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7192559 Methods and devices for high throughput fluid delivery  
Methods and devices for delivering fluids into microfluidic device body structures are described. The methods and devices include the use of fluid manifolds which are integrated or interchangeable...
7192557 Methods and systems for releasing intracellular material from cells within microfluidic samples of fluids  
The present invention relates to a microfluidic system for processing a cell-containing liquid. The system includes a lysing zone to receive the cell-containing sample and a positioning element to...
7191037 Method for controlling production process  
A method for controlling production process by performing near-infrared absorptiometric analysis by simple procedures in an accurate manner, in which control of production process step can be...
7189842 High density, miniaturized arrays and methods of manufacturing same  
High-density, miniaturized arrays including high surface areas. Arrays described include substrate with a coating of linking agents, as well as arrays with reactants affixed to the substrates....
7189581 Method of obtaining a sample concentration of a solution in a microfluidic device  
A method is provided of obtaining a sample concentration of a solution in a microfluidic device. The microfluidic device includes a channel having a reservoir and a collection port. The channel is...
7189580 Method of pumping fluid through a microfluidic device  
A method is provided for pumping fluid through a channel of a microfluidic device. The channel has an input port of a predetermined radius and an output port of a predetermined radius. The channel...
7189579 Zero headspace extractor and method for determining partitioning and contaminant release rates of volatile and semi-volatile compounds  
A method and device for measuring release rates of contaminants in at least one of a fast release mode and a slow release mode in which a volatile liquid sample is introduced into a sealed...
7189578 Methods and systems employing electrothermally induced flow for mixing and cleaning in microsystems  
A method and system for controlling flow motion in a channel/cavity in a microfluidic system includes positioning at least one pair of electrodes in and/or proximate to the channel/cavity. A buffer...
7189575 Method and device for determining the swelling behavior of polymer gels under pressure  
Disclosed is a method for determining the swellability and the swelling kinetics of superabsorbent material ( 9 ) such as polymer gels, for example, which comprises introducing a defined volume of...
7189573 Apparatus and method for process monitoring  
An apparatus is provided for testing fluid samples includes a sensor, which can be light source, directed to a flow cell and a photo sensor for detecting a light beam reflected from the flow cell....
7189572 Method for measuring water content of fuel cell based on conductivity of electrolyte  
A measuring method first calculates the conductivity of an electrolyte membrane based on measured output voltage and output current of a fuel cell. The water content of an oxidant channel as an...
7189522 Dual path immunoassay device  
The systems of the invention include test cells with a first sorbent material defining a first flow path for a solution, a second sorbent material defining a second flow path distinct from the...
7189370 Apparatus and methods for high throughput and high-resolution assays  
An apparatus integrates one dimensional separation to another dimensional separation and automates the operation of the two dimensional separation. The first dimensional separation is performed in...
7189367 Reactor and process for production thereof  
In order to be capable of a chemical reaction, analysis or the like wherein a small amount of samples is used, a reactor comprises a flat plate-like first substrate the inside of which is provided...
7189366 Molecular tag reader  
Near infrared molecular assays can be used to detect small quantities of a molecule of interest in vivo or in vitro using laser dyes. A hand-held portable device is provided which can rapidly read...
7189362 Optical waveguide microcantilever with differential output and associated methods of cantilever sensing  
A microcantilever sensing system includes a waveguide cantilever that permits an optical signal to propagate through an endface of the cantilever. The propagated signal is received by a receiver...
7189361 Analytical device with lightguide Illumination of capillary and microgrooves arrays  
An analytical cell including a lightguide with a plurality of conduits filled with a migration medium. The medium, the lightguide and a surrounding medium have refractive indices selected such that...
7189360 Circular chemiresistors for microchemical sensors  
A circular chemiresistor for use in microchemical sensors. A pair of electrodes is fabricated on an electrically insulating substrate. The pattern of electrodes is arranged in a circle-filling...
7189359 Electrowetting electrode device with electromagnetic field for actuation of magnetic-bead biochemical detection system  
A detecting device for biochemical detections is provided. The detecting device includes a first substrate, a magnetic layer located on the first substrate, an isolation layer located on the...
7189358 Integrated micropump analysis chip and method of making the same  
An integrated micropump or a plurality of integrated micropumps are communicated to a plurality of analysis chambers. A plurality of integrated analysis chambers include integrated analysis devices...
7189357 Immunological assay system and method  
An immunological or immunohematological assay system is disclosed that includes a filter vessel capable of containing an assay sample, an incubator, a sample separation system, an image acquisition...
7189354 Optically and fluidically enhanced in vitro diagnostic test chamber  
An enclosed chamber is used in a system for screening of a liquid specimen through binding assays. The enclosed chamber includes an inlet, an outlet, and a plurality of discrete reactant containing...
7189353 Use of spatiotemporal response behavior in sensor arrays to detect analytes in fluids  
Methods, systems and sensor arrays are provided implementing techniques for detecting an analyte in a fluid. The techniques include providing a sensor array including at least a first sensor and a...
7189315 Ion sensor and clinical analyzer using the same  
An ion sensor has a flow path through which a sample flows. An ion-exchange membrane is in contact with the sample in the sample flow path. An internal solution is provided on one side of the...
7188001 System and method for temperature control  
A system for controlling the temperature of a reaction mixture comprises at least one heating device for heating the mixture and a power regulator for regulating the amount of power supplied to the...
7186796 Method for drying water-borne materials  
Provided is a method of isolating a bio-molecule from a water-borne mixture, the method comprising: contacting the water-borne mixture with dimethyl ether to form solid particles of the bio-molecule.
7186566 Combining transmittance detection and chromatographic strip techniques for quantification of analyte in biological fluids  
Chromatographic strip is used in combination with a transmittance detecting system in a test to quantitate analytes in biological fluid. Chemical reagents or conjugate labels are simply absorbed on...
7186384 Sample entry device for delivering medical samples to an analyzer  
The invention relates to a sample entry device for delivering medical samples, preferably blood samples, from diverse sample containers to an analyzer, wherein sample transfer between sample intake...
7186382 Microchip apparatus  
A system and method for providing an improved microchip measurement apparatus comprising an external reservoir connected via an input line and output line to a well disposed on the microchip. The...
7186380 Transistor and sensors made from molecular materials with electric dipoles  
A polarization-dependent device is provided that includes organic materials having electric dipoles. The polarization-dependent device comprises: (a) a source region and a drain region separated by...
7186379 Continuous real-time measurement of aqueous cyanide  
This invention provides a method and system capable of the continuous, real-time measurement of low concentrations of aqueous free cyanide (CN) using an on-line, flow through system. The system is...
7186377 Absorption power measuring device  
In an apparatus for measuring absorbed power including an electromagnetic field probe 1 fixedly mounted within a head simulation phantom 2 which simulates the configuration and the...
7182914 Structure and manufacturing process of a nano device transistor for a biosensor  
The present invention relates to a structure and manufacturing process of a nano device transistor for a biosensor. The structure, the manufacturing process and the related circuit for a carbon...
7182509 Nanoliter osmometer and method of operation  
The invention is an apparatus for determining a temperature at which a phase change occurs in a fluid sample, a method for measuring a temperature at which a phase change occurs in a sample and a...
7179423 Microfluidic system including a virtual wall fluid interface port for interfacing fluids with the microfluidic system  
A fluid interface port in a microfluidic system and a method of forming the fluid interface port is provided. The fluid interface port comprises an opening formed in the side wall of a microchannel...
7179421 Multi-pin chemiresistors for microchemical sensors  
A multi-pin chemiresistor for use in microchemical sensors. A pair of free-standing, bare wires is supported by an electrically insulating support, and are oriented parallel to each other and...
7179420 Apparatus comprising a particle sorter/dispenser and method therefor  
A particle sorter/dispenser wherein particles that are suspended in a liquid are flowed through a conduit and selectively dispensed through a dispensing orifice. The conduit includes a sensing zone...
7175810 Processing of particles  
Particles dispersed in a liquid are assembled in a configuration in which all the particles lie in the same plane, and the assembled particles are processed while in that configuration. The...
7172730 Thermal sensor  
A thermal sensor has a substrate defining a reaction chamber. The reaction chamber has an inlet for conducting sample into the reaction chamber, a reaction surface and an orifice adjacent the...
7169617 Device and method for quantitatively determining an analyte, a method for determining an effective size of a molecule, a method for attaching molecules to a substrate, and a device for detecting molecules  
A device for quantitatively determining an analyte is provided to conspicuously improve the performance of the quantitative determination. This device is equipped with a flow channel, an analyte...
7169601 Microfabricated reactor  
An integrated microfabricated instrument for manipulation, reaction and detection of microliter to picoliter samples. The instrument is suited for biochemical reactions, particularly DNA-based...
7169359 Bioequivalence test for iron-containing formulations  
A rapid method for assessing the bioequivalence of iron in iron-supplement formulations, particularly iron-sucrose formulations is described, which is based upon the kinetics of reduction of iron...
7169358 Electrochemical detection of nucleic acid sequences  
An electrochemical detection system which specifically detects selected nucleic acid segments is described. The system utilizes biological probes such as nucleic acid or peptide nucleic acid probes...
7166458 Assay and method for analyte sensing by detecting efficiency of radiation conversion  
In one aspect, the present invention is a system, a device and a method for sensing the concentration of an analyte in a fluid or matrix. The analyte may be glucose or any other chemical of...
7163794 Nucleic acid based nano-robotic system  
A multiped, capable of traveling in more than one direction along a molecular path in a nano-robotic system where the steps taken by the feet of the multiped are controlled in a sequence specific...
7163659 Free-standing nanowire sensor and method for detecting an analyte in a fluid  
A sensor device and method for detecting the presence of an analyte in a fluid solution are disclosed. The sensor device system can comprise a substrate and an array of free-standing nanowires...
7163658 Rapid sequencing of polymers  
A method and device for sequencing at least a fragment of a linear polymer. The device comprises a well for placement of a rotaxane comprising the combination of a cyclic molecule and a linear...
7160730 Method and apparatus for cell sorting  
A cell sorter system that includes a precision pump that causes fluid containing cells to enter an inlet port where the fluid is exposed to source light of one or more wavelengths and where cells...
7157285 Automated method for treatment of samples on solid supports  
The automated sample-on-solid-support processing system of the present invention comprises a computer-based control unit and a main unit comprising a variable-speed centrifuge having an openable...
7157284 Vacuum distillation automatic sampler  
A plurality of samples can be analyzed sequentially in any desired order by intruding the samples into an automatic sampler, the automatic sampler including a plurality of sample ports connected to...