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6911183 |
Moving microdroplets
The movement and mixing of microdroplets through microchannels is described employing microscale devices, comprising microdroplet transport channels, reaction regions, electrophoresis modules, and...
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6911181 |
Self-dispensing storage device
A system and method for dispensing a sample using a self-dispensing system including a sample storage device, a dispensing mechanism, and a driving mechanism for driving the dispensing mechanism....
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6908594 |
Efficient microfluidic sealing
Improved sealing for microstructures in microfluidic devices having a plurality of units is provided by providing collars surrounding the openings to the microstructures, such as reservoirs. The...
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6905612 |
Plasma concentrate apparatus and method
A plasma concentrator for producing plasma concentrate from a plasma from which erythrocytes have been substantially removed. The device comprises a concentrating chamber having an inlet port and...
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6902680 |
Device for selectively filtering under reduced pressure and for vacuum drying sample liquids or drops of sample liquids as well as use of said device
A device for selectively filtering liquid samples in compartments comprising inlet and outlet openings of a carrier body under reduced pressure and vacuum drying of the sample liquid in the area of...
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6902705 |
Device comprising a plurality of analysis sites on a support
The subject of the invention is a device for chemical or biological analysis comprising a carrier ( 21 ) containing a plurality of analysis sites able to fix a chemical or biological reagent, in...
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6902704 |
Injection pump assembly for a combinatorial reactor and related method
An injection pump assembly 10 in a chemical delivery system for simultaneously delivering reagents into a combinatorial reactor system having multiple injectors. The assembly 10 has a plurality...
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6899850 |
Method and basket apparatus for transporting biological samples
A container assembly for storing and stabilizing a biological sample includes a container, a closure cap and a sample holder coupled to the closure cap and removably received in the container. The...
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6896848 |
Microplate cover assembly
A microplate cover assembly which is compatible with manual workstations or robotic handling systems used for high throughput screening. The cover assembly includes a cover, a pressure plate and a...
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6896850 |
Silicon nitride window for microsampling device and method of construction
A silicon nitride cuvette window for a microsampling device and method of construction are provided. The sample to be analyzed is drawn into the cuvette of the microsampling device. The silicon...
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6893613 |
Parallel chemistry reactor with interchangeable vessel carrying inserts
The base of the modular reactor includes a frame which defines an opening into which one of a plurality of interchangeable reaction vessel carrying inserts can be removeably received. Each insert...
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6893863 |
PCR thermocycler
A sleeve-type silicon polymerase chain reaction (PCR) chamber or thermocycler having improved thermal performance. The silicon sleeve reaction chamber is improved in thermal performance by etched...
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6893877 |
Methods for screening substances in a microwell array
Methods for manufacturing and using an apparatus for manipulating and analyzing a large number of microscopic samples of a liquid or materials, including cells, in liquid suspension. Parallel...
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6890729 |
Device and method for cytology slide preparation
This invention provides a novel device and method for preparing cytology slides. The device comprises a book-like form including an absorbent material and filter attached to the inside surface of a...
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6890493 |
Methods and apparatus for fluid distribution in microfluidic systems
A chemical processing microsystem useful for identifying and optimizing materials (e.g., catalysts) that enhance chemical processes or for characterizing and/or optimizing chemical processes is...
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6890491 |
Method and apparatus for universal fluid exchange
A universal fluid exchange device includes upper and lower reaction vessel supports which include pressure sealed injection and evacuation ports for each supported reaction vessel. Reaction vessels...
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6890488 |
Apparatus for sealing test tubes and the like
A sealing mat for sealing the open mouths of an array of test tubes. The mat includes a flexible carrier sheet having an array of mutually spaced pegs projecting downwardly therefrom and a...
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6890484 |
In line test device and methods of use
The present invention recognizes that it can be desirable to have a sample receiving chamber integral to or engageable with a test platform, such as a test platform that includes a test strip. The...
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6887210 |
Devices and methods for obtaining mammary fluid samples for evaluating breast diseases, including cancer
Biological samples of mammary fluid or components thereof are obtained using a breast pump device coupled with a solid phase sample collection medium, alternatively facilitated by administering...
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6887671 |
Filtrate plate device and reversible-well plate device
This invention is directed to filtrate-holder and reversible-well collection plates composed of polypropylene and Teflon®, and to their use, in connection with compatible filter units, in...
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6887432 |
Cuvette arrays
An integrally built, linear array of cuvettes is made of a plastic material. Every cuvette of the array has the same shape and dimensions. Neighboring cuvettes are connected to each other by a...
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6887709 |
Devices, systems and methods for the containment and use of liquid solutions
The present invention includes devices, systems and methods for containing and using liquid solutions. The devices include liquid containment structures and packages of such liquid containment...
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6884626 |
Redrawn capillary imaging reservoir
Methods and apparatus for depositing a high density biological or chemical array onto a solid support. Specifically, the apparatus is made up of a plurality of open ended channels collectively...
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6884615 |
Microplate
A microplate having a base and wells is disclosed. The base has mark parts at least on one edge thereof. Each mark part is defined by notches cut in the edge of the base. The wells are provided in...
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6884397 |
Sample tubes with fluid-tight labels
A sample tube assembly incorporating a fluid-tight label chamber, said label chamber being fused to or forming part of the body of the sample tube. The invention also includes a sample tube...
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6884396 |
Pipettor reservoir for particulate-containing liquids
In a preferred embodiment, a pipettor reservoir for particulate-containing liquid, including: a body portion; a shallow reservoir portion defined in an upper surface of the body portion; fluid-flow...
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6881317 |
Fractionation of macro-molecules using asymmetric pulsed field electrophoresis
A method and apparatus for fractionation of charged macro-molecules such as DNA is provided. DNA solution is loaded into a matrix including an array of obstacles. An alternating electric field...
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6881380 |
Cup handling subsystem for an automated clinical chemistry analyzer system
The present invention relates to a cup handling subsystem for an automated clinical chemistry analyzer system which includes a nestable sample cup for holding sample mixtures, a cup dispenser...
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6878338 |
Dual chamber dissolution container with passive agitation
A reagent dissolution device and methods of using the same, wherein the device comprises a housing ( 40 ), a diluent ( 25 ), and at least one reagent bed ( 35 ), wherein the diluent ( 25 ) and the...
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6878346 |
Serum transfer cup
The serum transfer cup is nestable in two different size blood collection tubes such as a 13 mm diameter sample tube and a 16 mm diameter sample tube of the same axial length. The serum transfer...
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6878345 |
Ultra high throughput bioassay screening system
In a preferred embodiment, a method of performing biological assays, including: providing a longitudinally extending carrier tape having thermally formed therein a plurality of reagent receiving...
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6878341 |
Apparatus for the precise location of reaction plates
Generally, the present invention provides a device and method for accurately locating a multi-well plate at a plate-support location, e.g., a work surface, of an automated laboratory machine, such...
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6878344 |
Apparatus for testing compositions in contact with a porous medium
An apparatus for use in testing a plurality of compositions in parallel. The apparatus includes an upper plate having a plurality of openings extending therethrough to form upper fluid chambers and...
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6878555 |
Method and instrumentation for micro dispensation of droplets
A method for dispensing droplets of a liquid to a microsystem in the form of a disc comprising a target area (TA 0 I) in its surface, said disc preferably being a microfluidic disc comprising a...
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6878343 |
Devices and housings for test sample preparation
The description describes a test sample preparation device comprising a housing, a filter assembly disposed over an opening in the housing and including a plurality of wells, a sampler tray...
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6875604 |
Thermal cycling device with mechanism for ejecting sample well trays
A thermal cycling device for biological samples. The thermal cycling device may include a sample block, an annular plate, and a plurality of spring devices interposed between the sample block and...
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6875403 |
Method and apparatus for reproducible sample injection on microfabricated devices
Fixed volumes of samples are metered into the reaction channel of a microfluidic device using one or more slidable blocks having at least one fixed-length sample metering channel. In another aspect...
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6875405 |
Tube rack
A tube rack comprises a base having an array of vertical openings extending therebetween, the openings being configured and dimensioned to receive a plurality of tubes, with the upper ends of the...
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6866826 |
Large mouth centrifuge labware
A centrifuge labware includes a container and a removable, non-threaded lid. The container has a top opening which is at least about 90% of the cross-sectional area of the container.
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6866822 |
Gimbaled bladder actuator for use with test strips
Gimbaled bladder actuators and methods for their use in compressing bladders present on test strips are provided. The subject actuators are characterized by the presence of a gimbaled compression...
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6861034 |
Priming mechanisms for drop ejection devices
Provided is a priming mechanism for priming a biofluid drop ejection device having a drop ejection opening leading to an ejection reservoir. The priming mechanism includes a vacuum unit which...
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6861252 |
Sensors for the detection of an analyte
A sensor for the detection of an analyte includes a first reagent in one section of the housing and at least a second reagent in another section of the housing. The sensor also includes a reservoir...
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6860632 |
Instrument material holder and method of fabrication thereof
A housing for a material holder includes an intermediate housing member having a generally horizontal member, an upper recess and a lower recess, an upper housing member having a generally...
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6858184 |
Microlaboratory devices and methods
Disclosed herein are apparatuses and devices, and methods for using and making the same, for use in performing desired activities in an automated, microscale format. Microparticles are ushered...
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6858139 |
Methods and devices for preparing hemodialysis solutions
A single housing comprising a diluent inlet, a solution outlet, and a plurality of discrete reagent beds comprising at least one reagent in dry form, wherein said reagent is present in the discrete...
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6855293 |
Fluids manipulation device with format conversion
A fluid management apparatus includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A plurality of fluid inlets, which are preferably media reservoirs, are...
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6855540 |
Reagent container and canister for use in an automated microbiological analyzer
A cup-like broth container comprising four mutually opposed pairs of connected sidewalls with a protruding rib formed on each of four perpendicularly opposed single sidewalls and four Y-shaped...
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6852290 |
Multi-well apparatus
A multi-well assembly according to one embodiment comprises a multi-well block and a guide plate. The multi-well block defines a plurality of wells, with each well having a fluid-impermeable bottom...
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6852286 |
Device for extracting and taking samples from an aqueous solution in a substrate
A device is provided for extraction of samples of an aqueous solution in a substratum. A probe made up of a pyrometric capsule of porous porcelain has one end of lesser diameter to which is...
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6852288 |
System for multiple sterile sample collection and isolation
This device is directed at filling multiple receptacles without losing integrity of the system. It is also directed at receiving a (sealed) container of receptacles (opened or stopper/closed),...
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