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7622081 Integrated active flux microfluidic devices and methods  
The invention relates to a microfabricated device for the rapid detection of DNA, proteins or other molecules associated with a particular disease. The devices and methods of the invention can be...
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...
7611903 System for trapping and storing gases for subsequent chemical reduction to solids  
A system for quantitatively reducing oxide gases. A pre-selected amount of zinc is provided in a vial. A tube is provided in the vial. The zinc and the tube are separated. A pre-selected amount of...
7611630 Method and device for evaluation of pharmaceutical compositions  
A membrane-permeation test for evaluating pharmaceutical compositions is described. The method comprises the following steps: (1) providing a microporous membrane having a plurality of pores, the...
7611480 Gastrointestinal bioreactor  
An in-vivo bioreactor device producing a dialysis effect by acting within the gastrointestinal tract for the removal of undesirable concentrated intestinal or blood substances or metabolites is...
7608465 Multi-analyte diagnostic test for thyroid disorders  
Immunological assays for several biological markers for thyroid disorders in a biological sample are performed in a single test with a combination of sandwich-type, sequential competitive, 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...
7605004 Test strip for a lateral flow assay for a sample containing whole cells  
A test strip for conducting a lateral flow assay for detection of an analyte in a sample that contains cells and fluid is provided, as well as methods for making and using the test strip. This test...
7604777 Cartridge for containing a specimen sample for optical analysis  
A cartridge for holding a test specimen with an extremely small volume. The cartridge has a test chamber and a vestibule through which the test fluids are inserted into the test chamber. The...
7601545 Automated macromolecule sample preparation system  
An apparatus for preparing a macromolecule sample from a complex liquid mixture includes a hydraulic system adapted for control by an automated controller, comprising a pump and one or more valves....
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...
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...
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...
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...
7592178 Filter integrity tester  
An apparatus and method for testing the integrity of a filter under humid conditions is provided. The apparatus includes an injection assembly which is located on a first side of the filter and a...
7588932 Insert device for culturing cells  
The present invention involves a device for culturing cells on removable membranes/sponges for the purpose of transplantation. The device includes a base plate with snaps and a ring, which fits...
7588732 Autologus tissue harvesting and irrigation device  
The present invention includes a harvesting and irrigation device, a method and a kit for the collection of viable fat cells and/or adipose tissue with decreased handing and improved yield and...
7588730 Devices for incorporating filters for filtering fluid samples  
Devices and use thereof, the device comprising a filter and a means for region specific compression of the filter. Alteratively, the device comprises a filter; a region containing the filter; a...
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...
7582264 Device for microfluid analyses  
The invention relates to a device for microfluid analyses for a substrate with plane base surface and cover surface, wherein a chamber is integrated in the substrate for receiving liquid with at...
7578975 Device and method for separating components of a fluid sample  
A device and method is provided for separating heavier and lighter fractions of a fluid sample. The device includes a plurality of constituents comprising a container and a composite element in the...
7575723 Mass rate attenuator  
While a large primary stream ( 24 ) of analytes flow from a chromatographic column ( 20 ) to containers of a receiver ( 108 ), small samples of the analytes are diverted for flow to a mass...
7575719 Centrifugation device  
A centrifugation device comprising a combined sample chamber and slide holder adapted to be mounted, with a microscope slide, in a centrifuge in a predetermined position, after placing, in the...
7575681 Microfluidic separator  
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for separating and/or analyzing fluids of interest. According to principles of the present invention, fluid analysis is accomplished with...
7569399 Multiplex flow assays preferably with magnetic particles as solid phase  
Heterogeneous assays for different analytes in a single biological sample are performed simultaneously in a multiplexed assay that combines flow cytometry with the use of magnetic particles as the...
7569189 Opening and closing a container  
An apparatus for opening and closing a container having a slidable shutter closure moving past the apparatus includes: a rotatable shaft having an axis perpendicular to the direction of travel of...
7569144 Device for the separation of a fluid into at least two fractions, using a plurality of membrane filters, and use thereof  
The invention relates to a device for the separation of a fluid into at least two fractions, using a plurality of membrane filters, and to the use thereof. The inventive device comprises at least...
7563410 Solid phase extraction apparatus and method  
Devices, and methods of use thereof, receivable by autosamplers for processing fluids contains suspended solids and solubles in, for example, solid phase extraction, include an inlet chamber in...
7560074 Instrument and method for breaking-up sample  
The present invention provides a sample breaking-up instrument and a method thereof, in which a pressing member is pressed by a centrifugal force against a sample within a cylindrical body provided...
7560073 Sample support  
The comprises at least one sample receiving chamber for a sample liquid, and a distributor channel for sample liquid connected to said at least one sample receiving chamber, with at least one such...
7560072 Blood analyzer with specimen container holder  
A blood analyzer that can check whether a cap is in place or not and can set a mixing mode at the same time when the specimen container is inserted. A specimen container holder holds a specimen...
7556966 High pressure parallel reactor  
A method for reacting a plurality of materials in parallel within a reactor vessel having a plurality of reaction wells formed therein. Each of the reaction wells has an open end exposed to a...
7556777 Specimen vial cap handler and slide labeler  
A composite modular system for handling biological sample vials and slides comprises a vial scanner configured to read indicia on the sample vials, a slide labeler configured to mark the slides, a...
7556776 Microfluidic manipulation of fluids and reactions  
The present invention relates generally to microfluidic structures, and more specifically, to microfluidic structures and methods including microreactors for manipulating fluids and reactions. In...
7553452 Procedure for channel adjustment of a multi-channel metering apparatus  
Procedure for equilibration of the delivery volumes of a multi-channel metering apparatus with an arrangement of independently controlled dispensing channels 1.1 - 1 .n, delivering individual...
7553393 Method for covering a microfluidic assembly  
A method for covering a set of open microchannel structures which are fabricated on a planar surface made of plastics and which comprise two or more part areas that have different surface...
7546925 Disposable vacuum filtration apparatus capable of detecting microorganisms and particulates in liquid samples  
A vacuum filtration apparatus ( 900 ) for detecting microorganisms and particulates in liquid samples. The apparatus includes a base ( 901 ), an absorbent pad ( 991 ), a filter ( 990 ), a funnel (...
7537907 Products and methods for single parameter and multiparameter phenotyping of cells  
A method of single parameter and multiparameter characterizing of cells, particularly immunophenotyping of cells, is provided. The method preferably uses antibody coated microspheres which are...
7537730 Reaction card and use of same  
A reaction card ( 1 ) having a body, a front surface ( 62 ) and a rear surface ( 63 ) defined by an edge ( 68 ), at least one inlet ( 2, 3, 4 and/or 5 ) and at least one outlet ( 7 and/or 8 ),...
7534623 Apparatus and method for the purification of nucleic acids  
The present invention is directed to novel device comprising a sol-gel filled microchannel and methods for purifying nucleic acids from biological samples. In one embodiment shown in FIG. 1 , the...
7534616 Uninterrupted flow pump apparatus and method  
This invention describes a method for pumping or delivering fluids utilizing a flexible vessel subject to controlled pressures within another pressure vessel. The pressure vessel can be sourced...
7534334 Apparatus and method for concentrating and filtering particles suspended in a fluid  
Disclosed is a device for separating and concentrating particles suspended in a fluid stream by using dielectrophoresis (DEP) to trap and/or deflect those particles as they migrate through a fluid...
7527765 Consumer food testing device  
A food testing device for testing for the presence of harmful contaminants in a food sample, includes a vessel adapted for holding a liquefied food sample, a liquefier operatively associated with...
7524462 Capillary flow for a heterogenous assay in a micro-channel environment  
Apparatus and methods consistent with certain principles related to the present invention include a first channel, where a fluid flows through the first channel, where the first channel comprises...
7521019 Sensor device and methods for manufacture  
The present invention provides a device and methods for detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample using an encapsulated sensor. Methods for manufacturing the sensor are also disclosed.
7520988 Cross-flow filter cassette  
An improved cross-flow filtration unit utilizing at least one two-ply membrane is disclosed that has a particular pore size relationship in the two membrane layers.
7517693 Method and apparatus for determining a molecular descriptor of absorption for a candidate compound  
A method of determining a molecular descriptor of absorption for a candidate compound is disclosed. The method includes: providing a test solution comprising one or more candidate compounds;...