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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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7399609 |
Staphylococcus detection
The invention relates to methods of detecting staphylococcus.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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