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7620479 Method and apparatus for controlling the strategy of compounding pharmaceutical admixtures  
A method and apparatus for controlling the compounding of pharmaceutical parenteral admixtures is disclosed. The apparatus preferably comprises a computer that contains a memory for storing...
7618810 Metering strip and method for lateral flow assay devices  
A diagnostic method and associated test kit for detecting an analyte residing in a test sample is provided. The kit includes a housing, and a membrane disposed within the housing having a detection...
7618592 Detachable engageable microarray plate liner  
A plate liner detachably engageable onto a microarray plate (or underdrain plate component thereof), suited for preventing or confining pendant drop formation. It is provided either as a...
7618591 Specimen sample collection device and test system  
A specimen sample collection device includes a handle having a sufficiency indicator and an absorbent pad partially contained within said handle. A specimen sample collection device and test system...
7618590 Fluid dispensing system  
A fluid dispensing apparatus and system for facilitating dispensing small volume, fluid samples to microfluidic devices.
7618589 Automatic dispenser  
An automatic dispenser includes a dispensing head, a transporter, a controller, sensors, and an adjustor. The dispensing head accommodates a plurality of dispensing tips and draws liquid into and...
7618576 Microfluidic array devices and methods of manufacture thereof  
Microfluidic nozzle array devices are provided with the body of each device having at least one nozzle extending outwardly from one surface of the body. The microfluidic nozzle array devices are...
7616302 Container for processing section samples, processing method for section samples, and processing apparatus for section samples  
The container comprises a cylindrical member 20 which constitutes the side wall member, a bottom member 30 which is in contact with the bottom plane of the cylindrical member 20 and which...
7615381 Method and apparatus for detecting estradiol and metabolites thereof using an acoustic device  
Methods for detecting estradiol and metabolites thereof in a sample are provided. A plurality of particles, each of which is coated with a capture agent having an affinity for estradiol, is...
7615378 Pipetting needle  
A method and a micropipetting apparatus is described for dispensing a liquid volume into a vessel via pipetting needle without any contact between the needle and a liquid contained in the vessel....
7615368 Microarrays of polypeptides  
Microarrays of polypeptides on a solid support are provided. The microarray compositions find use in the multiplexed detection and quantitation of ligands, e.g. antigens or antibodies, in a...
7615193 Bead dispensing system  
A bead dispensing system is provided for delivering small amounts of substances onto substrates. The system can include, for example, a movable support structure having an array of spaced-apart...
7615190 Microdevice and method for detecting a characteristic of a fluid  
A microdevice for supporting a flowing fluid is disclosed. In one embodiment, the microdevice includes a substrate and a pair of generally parallel, spaced wall members on the substrate. At least...
7611908 Method and apparatus for therapeutic drug monitoring using an acoustic device  
Methods for therapeutic drug monitoring are provided. A plurality of particles, each of which is coated with a capture agent capable of binding a therapeutic drug of choice is combined with the...
7608466 Process and device for producing reagent carriers  
The invention concerns a process for producing reagent carriers having a binding capability that are suitable for determining analytes in liquids, wherein the process comprises at least one step of...
7608456 Micro plate treating device and micro plate carrying method  
In a microplate processing apparatus that removes lid ( 11 ) of microplate ( 10 ) conveyed by microplate conveying mechanism ( 3 ), performs a dispensing process by dispensing head ( 8 ), and...
7608222 Assembly and method for performing parallel chemical experiments, in particular crystallisation experiments  
An assembly and method for performing parallel chemical experiments, in particular crystallisation experiments. The assembly has a main body having a first and a second face on opposite sides...
7608221 Multi channel metering device  
Multi-channel metering device with displacement devices for displacing a plurality of air columns, a plurality of holders which comprise a shank for releasable connection to a pipette tip, a...
7605002 Modular microfluidic system  
A modular microfluidic system is described having at least one base board with a plurality of fluidly linked fluid supply apertures, optional intermediate level boards of equivalent construction, a...
7604983 Apparatus and methods for parallel processing of micro-volume liquid reactions  
Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for conducting multiple simultaneous micro-volume chemical and biochemical reactions in an array format. In one embodiment, the format comprises an...
7604775 Fluid collecting and monitoring device  
A device that is intended for the sampling of fluids, comprises a base and a lid. Between the base and the lid there is provided an opening and a first open-sided channel extending from the opening...
7601269 On-chip sample preparation for whole blood analysis  
A novel filter-less separation technique for separating suspended particles from a solution is disclosed. More specifically, an on-chip bioparticle separator is disclosed, which relies on the...
7598094 Methods and apparatus for detecting cardiac injury markers using an acoustic device  
Methods for detecting cardiac injury by detecting one or more cardiac markers are provided. A plurality of particles, each of which is coated with a capture agent having an affinity for a cardiac...
7597854 Pipette guide  
A pipette guide for a standard well plate provides improvements over conventional guides. The improvements include: reference characters to signify a columns of wells exposed, an aperture for...
7597851 Automatic sampler and method for rinsing needle of the same  
An automatic sampler comprises a first rinsing bath for rinsing the needle by soaking the needle in a rinsing liquid, in which the rinsing liquid is reserved, and a second rinsing bath for rinsing...
7597850 Droplet operation device  
A droplet operation device has a substrate with light transmissibility and having been subjected to a water repellent treatment, a way for supplying droplets onto the substrate, a way for...
7597848 Device for transporting and holding microtiter plates  
A transport system for transporting and handling microtiter plates, for use in high throughput screening, diagnosis and/or combinatorial chemistry, comprising modules with devices for preparing...
7597791 Method and apparatus for generating electric fields and flow distributions for rapidly separating molecules  
A method and apparatus for generating tunable, uniform electric fields in fluidic applications for rapid separation of molecules, such as DNA, is provided. A region receives the molecules to be...
7595200 Sample processing devices and carriers  
Methods and devices for thermal processing of multiple samples at the same time are disclosed. The assemblies include carriers and sample processing devices with process arrays that include...
7595195 Microfluidic devices for controlled viscous shearing and formation of amphiphilic vesicles  
Systems and methods that control the size and composition of emulsified droplets, multi-lamellar and asymmetric vesicles, encapsulation of reagents, membrane proteins, and sorting of...
7595027 Nozzle device for aliquoting and dispensing specimen incorporated reference  
A nozzle device, comprising a nozzle body, a ball provided in the nozzle body and elastically deformable by compression, an aliquoting/dispensing tip having a barrel portion in which the nozzle...
7595026 Solid phase extraction pipette  
Solid phase extraction devices for sample preparation are disclosed, comprising a hollow conical tube having one narrower opening and one broader opening, wherein the narrower opening of the tube...
7592185 Metering doses of sample liquids  
A method of metering and mixing a dose of a sample liquid with a diluent liquid includes introducing a sample liquid into a channel defined in a housing. The housing defines a pocket open to the...
7588733 Retaining clip for reagent test slides  
A retaining clip for retaining reagent test slides in a stacked arrangement is formed as a unitary member and has first, second and third plates, each having an inner surface and an outer surface....
7588729 Process vessel with integral evaporator  
A process vessel containing both an evaporation zone for evaporating a liquid feed and a treatment zone for treating the resulting vapor comprises an injector having an orifice, the orifice being...
7588728 Multifunctional vacuum manifold  
A laboratory device design particularly for a multiplate format that includes a manifold wherein the position of the plate is not a function of gasket compression or vacuum rate applied. In one...
7588725 High throughput autosampler  
An auto-injection system provides high throughput screening of fluidic samples. A sample injection valve has a first position which applies a reduced pressure to a sample sipper tube for aspirating...
7588724 Mechanical device for mixing a fluid sample with a treatment solution  
A device for preparing a fluid sample for use in a fluid analyte meter, including: (a) a first portion, comprising: a capillary channel dimensioned to receive a fluid sample therein, an internal...
7587952 Automated sampling system  
A sample carrier having a top wall, a base, and a support wall joining the top wall and the base. The top wall includes aligned, spaced-apart openings on at least one side of the support wall which...
7585678 Method and apparatus for positioning a pipetting device  
A method for determining a reference position for a pipetting needle which is part of an automatic analytical apparatus that includes a rotatable conveyor, conveyor driving means, an automatic...
7585468 Electronic pipette  
Electronic pipette with a displacement device, an electric drive motor with a drive shaft, a gear mechanism coupled on the one hand to the displacement device and on the other hand to the drive...
7585467 Pipette tip  
Pipette tip made from plastics with an elongate, tubular body which comprises at a lower end a pipetting aperture, at an upper end a placement aperture ( 6 ) for placement on a receiving shank of a...
7585463 Apparatus and method for dispensing fluid, semi-solid and solid samples  
The invention relates generally to the field of automated collection and deposition of fluid, semi-solid, and solid samples of biological or chemical materials. More specifically, the invention...
7584019 Systems and methods for the automated pre-treatment and processing of biological samples  
Systems and methods allowing for the automatic control and scheduling of a staining apparatus for biological samples on slides present within the apparatus. In some embodiments, the actions of a...
7582481 Method of multiple reaction in microreactor, and microreactor  
When fluids A and B are caused to flow together from a fluid introduction portion into a microreactionchannel, they are divided into a plurality of fluid segments A and B in a diametral section of...
7581660 Drip-resistant pipetting device and drip-resistant pipetting method  
A liquid-metering device is disclosed, in particular, a pipetting device for aspirating and dispensing liquids. The device comprises a vessel which is at least partially filled with gas and has an...
7579191 Reaction method using microreactor  
In a reaction caused by using a microreactor which provides a plurality of supply routes in communication with one reaction channel as a multicylindrical structure having a co-axis and causes a...
7579056 Hydrophobic formulations and vessel surfaces comprising same  
Hydrophobic coating compositions are provided as are processes to coat articles with the compositions. Extremely hydrophobic coatings are provided by the compositions. Durable, weatherable and...
7578978 Carrier for holding test samples  
A carrier for holding up to N test sample devices as they are moved through a sample testing instrument. Each of the test sample devices are held in a receiving structure such as a slot in the...
7575937 Device and method for disposing pipette syringes in a system used for manipulating liquid samples  
A device and method for situating pipette or dispenser tips in a system for manipulating liquid samples, has a robot manipulator for orienting the tips relative to sample containers, drives for...