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7611899 Sensor release for a sensor dispensing instrument  
A sensor dispensing instrument adapted to handle a sensor pack containing a plurality of sensors and to perform a test using one of the sensors. The sensor dispensing instrument includes an outer...
7604776 Sample-liquid analysis disc and method for analyzing sample mixture liquid  
A reaction of a sample mixture liquid is detected accurately, by allowing a solid reagent to be dissolved and reacted in a liquid sample quickly and accurately. A disc main body, and at least one...
7597847 Analyzer having a stationary multifunction probe  
An analyzer, preferably a desktop analyzer, includes: a stationary probe capable of dispensing or aspirating a liquid; one or more of a movable test element or movable liquid source; and a conveyor...
7597846 Apparatus for producing tissue arrays  
An apparatus for producing a tissue array, having at least one receiver block ( 1 ) and at least one donor block ( 2 ) that comprises tissue ( 3 ) to be investigated, is described. The donor block...
7595188 Observation apparatus  
An observation apparatus includes a sample tray that holds a container housing a cultured cell and a culture medium and covered with a lid; an observation unit that serves for observation of the...
7595025 Apparatus for producing tissue arrays  
An apparatus for producing a tissue array is described. At least one receiver block ( 1 ), and at least one donor block ( 2 ) that comprises tissue ( 3 ) to be investigated, are provided, a first...
7595024 Apparatus for producing tissue arrays  
An apparatus for producing a tissue array, having at least one donor block ( 2 ) that comprises tissue ( 3 ) to be investigated, is described. A marked tissue section of the tissue ( 3 ) to be...
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...
7585465 Pharmaceutical product release rate testing device  
Pharmaceutical product release rate testing device includes a base, at least one carousel member rotatably mounted on the base, each carousel member including a plurality of test tube pockets each...
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...
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...
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...
7569187 Device for removing consumable analytic products from a storage container  
A method and a device for removing an analytic consumable product, in particular a test element, from a storage container having chambers which are sealed by foils from which the consumable product...
7569186 Systems for using sample processing devices  
Sample processing systems for processing sample materials located in sample processing devices that are separate from the system are disclosed. The sample processing systems include a rotating base...
7566366 Coverslipping machine  
A coverslipping machine ( 1 ) for applying coverslipping agent and a coverslip onto a specimen slide is described. A hollow needle ( 2 ), which is embodied to be movable via a guide ( 4 ) into a...
7550716 Mass spectrometer  
The present invention provides a mass spectrometer capable of breaking even a sample molecule having a large molecular weight by a CID process. In an embodiment of the present invention, the mass...
7547417 Storage container for analytical devices  
A storage container for holding analytical devices, the storage container being made of a rigid material and containing separate chambers in each of which at most one analytical device can be...
7547414 Automatic analyzer  
For installing reagent bottles in a reagent disk, the operator needs to install them while confirming the orientation of each reagent bottle. However, the operator will groan under a psychological...
7544472 Apparatus for detecting biomolecular bonding and a method thereof  
An apparatus and method for detecting biomolecular bonding are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a substrate; a rotation unit mounted on the substrate, a probe biomolecule immobilized on a surface...
7544324 Rapid sample analysis storage devices and methods of use  
The present invention provides test devices for detecting an analyte suspected of being present in a liquid sample. The devices contain a reservoir compartment, a test compartment, and a port for a...
7529598 Positioning device and method  
A plate and method for positioning functional elements in a system for working with fluid-containing samples includes a horizontal work field having a lengthwise dimension and a perpendicularly...
7527764 Automatic system for conserving samples at a controlled temperature  
An automatic system ( 100 ) for conserving samples at a controlled temperature comprising at least one controlled-temperature thermo-insulated conservation chamber ( 1 ) with temperature control...
7527763 Valve control system for a rotating multiplex fluorescence detection device  
Techniques are described for the detection of multiple target species in real-time PCR (polymerase chain reaction). For example, a system comprises a data acquisition device and a detection device...
7521021 System for in situ processing of a tissue specimen  
The present invention is directed to a system for use in the preparation in situ of tissue specimens for histological examination. The system includes a cassette, a specimen mounting card and a...
7517457 Method of mixing magnetic particles  
An apparatus and method for carrying out the affinity separation of a target substance from a liquid test medium by mixing magnetic particles having surface immobilized ligand or receptor within...
7507377 Device for automatic analysis of a liquid sample  
This invention relates to a device usable in an automatical apparatus for the determination of the rate of change of the physical state of a medium. This device has a series of cuvettes having two...
7507375 Device for measuring compounds in body liquids  
The present invention relates to device for quantitative and/or qualitative determination of the presence/absence of a substance in a body liquid comprising a rotatably arranged magazine containing...
7501094 Preparation and characterization of formulations in a high throughput mode  
The invention is an automated robotic system for the production and testing of formulations at a very high throughput. It is an integrated system of hardware and software capable of preparing and...
7498175 Method and apparatus for determining temperature of and controlling the evaporation of liquid samples  
A method is described for evaporating liquid samples contained in sample holders mounted within a chamber and rotated by the rotor during an evaporation process in which the pressure in the chamber...
7497995 Hybrid valve apparatus and method for fluid handling  
A hybrid valve apparatus for use with an aspiration actuator and a dispensing actuator to transfer fluid from a reservoir to a test site on a substrate surface. The hybrid valve includes a valve...
7494823 Mobile intra-operative microscopic diagnosis laboratory  
A mobile intra-operative microscopic diagnosis laboratory capable of analyzing fresh tissue specimens and providing intra-operative consultation within 20 minutes is described. The mobile...
7491364 Method and system for transporting and storing multiple reagent packs and reagent packs used therein  
A new method and system for transporting and sorting multiple reagent packs used in conjunction with an immunodiagnostic instrument is provided. The new system includes a multiplicity of reagent...
7485464 Method and apparatus for sample preparation in an automated discrete fluid sample analyzer  
An automated discrete fluid sample analyzer includes a sample preparation module. The sample preparation module includes a well configured to receive a sample deposited by a pipettor and a sample...
7485118 Microstructured arrangement for the bubble-free filling with a liquid of at least one system for draining off liquids, apparatus having such an arrangement and filing method  
The present invention relates to a microstructure arrangement for the bubble-free filling with a liquid of at least one system for draining off liquids. The arrangement has an inlet for the...
7481977 Assay device  
A device for fluid assay comprising a carousel ( 12 ), mounted about a hub ( 14 ), disposed in a complementary shaped housing ( 16 ). The carousel ( 12 ) is divided into a plurality of chambers (...
7476362 In situ heat induced antigen recovery and staining apparatus and method  
An automated in situ heat induced antigen recovery and staining method and apparatus for treating a plurality of microscope slides. The process of heat induced antigen recovery and the process of...
7476361 Microfluidics devices and methods of diluting samples and reagents  
This invention relates to methods and apparatus for performing microanalytic and microsynthetic analyses and procedures. The invention provides a microsystem platform and a micromanipulation device...
7470541 Automated biological reaction apparatus  
An automated immunostaining apparatus having a reagent application zone and a reagent supply zone. The apparatus has a carousel slide support supporting a plurality of slide supports thereon, and...
7470401 Simplified tissue processing  
Improved systems and methods for tissue processing are described here. The chemical process and the construction of the apparatus are simplified by using only two different solutions in two...
7468161 Automated high volume slide processing system  
An automated system is provided for performing slide processing operations on slides bearing biological samples. In one embodiment, the disclosed system includes a slide tray holding a plurality of...
7458483 Assay testing diagnostic analyzer  
A diagnostic system with a handling system that has a loading bay to receive and hold a plurality of carriers. An identification device is configured to identify an identifying feature of the...
7455814 Metered dispenser and aspirator device  
An automated metered fluid dispensing and aspirating apparatus comprising a combination delivery/removal fluid head with upper shuttle and lower reservoir assemblies is disclosed. A covered,...
7449147 Apparatus for collecting imprinted cassettes and/or imprinted specimen slides for histological or cytological preparations  
An apparatus for collecting imprinted cassettes and/or specimen slides for histological or cytological preparations comprises a motor-driven lifting platform ( 1 ) having panels ( 2 ) arranged one...
7445755 Method and apparatus for manufacturing beads array chip  
Provided is a convenient process of manufacturing a two-dimensional bead array on a chip by disposing a plurality of beads immobilized with a biomolecular probe in a bead array container in a...
7438857 Liquid handling tool having porous plunger  
A robotically manipulable sample handling tool, such as a colony picking head or robotic pipetting tool, includes needles arranged on the tool. Actuators are associated with each needle to control...
7437914 Microfluidic test systems with gas bubble reduction  
A reservoir for use in testing a liquid as part of a microfluidic testing system, includes a testing chamber configured to receive the liquid to be tested. A liquid inlet is fluidly coupled to the...
7435933 Enhanced sample processing devices, systems and methods  
Devices, systems, and methods for processing sample materials. The sample materials may be located in a plurality of process chambers in the device, which is rotated during heating of the sample...
7435598 Catalyst testing apparatus and process  
An apparatus and process are described in which a plurality of preloaded catalyst samples tubes can be serially and automatically moved from a support to a reaction zone where each catalyst sample...
7435382 Incubator  
An incubator includes a rotating incubator rotor. The incubator rotor is provided with a plurality of element chambers which are arranged along the outer periphery of the incubator rotor and each...