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7560267 |
Apparatus and methods for on-chip monitoring of cellular reactions
This invention relates to apparatus and methods for on-chip monitoring of cellular reactions, and in particular to such an apparatus and method that enables soft-docking of cells by using a dam...
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7534600 |
Rapid bacterial quantification
The invention provides devices and methods for rapid quantification of microorganisms and cells. In one embodiment, the devices comprise a container having an upper compartment and a lower...
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7465443 |
Acellular antibordetella vaccine
The invention relates to an immunogenic composition, characterized in that it comprises an adenyl cyclase-hemolysin (AC-Hly) protein, or an immunogenic portion of this AC-Hly, of a strain of ...
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7405036 |
Process for reducing pathogens in a biological sample and removing a sample pellet from a sample tube
The present invention is directed towards an apparatus and method for disinfecting biological samples, including semen and the like, and for removing a biological sample pellet from surrounding...
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7374929 |
Device for microbiological examination of a sample of liquid under pressure
This concerns a device whose filtering membrane ( 4 ) is gripped annularly at the periphery between an annular transverse wall ( 32 ) forming part of a drainage body and an axially oriented...
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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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7354758 |
Device and method for sterility testing
Device and method for sterility testing, in particular of pharmaceutical products, includes a closed sterility test system having at least two test containers, in each case having an integrated...
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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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7252987 |
System for analysis and selection of encapsulated cellular materials
Capsules, entrained in a fluid medium, are directed into a channel deflection system designed to enable evaluation and separation of successfully encapsulated cellular material from the blanks and...
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7241616 |
System for culturing human cells and tissues
Disclosed is a human cell/tissue culturing system including a plurality of incubators, each incubator capable of aseptically storing/culturing cell(s) or tissue(s) derived from a (human) individual...
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7189560 |
Methods and apparatuses of separating cells using magnets and droplet type cell suspension
Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for separating cells using magnets and droplet type cell suspension according to the present invention, which may effectively separate cells by forming droplet...
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7179636 |
Preparing a sample to be analyzed from a sample with very large volume
The invention concerns the use of filtering means comprising a housing ( 2 ) wherein are arranged parallel to one another a plurality of hollow fibers ( 3 ), whereof the porous wall ( 3 a ) of each...
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7166443 |
Methods, compositions, and automated systems for separating rare cells from fluid samples
The present invention recognizes that diagnosis and prognosis of many conditions can depend on the enrichment of rare cells from a complex fluid sample. In particular, the enrichment of fetal cells...
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7105317 |
Immunogenic compositions comprising vrg-gene products from Bordetella extracts
This invention relates to an immunogenic composition comprising a bacterial extract containing at least one expression products of the vrg genes of a strain of Bordetella chosen from B....
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7015032 |
Intermittent immersion vessel apparatus and process for plant propagation
A plant micropropagation apparatus and process is provided in which a support platform for vessels containing a liquid growth media are periodically pivoted which brings about an intermittent...
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6979576 |
Methods of use of one step immunochromatographic device for Streptococcus A antigen
A method to determine the presence or absence of Streptococcus Group A antigen in a sample, comprising the following steps: extracting the antigen from the sample in an assay chamber with two or...
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6958110 |
Apparatus for the production of cellulose paper pulps by biodelignification of vegetative masses
Apparatus for the production of cellulose paper pulps from vegetative masses, comprising: a tower for sterilizing the mass to form a culture medium; a first screw for mixing the sterilized mass...
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6949355 |
Methods, compositions, and automated systems for separating rare cells from fluid samples
The present invention recognizes that diagnosis and prognosis of many conditions can depend on the enrichment of rare cells from a complex fluid sample. In particular, the enrichment of fetal cells...
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6913921 |
Rapid cell block embedding method and apparatus
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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6911312 |
Detection and characterization of microorganisms
A method for separating microorganisms, especially infectious agents, from a mixture by two dimensional centrifugation on the basis of sedimentation rate and isopycnic banding density, for...
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6908766 |
Device and method for capturing biological tissues
A device and method for capturing a biological tissue, comprises cutting a minute biological cellular tissue using a contactless cutting apparatus, wherein, by inverting a biological tissue slide...
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6852527 |
Apparatus and method for the measurement of cells in biological samples
An apparatus and method for concentrating and measuring low levels of cells in biological samples. The apparatus, or concentration device, consists of two chambers with an optically level...
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6846648 |
Method for the rapid detection of whole microorganisms on retaining membranes by use of chaotropic agents
The present invention relates to a method detection of microorganisms concentrated from body fluids as serum, sputum, pericardiac fluid, urine or other fluid on the surface of retaining membranes...
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6830935 |
Method for mixing and processing specimen samples
a method for separating particulate matter from a fluid, using apparatus which includes a container and cover, a filter assembly positioned in a housing atop the cover and suitable for collecting...
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6790654 |
Cell culture harvesting
A scraper for scraping live cells from a substrate. The scraper comprises a magnetic core and an elastomeric housing surrounding at least a portion of the magnetic core and defining at least one...
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6787340 |
Apparatus for separating cells and producing microbial polysaccharides
The present invention includes a process for separating cells from a liquid media, a method of fermentation using such a separation, and an apparatus for conducting such a separation or for...
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6776294 |
Device for microbiological examination of a sample of liquid under pressure and method for draining this device
This concerns a device whose filtering membrane is gripped annularly at the periphery between a first member forming part of an intake body and a second member forming part of a drainage body with...
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6773913 |
Device and process for purifying vectors
In a vector purification device, bacteria containing vectors are cultured in a culture medium in a culture tank, the culture medium is concentrated by filtration with a first TFF film, and the...
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6706521 |
Bed cleaning system for fluidized-bed bioreactors
A reaction chamber is adapted to contain a fluidized bed having a slurry of liquid, media and biomass. A lift and motive fluid are provided to urge slurry from the reaction chamber through a...
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6692702 |
Apparatus for biological sample preparation and analysis
A method for utilizing a filtration device for removing interferants from a sample containing cells in an automated apparatus is disclosed. The filtration device includes a microporous hollow fiber...
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6692968 |
Apparatus and method for sample purification and analysis
A method for utilizing a filtration device for removing interferants from a test sample containing a mixture of a composition of interest and interferants in an automated apparatus is disclosed....
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6623959 |
Devices and methods for cell harvesting
Devices and methods for cell harvesting are disclosed. More particularly this invention relates to devices and methods for enabling the formation of a dispersion of cells from tissue for medical or...
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6610528 |
Microbial enrichment using a container having a plurality of solid support particles
A method and device for collection and concentration of microbes via selectively attracting microbes to specific substrates chemically conjugated to a solid surface, such as a particle, are...
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6521190 |
Cell collection apparatus
This invention provides a novel apparatus for obtaining a cellular or tissue sample from a brush device. The apparatus comprises a collection container including an open end and a closed end, and...
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6495340 |
Cell carrier grids
An improved cell carrier grid. The grid is capable of containing and retaining individual living cells in an array discrete locations and includes a body that defines having an ordered array of...
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6485686 |
Method and apparatus for counting submicron sized particles
A system for detecting the presence of different size groups of submicron size particles in a fluid sample collected from the environment includes apparatus for collecting the environment. The...
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6478966 |
System for extracting tetrodotoxin
The invention relates to a system for extracting toxins from biological tissues. The system comprises a lixiviator, an ion-exchange column, a diatomaceous silica-active carbon column, and a vacuum...
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6372447 |
Method of distributing cells as single layer on a substrate from a suspension
An apparatus and method are provided for preparing specimens of biological cells uniformly distributed over a substrate surface. The method comprises providing a suspension of biological cells in...
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6352838 |
Microfluidic DNA sample preparation method and device
Manipulation of DNA molecules in solution has become an essential aspect of genetic analyses used for biomedical assays, the identification of hazardous bacterial agents, and in decoding the human...
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6335191 |
Automated system and method for growing bacteria
An automated system and method is provided for cultivating bacteria in a fluid medium and thereafter selectively discharging the fluid medium, wherein an initial supply of the selected strain or...
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6331431 |
Vacuum device and method for isolating periplasmic fraction from cells
A high throughput device is provided for simultaneously isolating periplasmic fractions from multiple samples of host cells. The device can be formatted to operate in a series. A method for...
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6316247 |
System and method for refining liposuctioned adipose tissue
A device and method for producing refined adipose tissue for use in autologous adipose transplantation or research wherein a sterile environment is maintained. More particularly, a system for...
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6268119 |
Method for separating cells
A cell separation method comprising steps of introducing a cell-containing fluid containing cells to be recovered and cells to be removed, into a cell-capturing means capable of substantially...
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6210959 |
Apparatus for the cultivation and concentration of non-adherent cells as well as for co-cultivation of two different cell species
For avoidance of cell aggregation and damage to the cells as well as for a reduction of the risk of contamination, an apparatus for the cultivation and concentration of non-adherent cells as well...
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6197579 |
Cell washing device and method
Disclosed is a cell washing device and method of washing cells that utilizes the device. The device is particularly designed for sterile transfer of cells from a primary centrifuge tube and for...
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6184011 |
Method of releasing solid matrix affinity adsorbed particulates
A method of releasing particulates from a solid matrix is provided. The method is effected adding to the solid matrix a degrading enzyme capable of degrading the solid matrix, to thereby release...
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6130084 |
Nutrition from pollution
This invention is a trap to collect worms or fly larvae to be used as feed or fowl. Putrid meat is placed inside a a box on top of a metal screen. It is desired to have flies be attracted to the...
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6054324 |
Method for detecting the presence of killing and collecting infectious airborne microorganisms
A method and device for detecting airborne, infectious microorganisms in indoor air and collecting them for rapid identification. Diseased air is drawn into an enclosed chamber where it is...
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6048727 |
Apparatus and method for mass transfer involving biological/pharmaceutical media
A mass transfer apparatus and method is based upon use of a mass transfer chamber, such as a hollow fiber membrane bioreactor, with a control to change the directional flow therethrough for...
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6010869 |
Method to collect and recover microorganisms from environmental samples
Presented herein is an improved method to collect and recover microorganisms from environmental samples. The method of this invention comprises the steps of (a) obtaining a sample for testing and,...
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