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7630066 Optical fiber inspection tool  
An optical fiber inspection device includes a housing, wherein the housing defines an opening disposed on an end portion. A lens is disposed within the housing, wherein the lens and the opening...
7609375 Optical cavity for gas sensor  
An optical cavity for a Non-Dispersive Infrared gas sensor has invented comprising two oppositely arranged parabolic mirrors having common focus located on the common optical axis of the parabolic...
7605922 Method and gas sensor for performing quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy  
A method for performing quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy of a gas, includes providing a light source configured to introduce a laser beam having at least one wavelength into the gas such...
7595883 Biological analysis arrangement and approach therefor  
Characteristics of a chemical or biological sample are detected using an approach involving light detection. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, an assaying arrangement...
7595881 Fluorescence measurement system with enhanced rejection of scattered light  
An optical system is provided for achieving enhanced rejection of scattered excitation light and superior signal-to-noise performance when reading microplate wells. The optical system uses an axial...
7586612 Photometric analysis of biological samples using in-plane detection  
On an analytical device for photometric analysis of chemistry and/or fluid samples comprising a rotatable disk-like body, a plurality of receptacles for fluid samples and optics for guiding light...
7586114 Optical cavity system having an orthogonal input  
An optical system having a closed loop light path with a source for providing light in a direction parallel to the normal of an input to the light path. The light may be provided via a refracting...
7580125 Liquid cell  
A liquid cell 1 for fixing a sample S in a condition in which the sample S is dipped in a solution W, including a lower mount 2 including a bottom plate 10 having a mounting surface 10 a on...
7576861 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...
7573573 Method and particle measuring and counting apparatus with selectable channels of a specimen flow  
The improved method and particle measuring and counting apparatus with the specimen selectable channels flow provide the analysis of the environmental condition related to contamination and...
RE40768 Optical inspection apparatus with removable inserts  
An apparatus in accordance with the invention is directed to an optical inspection apparatus ( 10 ) adapted to inspect a liquid sample. The apparatus includes a tray ( 20 ) that is adapted to be...
7544330 Microplate sample tracking system  
The invention provides sample tracking systems and methods. A sample tracking system can comprise a plate having a plurality of sample wells and an apparatus for illuminating each individual sample...
7515259 Flow cell for optical detector and method of forming same  
A flow cell for optical detector includes a flow cell body, a face-seal window, and a pressed illumination window. The flow cell body is formed of an inert material and includes large and small...
7479197 Thin-layer cell  
The invention relates to a process for producing a flow cell for the spectroscopic analysis of samples to be passed through, the process comprising the following steps: (a) provision of a first (...
7477377 Dense pattern optical multipass cell  
A multiple pass optical cell and method comprising providing a pair of opposed cylindrical mirrors having curved axes with substantially equal focal lengths, positioning an entrance hole for...
7468797 Absorption spectroscopy instrument with increased optical cavity power without resonant frequency build-up  
An absorption spectroscopy instrument is provided with a re-injection mirror to greatly increase the optical power coupled into an optical cavity, comprised of two or more mirrors, for the purpose...
7459126 High speed sample supply device  
Disclosed herein is a sample supply device that alternates between the supply of samples from one sample line while cleaning a second sample line and then supplying a second sample from the second...
7453573 Apparatus and method for measuring interaction between measurement-target sample substance and bioactive substance  
A measuring apparatus and a measuring method are configured to measure a concentration of an organic solvent in a sample solution, measure a concentration of the organic solvent in a concentration...
7445938 System and method for detecting presence of analytes using gratings  
The present invention is directed to an optical grating sensor configured to detect a phase change in light passing though the system due to a binding event caused by an analyte. The grating sensor...
7435391 Light-mediated micro-chemical reactors  
A chemical reactor includes two substrates that are joined along a surface and a chemical reaction chamber formed between the substrates. The chemical reaction chamber has a hollow interior and one...
7411680 Device for counting micro particles  
A device for counting micro particles is presented. The device comprises a light source; a chip containing micro particles; an object lens; a CCD camera; a counting part; and a shifter for shifting...
7405826 Systems and methods for chiroptical heterodyning  
An apparatus and method for improved detection of a chiral property of a sample begins with a probe beam of light having a first modulation frequency ω and is further modulated with a second...
7403280 Fiber coupling into bent capillary  
A fluidic device is provided which is adapted to subject a fluid to light. It generally comprises a capillary that is adapted for conducting the fluid and which furthermore and comprises at least...
7397564 Turbidity sensor  
The invention relates to a turbidity sensor comprising an operational assembly which is housed in a structure ( 1 ) and which is equipped with a support ( 3 ) having a base ( 5 ) from which pins (...
7391517 Method and device for measuring the absorption or light diffusion of biological elements  
A method and a device, using a system of plural cavity resonators, enabling to measure the light absorption or diffusion of biological samples. A measurement of low absorption or diffusion can be...
7388666 Probe assembly with a light hood and a detecting instrument equipped with the same  
A probe assembly used in testing instrument for determining optical signal within a test cell, comprising a top plate ( 5;205 ) with a through-hole ( 52;250 ) therein; a cylindrical light hood (...
7382459 Spectroscopic gas sensor, in particular for detecting at least one gas component in the ambient air, and method for manufacturing a spectroscopic gas sensor of this type  
A spectroscopic gas sensor is provided, in particular to detect at least one gas component in the ambient air, and a method for the manufacture of a spectroscopic gas sensor of this type. The gas...
7375815 Optical devices, systems and method for producing a collimated light path  
Devices, systems and methods are provided for producing a collimated light path. Theses devices, systems and methods may be used to determine an optical property of a small volume sample.
7369241 Continuous optical measuring apparatus and continuous optical measuring method  
An inexpensive continuous optical measuring apparatus with high cost/performance ratio capable of obtaining the emission of light at respective fixed positions arranged on a foundation member, by a...
7365852 Methods and systems for selecting pathlength in absorbance measurements  
Methods and sub-systems for substantially optimizing the absorbance measurement in optical instruments are provided. A method comprises forming a liquid sample into a droplet extending between two...
7362433 Absorbance reader apparatus, absorbance reader control method, and absorbance calculation program  
The absorbance of samples in a number of wells on a microchamber array is efficiently read in a short period of time. The microchamber array is simultaneously irradiated with monochromatic light....
7355697 Flow-through, thermal-expansion-compensated cell for light spectroscopy  
Optical cells are non-actively compensated to ensure that a sample gap of a sample space remains nearly constant upon a change in temperature. Fluids can be flowed through the sample space of the...
7345766 Measuring chamber for photo-acoustical sensors  
A measuring chamber for photo-acoustical sensors for the continuous measurement of radiation-absorbing substances, in particular of radiation-absorbing particles, in gaseous samples includes at...
7332128 Fiber-optic dissolution systems devices, and methods  
A dissolution system provides remote flow cells integrated into a manifold device. The manifold device communicates with liquid input and output lines associated with each flow cell, as well as...
7330262 Methods and apparatus for determining the content materials of a liquid employing a piston movable within a measuring chamber  
The contents of a liquid medium are determined using a light source and an optical detector, for example a spectrometer. A longitudinally displaceable piston sucks the medium into a cylindrical...
7324203 Method and apparatus for optical detection for multi-phase combustion systems  
A method for in-situ monitoring of an emission product includes transmitting a light, tuning the light to a first wavelength, receiving the light at a second location, varying the light from the...
7324202 Optical system  
An optical system is provided for achieving enhanced rejection of scattered excitation light and superior signal-to-noise performance when reading microplate wells. The optical system uses an axial...
7317533 Metal ion concentration analysis for liquids  
An apparatus utilizes miniaturized surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and ion-selective self-assembled monolayer (SAM) and hydrogel chemistry to measure metal ion concentrations in liquids. The SPR...
7307716 Near re-entrant dense pattern optical multipass cell  
A multiple pass optical cell and method comprising providing a pair of opposed mirrors, one cylindrical and one spherical, introducing light into the cell via an entrance mechanism, and extracting...
7298473 Spectroscopy cell  
A spectroscopy cell has a body with a central outer sample chamber ( 6 ). Within this chamber ( 6 ) is a sample cavity ( 25 ) as part of a temperature controlled sample probe ( 23 ). At one end...
7294839 Low volume sample cell and gas monitoring system using same  
A sample cell, which is a component of a gas monitoring system, includes a sample cell body and a sample cell core installed therewith. The sample cell is coupled to a sampling tube that...
7271913 Sensor systems and methods for remote quantification of compounds  
A system and method employing optical disc drives for quantitative analysis of physical, chemical and biochemical parameters are provided. The system includes a robotic arm for transmitting a disc...
7262856 Microstructured optical device for remote chemical sensing  
A microstructure-based chemical sensor that can be interrogated by a remote observer. The device acts as an electromagnetic wave filter in the optical region of the spectrum, filtering one or more...
7253413 Gas identification system  
A system for identifying a gas sample includes a canister, a docking station, a thermal desorption device, and a spectrometer. The canister includes a sorbent and a valve. The docking station is...
7250099 Optical detection alignment coupling apparatus  
An apparatus for aligning a capillary column with one or more excitation fibers and with one or more optical lens elements for Capillary Electrophoresis. The apparatus includes two identical blocks...
7250098 Multi-capillary array electrophoresis device  
An electrophoresis apparatus includes a multi-capillary array having a liquid or solid disposed between the capillaries of the array. The liquid or solid exhibits a refractive index higher than...
7236248 Optical phytoplankton discriminator  
An apparatus and method for analyzing liquid samples employs first and second bidirectional ports that permit liquids to be introduced to first and second liquid waveguide capillary cells at the...
7236237 Spectroscopic fluid analyzer  
An NIR spectroscopy fluid analyzing system using a series of LED's, each having its own preselected center wavelength, as illumination sources. These wavelengths have overlapping spectral widths,...
7227642 Absorbance monitor  
This invention relates to a multi-component absorbance monitor, and the object is to provide a general-purpose and highly accurate compact absorbance monitor. Disclosed is an absorbance monitor...
7215428 Absorption spectroscopy apparatus and method  
An absorption spectroscopy apparatus including a sample cell having a central axis, and a side wall coaxially positioned about the axis. The side wall defines a generally circular cross-section of...