneously conducting multiple ligand binding assays  
A system for simultaneously conducting multiple ligand assays on a sample potentially containing target analytes uses as a detector a waveguide having a planar surface with a plurality of probes of...
6107101 Method for assaying photosensitizing drug in tissue  
A concentration of a photosensitizing drug in a patient, for PhotoDynamic Therapy treatment of the patient by a treatment light at a treatment light wavelength is determined by the steps of drawing...
6097485 Microchip optical transport technology for use in a personal flow cytometer  
An ultra-miniature personal flow cytometer (pFCM) for the measurement of laser-induced fluorescence. The pFCM is approximately the size of a fluorescent microscope and includes a miniature optical...
6094300 Laser scanning microscope  
A laser scanning microscope having a first scanning optical system that causes coherent light projected from a first laser light source to scan a specimen, and a second scanning optical system that...
6071748 Light detection device  
A high-throughput light detection instrument and method are described. Confocal optics structure enables exclusive light detection from a sensed volume in a composition.
6066245 Method and apparatus for scanning fluorescently labeled particles  
A system and method for illuminating an optically active sample and collecting scattered light emitted by the sample. Preferably, the sample is a fluorescently labeled and fluoresces light. The...
6067156 Wavelength calibration and tracking methods and apparatus  
Calibration wavelengths are injected into an optical detection system preferably at a point after laser rejection filtration, enabling the known spectral content of the calibration radiation to...
6049380 Single molecule identification using selected fluorescence characteristics  
Single fluorescent molecules in a flowing sample stream are distinguished and identified using only a single laser excitation wavelength. A sample stream is formed containing a dilute mixture of...
6034768 Induced breakdown spectroscopy detector system with controllable delay time  
The invention relates to high power, spark induced breakdown spectroscopy (SIBS) detectors with controllable delay time and to spark induced breakdown spectroscopy plasma generators with dual...
6030828 Microsensor and use of such microsensor  
The invention relates to a microsensor for determining the concentration of a primary substrate by measuring the concentration of a secondary substrate. The microsensor comprises a transducer (1)...
6008894 Remote adjustable focus Raman spectroscopy probe  
A remote adjustable focus Raman spectroscopy probe allows for analyzing Raman scattered light from a point of interest external probe. An environmental barrier including at least one window...
5994150 Optical assaying method and system having rotatable sensor disk with multiple sensing regions  
An optical assaying method and system having a movable sensor is described. In one aspect, the present invention is a sensing system having a rotating sensor disk coated with indicator dyes...
5981958 Method and apparatus for detecting pathological and physiological change in plants  
An imaging fluorometer is described comprising a source of electromagnetic radiation, optical components to direct the radiation, excitation and emission filters, and an imaging device. The...
5973330 Fluorescence detection apparatus  
A fluorescence detection apparatus is provided which has a partial reflection mirror 8 for transmitting a part of fluorescence light emitted from a fluorescent substance by projecting excitation...
5951838 Method and apparatus for correcting illumination non-uniformities  
A method and apparatus for achieving uniform illumination in an electrophoresis apparatus is provided. Uniform illumination allows quantitative measurements of an electrophoresis gel to be made,...
5933232 Fluorimeter  
A fluorimeter has a flash lamp, a measurement station with a receiver for microtitration plates, at least one measurement head disposed at the receiver and an evaluation station having a detector....
5925884 Fluorescence station for biological sample testing machine  
A sample card transport station moves a test sample card from an incubation station for the card to a transmittance and fluorescence optical station in a sample testing machine. The sample card...
5919710 Optical method for quantitating dissolved oxygen in fuel  
A method for the quantitative determination of dissolved oxygen in a liquid fuel includes the steps of doping a sample of the fuel with a preselected concentration of a probe material including a...