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7622274 Method for determining a product secretion profile of cells  
The invention provides methods for purifying one or more cells based on the level of one or more products secreted by the cells. In one embodiment, the method involves (a) contacting a plurality of...
7618794 Method for controlling environmental allergens  
There is provided a method for controlling environmental allergens in articles including toys, bedding, clothing and the like that tend to collect house dust mite and other allergens. One method...
7611861 Method and apparatus for patch-clamp measurements on cells  
The invention shows a method for patch-clamp experiments on cells or similar structures, where at least one cell is inserted into the lumen of a capillary and is positioned inside the capillary so,...
7598081 Materials and procedures for the purification of cells  
The subject invention provides new materials and methods for the efficient isolation and purification of stem cells. Specifically, conductive immunopolymers with stem cell specific antibodies can...
7582472 Apparatus and method for liquid sample testing  
There is provided a device for partitioning a liquefied sample into discrete volumes. The device includes a bottom member; a top member disposed adjacent the bottom member; and at least one channel...
7575868 Methods for assessing efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents  
Methods are provided for accurately predicting efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents. Methods of the invention increase the positive predictive value of chemosensitivity assays by assessing both the...
7563593 Method for preparing cell cultures from biological specimens for assaying secreted factors  
The present invention provides an improved system for determining factors secreted from patient cells, in which a tissue sample from the patient is harvested and cultured. One particularly...
7547536 Method for detecting bacterial spores  
A method of detecting the presence and quantity of bacterial spores, which includes adding an electrophilic alcohol and an acid anhydride to a sample, admixing the sample with a solvent, and...
7547526 Cell concentration and pathogen recovery  
Methods and kits for the isolation of organisms. Such methods and kits are particularly useful for concentrating and recovering viable organisms from food material. The recovered organisms are of...
7541161 Method and apparatus for preparing cells for microtome sectioning and archiving nucleic acids and proteins  
A method and apparatus for embedding cells that utilizes a flow-through embedding technique maximizes the efficiency of extractions and decreases time for embedding the cell fragments, minimizes...
7507528 Method and diagnosis kit for selecting and or qualitative and/or quantitative detection of cells  
This invention relates to a method for selecting and/or for qualitative and/or quantitative detection of predetermined biological cells from or in a sample containing biological cells, the sample...
7501278 Extracellular potential measuring device and method for fabricating the same  
A device for measuring an extracellular potential of a test cell includes a substrate having a well formed in a first surface thereof and a first trap hole formed therein. The well has a bottom....
7501260 Methods for determining efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents for a patient prior to treatment  
An improved system for screening a multiple of candidate therapeutic or chemotherapeutic agents for efficacy as to a specific patient, in which a tissue sample from the patient is harvested,...
7485437 Method for detecting bacterial endospores in a sealed container  
A device for detecting bacterial endospores in a sealed container. The device has a suction tube connected to an aerosol concentrator containing a lanthanide salt solution, a suction pump engaged...
7465543 Multiplex DNA identification of clinical yeasts using flow cytometry  
Oligonucleotide probes that are specific for pathogenic yeasts and which may be used for the detection of such yeasts in biological samples are described. These probes are specific for yeast...
7449307 Raised surface assay plate  
The assay plate includes a substrate having an substrate surface and at least one raised pad extending from the substrate surface. The raised pad includes a substantially planar sample receiving...
7447340 Device and method for automatically producing a thermal recoil response in nematodes  
The invention relates to a device ( 10 ) and a method for automatically eliciting a thermal avoidance response in nematodes, particularly in order to test pharmaceutical substances. The device ( 10...
7435578 Device and methods for monitoring the status of at least one cell  
A device and methods for monitoring status of at least one cell, wherein the cell has a membrane forming a substantially enclosed structure and defining an intracellular space therein. In one...
7428848 Electrostatic sampler and method  
The present invention is an electrostatic collector for low cost, high throughput, high efficiency sampling and concentration of bioaerosols. The device is small enough to be portable and can be...
7425426 Methods for purification of cells based on product secretion  
The invention provides methods for purifying one or more cells based on the level of one or more products secreted by the cells. In one embodiment, the method involves (a) contacting a plurality of...
7410791 Device containing cytophilic islands that adhere cells separated by cytophobic regions  
The invention provides a device for adhering cells in a specific and predetermined position, and associated methods. The device includes a plate defining a surface and a plurality of cytophilic...
7408704 Device for optically controlled micro-manipulation of biological specimens  
A device for an optically controlled micro-manipulation of biological specimens includes at least one micro-manipulator with at least one motor-displaceable cytotechnical instrument holder...
7405395 Acoustic ejection into small openings  
Provided is a method of transporting fluid which involves acoustic ejection into a small opening. The opening may be, for example, the inlet opening of a sample vessel. Alternatively, it may be an...
7405072 Acoustic radiation for ejecting and monitoring pathogenic fluids  
The invention relates to methods and devices that use focused radiation to handle and/or monitor pathogenic fluids. In particular, a method is provided for dispensing one or more droplets of a...
7402179 Garment processing with biological inspection procedures  
Biological inspection procedures and surface sanitization procedures are incorporated with a garment providing service to look for and monitor the presence of microbes, such as bacteria in...
7402178 Garment processing with biological sanitization and inspection procedures  
Biological inspection procedures and surface sanitization procedures are incorporated with a garment providing service to look for and monitor the presence of microbes, such as bacteria in...
7399609 Staphylococcus detection  
The invention relates to methods of detecting staphylococcus.
7384762 Process for trapping and confining microorganisms in air using water-soluble polymers  
A process for trapping and confining microorganisms in air using water-soluble polymers is disclosed. The water-soluble polymers are readily soluble in water or a physiological diluent, have...
7374905 Medium composition, method and device for selectively enhancing the isolation of anaerobic microorganisms contained in a mixed sample with facultative microorganisms  
The present invention is directed to a medium, broth or agar, and a method of utilizing the same, in order to isolate and/or identify anaerobes from a mixed sample that contains facultative...
7374904 Products containing quantum of bioparticles and method for production thereof  
A method for forming a substantially solid product containing a desired quantum of bioparticle, the method comprising (a) providing a sample of bioparticle in liquid form; (b) selecting a desired...
7354733 Method for sorting and separating living cells  
We disclose methods of sorting or separating mixtures of living cells (e.g., eukaryotic, prokaryotic, mammalian, pathogenic, bacterial, viral, etc.). We perform our methods by activating...
7314731 Method for selecting therapeutic agents for cancer  
The present invention discloses in vitro methods for screening candidate therapeutic and/or chemotherapeutic agents for in vivo efficacy in a specific patient. The invention also includes methods...
7306924 Biosensor and related method  
A method for collecting a microbiological substance utilizes a micro fabricated biochip having a collection chamber. A fluid sample containing a microbiological entity of interest is delivered to...
7300793 Method for preventing the adhesion of particles  
A method for the prevention of the adhesion of particles, in particular cells and cellular components in solution to surfaces, characterized in that to the solution is added at least one polyalcohol.
7297530 Device for use in monitoring a swab technique  
A device for use in monitoring a swab method, the device includes a first substrate substantially adjacent a second substrate, the first substrate and the second substrate having disposed...
7293473 Method and apparatus for sampling biological particles in an air flow  
A method and apparatus for sampling potential biohazard particles in an air flow tests for biological particles in the air flow; collects a sample of particulate matter from a specific portion of...
7270993 Protease deficient Caulobacter host cells  
Caulobacter optimized for use in expression of heterologous peptides as part of a hybrid Caulobacter S-layer protein are provided as well as methods for producing such Caulobacter. Caulobacter ...
7264972 Method and apparatus for sorting biological cells with a MEMS device  
A micromechanical actuator for sorting hematopoietic stem cells for use in cancer therapies. The actuator operates by diverting cells into one of a number of possible pathways fabricated in the...
7262021 Method for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of microorganisms  
Media, kits, and methods are disclosed for use in processes requiring microbial culture. More specifically, the invention provides carrageenan-stabilized agar-based microbial culture media for kits...
7229838 MEMS actuator and method of manufacture for MEMS particle sorting device  
A micromechanical particle sorting chip uses an actuator divided into two parts to direct a component of interest into one of a plurality of possible exit paths, based on detection of a fluorescent...
7220594 Method and apparatus for sorting particles with a MEMS device  
A micromechanical particle sorting chip uses laser light directed through at least one of a reflective and refractive surface to come to a focus in an optically transparent layer. The laser light...
7191670 Automatic microbial air sampling system and method  
A method and system for automated remote microbial air sampling includes a sampling enclosure positioned outside an isolator. An infeed sample receiver passes sample containers into the enclosure....
7189526 Apparatus for culture, process for preparing apparatus for culture, and culturing method  
An apparatus for culture is provided, which apparatus enables to increase the ratio of a culture medium solution to the number of cells while keeping the density of the cells at a high level and...
7169599 Fluid interface for bioprocessor systems  
An apparatus and method for an aseptic fluidic interface between bioprocess systems is provided. The apparatus includes an inlet valve, adapted for automatic control, that is coupled to a biofluid...
7169578 Cell isolation and screening device and method of using same  
The present invention provides methods and devices for screening a single cell or a small group of cells for a desired biological activity. In particular, the present invention provides for...
7169571 Methods for measurement of lymphocyte function  
A method for measuring the responses of sets or subsets of lymphocytes to mitogens or antigens in a sample is disclosed comprising incubating a population of cells with a mitogen or antigen,...
7157223 Method and apparatus for detecting enzymatic activity using molecules that change electrophoretic mobility  
The activity of intracellular chemical reactions of molecules is measured by the use of fluorescently labeled substrate molecules that undergo a change in electrophoretic mobility upon chemical...
7148033 Method for detection for total coliforms and E. coli  
An improved method for detection of total coliforms and E. coli comprising a broth containing an ingredient that will suppress growth of non-coliform gram negative bacteria, and at least one...
7141386 Cell culture device  
A culture device for cellular media including a biomedia growth chamber defining a closed environment and an electronically controllable jetting device in communication with a source of material...
7122338 Method for quantification of biological material in a sample  
Methods for the detection and/or quantification of a biological material in a sample. The method includes the steps of liquefying the sample (if necessary) and pouring the liquefied sample into the...