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20080233011 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES - A microfluidic device having a first semi-crystalline polymer film with an amorphous or quasi-amorphous surface adhered to an amorphous or quasi-amorphous surface of a second semi-crystalline polymer film. The first semi-crystalline polymer film may also be adhered in part to a conductive layer. | 09-25-2008 |
20080233012 | Method for preventing repeat use of disposable articles in analyzers - The invention concerns the field of automatic analysis instruments (analyzers) and relates to a method for preventing repeat use of disposable articles in analyzers. | 09-25-2008 |
20080240998 | FLUID PATH SYSTEM FOR DISSOLUTION AND TRANSPORT OF A HYPERPOLARIZED MATERIAL - A fluid path system includes a vial containing a frozen pharmaceutical product therein. A dissolution fluid path is also included in the fluid path system, the dissolution fluid path having an output end in fluid communication with the vial and an input end attached to a pressure vessel containing a dissolution medium. A delivery fluid path is also included in the system having a first end hermetically attached to the vial to transport therefrom a mixture of dissolved pharmaceutical product and dissolution medium and a second end connected to a receiving vessel to receive the mixture. A dissolution fluid path valve is positioned between the pressure vessel and the dissolution fluid path to control flow of the dissolution medium, and a delivery fluid path valve is also included in the fluid path system to control flow of the mixture from the delivery fluid path to the receiving vessel. | 10-02-2008 |
20080260588 | Composition Formed of Moldable Polymers Possessing a Lasting Hydrophilic Nature, Channels for Aqueous Fluids Based on this Composition, Microfluidic System Incorporating These Channels and Its Process of Manufacture - The invention relates to a durable hydrophilic non-porous surface-modified polymer composition, to aqueous fluid channels based on said composition, to a microfluidic system comprising said channels, to a method for the production thereof and to a microfluidic chip or cells incorporating said composition. | 10-23-2008 |
20080260589 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Biochemical Testing in a Microenvironment - A micro-testing lab for performing tests on biochemical and synthetic materials is provided. The testing lab includes a substrate forming the base material of the test lab; a poly silicon layer formed over the substrate; and a silicon dioxide layer deposited over the poly silicon layer, the poly silicon layer supporting a series of grooves, flow obstacles, and sensors for facilitating material flow, material separation, and material analysis. In a preferred embodiment, material is prepared in a preparation basin and introduced into a groove and propelled there through to at least one flow obstacle separating different molecules of the material to be tested and wherein upon separation, at least one sensor is utilized for performing analysis of the material. Also in preferred embodiments, the lab is field programmable and controllable through a control interface. | 10-23-2008 |
20080267826 | MICROTUBE PICKING DEVICE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL DEVELOPMENT - A microtube picking device for pharmaceutical development in which the picking of a selected microtube from a storage rack can be reliably carried out without producing friction in a latch member and without shifting the position of the microtube when it is reinserted into the storage rack. The microtube picking device has a picking member with a microtube accommodating hole whose internal surfaces are arranged in a polygonal array. The device also has at least one latch member having elastic force, which presses and fixes the microtube to two adjacent surfaces of the microtube accommodating hole. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267827 | CONTENTS TRANSFER APPARATUS AND CHEMICAL REACTION SYSTEM - A contents transfer apparatus applicable to various chemical reaction cartridges for general purpose, and a chemical reaction system are provided. The contents transfer apparatus comprises a plurality of members, arrayed substantially continuously, and driving means for independently driving the plurality members. Since the plurality of members are driven independently of each other, it is possible to transfer the contents of the cartridge with the same operation as made by use of rollers, and also possible to transfer the contents with more smooth pulsative operation. | 10-30-2008 |
20080305010 | STRIATED CAP - A cap for use in forming a sealed container with a fluid-holding vessel. The cap includes a downwardly tapered inner wall having a plurality of radially extending striations for improving the penetrability of the cap and for facilitating the formation of air passageways. | 12-11-2008 |
20080311006 | Droplet-based fluidic coupling - A fluid supply unit is described, with the fluid supply unit comprising a fluid dispenser with an orifice adapted for dispensing a fluid, and a microfluidic device comprising an inlet port located at one of the faces of the microfluidic device. The fluid supply unit is adapted for establishing a fluidic contact between a droplet formed at the fluid dispenser's orifice and an inlet port of the microfluidic device, and the fluid supply unit is adapted for electrophoretically moving charged compounds from the droplet towards the inlet port. | 12-18-2008 |
20080317637 | ROTATING REAGENT DISPENSER AND METHODS - Devices and methods of dispensing and mixing reagents with samples in an enclosed container in which the amounts of the reagents dispensed into the sample are predetermined. The devices include a rotating dispenser element attached to a base, wherein an ampoule is located within a cavity in the base. The dispenser elements contain two or more dispensing chambers that are sealed and that can be opened and any reagent(s) located therein dispensed into the ampoule at selected times. | 12-25-2008 |
20090004062 | DEVICES FOR IMPROVING THE FLATNESS OF HIGH-DENSITY MICROPLATES - Methods and apparatuses that improve the flatness of the microplates. In some embodiments, a pair of opposing channels that extends along a length of a rigid member is used to retain the microplate on the rigid member and to impart a level of flatness of at least a predetermined value. In some embodiments, one or more rigid framing members each having a channel therein are disposed along the edges of a microplate and impart a level of flatness of at least a predetermined value to the microplate. In some embodiments, a method of flattening the microplate comprises securing the microplate to a rigid member so the microplate has a flatness of at least a predetermined value and maintaining the microplate secured to the rigid member during a subsequent spotting or filling operation. | 01-01-2009 |
20090004063 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTUATING A SYRINGE - A robotic workstation includes apparatus for actuating one or more syringes. Each syringe has a cylinder and a plunger movable in the cylinder. A programmable robot has at least one syringe actuating device. The actuating device has a holder for holding and releasing a syringe cylinder and an actuator movable relative to the holder. A coupling couples the actuator to the plunger of the syringe such that, when the cylinder is held by the holder, movement of the actuator relative to the holder causes the plunger to move in the cylinder. A method of dispensing a material into a container includes robotically moving at least one syringe to a position for dispensing into a container. The plunger is robotically moved in the cylinder to dispense material from the syringe into the container. The workstation suitably includes a mixing apparatus for mixing materials in an array of containers at the workstation. | 01-01-2009 |
20090028757 | STAINING APPARATUS FOR SAMPLE SECTIONS - An apparatus for staining sample sections, comprising: a chamber that is adapted for fastening sample sections therein; and a pump that is adapted for pumping liquids through the chamber. The chamber has an inlet and an outlet. The inlet can be connected to at least one reservoir of a staining liquid via inlet lines that are controllable by valves. The inlet lines are formed at least in the region of the associated valves by means of elastic hose lines, and the valves are formed as hose pinch valves. This apparatus minimizes or eliminates contaminations arising from staining processes for thin sections that are in particular prepared for examination in an electron microscope. | 01-29-2009 |
20090035185 | SPECIMEN PREPROCESSING SYSTEM - A specimen preprocessing system including a specimen rack which supports a specimen container with its opening sealed with a plug for storing the specimen, a carrier line for carrying the specimen rack, a preprocessing unit to which the specimen rack is carried by the carrier line, and a control unit for controlling the carrier line and the preprocessing unit is provided with a plug opening unit which is capable of opening plugs of the specimen containers each having a different height (different plug configuration or diameter) mounted in the same specimen rack. | 02-05-2009 |
20090060793 | MICRODISPENSER AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD - The invention relates to a microdispenser ( | 03-05-2009 |
20090060794 | Eccentric rotating device - A motor driven rotating device is disclosed that includes a fixed base, an eccentric rotating mechanism above the base, first magnets in the base, and second magnets in the rotating mechanism. A polarity of each first magnet is opposite to that of each second magnet so as to maintain a gap between the base and the rotating mechanism. Also, the rotating mechanism is adapted to eccentrically rotate. | 03-05-2009 |
20090081083 | Anti-clogging device and method for in-gel digestion applications - An integrated proteomics sample preparation device and method for in-gel digestion of proteins and for desalting and concentrating samples prior to further analysis such as by MALDI TOF and/or electro-spray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry. The device and method of the present invention allow for digestion, desalting and concentration of sample prior to analysis. More specifically, the device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of wells in fluid communication with a an outlet or drainage opening containing a three dimensional structure comprising a plurality of sorptive particles entrapped in a porous polymer matrix so as to form a device capable of carrying out solid phase extraction. In a preferred embodiment, the wells are configured so as to prevent a sample carrier present in the wells from clogging the outlet when subjected to a driving force such as vacuum. The device also reduces or eliminates overflowing of a well in the event a drain becomes clogged during automated operation. | 03-26-2009 |
20090092520 | PIPETTE TIP LOADER AND TRANSPORTER - Embodiments of the invention relate to a system for storing and/or transporting platforms of pipette tips. The system includes packaging in which a stacked tower of platforms may be transported. Embodiments of the present invention further include a loader for transferring platforms from the packaging to a rack for holding pipette tip platforms. The loader transfers the platforms by accessing the uppermost platform in the stack. | 04-09-2009 |
20090098023 | Method and Apparatus for Stripping a Contact-Limiting Element from a Pipette Probe - An automated analyzer for performing multiple diagnostic assays simultaneously includes multiple stations, or modules, in which discrete aspects of the assay are performed on fluid samples contained in reaction receptacles. The analyzer includes stations for automatically preparing a specimen sample, incubating the sample at prescribed temperatures for prescribed periods, performing an analyte isolation procedure, and ascertaining the presence of a target analyte. An automated receptacle transporting system moves the reaction receptacles from one station to the next. The analyzer further includes devices for carrying a plurality of specimen tubes and disposable pipette tips in a machine-accessible manner, a device for agitating containers of target capture reagents comprising suspensions of solid support material and for presenting the containers for machine access thereto, and a device for holding containers of reagents in a temperature controlled environment and presenting the containers for machine access thereto. A method for performing an automated diagnostic assay includes an automated process for isolating and amplifying a target analyte. The process is performed by automatically moving each of a plurality of reaction receptacles containing a solid support material and a fluid sample between stations for incubating the contents of the reaction receptacle and for separating the target analyte bound to the solid support from the fluid sample. An amplification reagent is added to the separated analyte after the analyte separation step and before a final incubation step. | 04-16-2009 |
20090104078 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING SMALL VOLUME LIQUID SAMPLES - A pipettor includes a frame, a syringe carriage coupled to the frame and carrying at least one syringe therein, and an actuator assembly coupled to the frame and to the syringe having a first contact surface coupled to a first drive mechanism and a second contact surface coupled to a second drive mechanism, wherein the first and second contact surfaces cooperate to provide non-contact dispensing of a liquid sample from the syringe. A method of dispensing a liquid sample includes moving a first contact surface disposed beneath a head of a syringe to define a first gap therebetween, moving a second contact surface above the head into contact with the head, and using the second contact surface to drive the head into forceful contact with the first contact surface to dispense the liquid sample from the syringe in a non-contact operation. | 04-23-2009 |
20090110605 | MICROCHEMICAL CHIP AND SAMPLE TREATMENT DEVICE - A microchemical chip includes: a sample loading portion for loading a sample; a driving liquid reservoir holding a driving liquid; a sample channel for communicating at least the driving liquid reservoir, the sample loading portion, an amplifying portion, and a detecting portion with each other; and a pump chamber, formed on the sample channel at a position between the driving liquid reservoir and the sample loading portion, for feeding the driving liquid to transport the sample from the sample loading portion to the amplifying portion. | 04-30-2009 |
20090136383 | LATCH SYSTEM AND MODIFIED BLADE DESIGN FOR THICK STOPPER-CLOSED CONTAINER SAMPLING PIERCING STATION - A piercing station for piercing sample container caps or thick stoppers is provided. The cap piercing station utilizes a piercing blade having a generally Z-shaped cross-section, a carriage assembly for moving the blade to pierce a cap on a container, an alignment block assembly for preventing the container from being lifted up by friction with the blade when the blade is being withdrawn from a pierced cap, and a latch assembly for latching the alignment block assembly when the blade is being withdrawn. | 05-28-2009 |
20090148348 | PLASTIC SURFACES AND APPARATUSES FOR REDUCED ADSORPTION OF SOLUTES AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME - A method of treating a plastic surface with fluorine gas to decrease adsorption of hydrophobic solute molecules to the surface is provided. The method can include treating a surface with a first gas comprising fluorine gas and a second gas comprising oxygen gas, water vapor, or both oxygen gas and water vapor. Plastics treated using the method provide useful drug discovery and biochemical tools for the testing, handling, and storage of solutions containing low concentrations of hydrophobic solutes. Microfluidic devices containing treated plastic interior surfaces and methods of using such devices to make concentration-dependent measurements are also described. | 06-11-2009 |
20090169434 | DISPENSING APPARATUS AND AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - A dispensing apparatus includes a probe that sucks or discharges a liquid; a pressure generating unit that generates a pressure necessary for the probe to suck or discharge the liquid; and a pressure measuring unit that measures the pressure generated by the pressure generating unit and applied to the probe. The apparatus also includes a setting unit that sets a correction coefficient used when correcting a physical amount based on characteristics of the dispensing apparatus using a result of the measuring by the pressure measuring unit; a storage unit that stores therein information including the correction coefficient set by the setting unit; and a correcting unit that corrects the physical amount using the correction coefficient stored in the storage unit. | 07-02-2009 |
20090252651 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A microfluidic device and a method of fabricating the microfluidic device are provided. The microfluidic device includes: a platform including an upper substrate and a lower substrate that are bonded to face each other; a microfluidic structure obtained by forming grooves in the lower substrate; a lower substrate protrusion pattern including an outline protrusion that protrudes from the lower substrate toward the upper substrate along an outline of the microfluidic structure; and an adhesive layer disposed between the lower substrate protrusion pattern and the upper substrate in order to bond the upper substrate and the lower substrate to each other. The lower substrate protrusion pattern only supports the upper substrate, and remaining portions of the lower substrate except for the lower substrate protrusion pattern do not have structures for supporting the upper substrate. | 10-08-2009 |
20090257920 | MULTILEVEL MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Multilevel microfluidic devices include a control line that can simultaneously actuate valves for both sample and reagent lines. Microfluidic devices are configured to contain a first reagent in a first chamber and a second reagent in a second chamber, where either or both of the first and second reagents are contained at a desired or selected pressure. Operation of a microfluidic device includes transmitting second reagent from the second chamber to the first chamber, for mixing or contact with the first reagent. Microfluidic device features such as channels, valves, chambers, can be at least partially contained, embedded, or formed by or within one or more layers or levels of an elastomeric block. | 10-15-2009 |
20090263288 | MICROCHIP DEVICE - A microchip device of the present invention includes: a microchip in which a liquid flow path is formed for liquid to flow; a gas flow path provided along the liquid flow path; and a plurality of gap sections formed between the liquid flow path and the gas flow path and having one opening thereof facing the liquid flow path and the other opening thereof facing the gas flow path, the gap of the gap section being made so as to be gap through which gas can pass but the liquid cannot pass, and a gas liquid interface being formed at the gap section. | 10-22-2009 |
20090269245 | MICRO FLUID SYSTEM SUPPORT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A support unit for a microfluidic system includes a first support; a first adhesive layer provided on a surface of the first support; and a hollow filament laid on a surface of the first adhesive layer to have an arbitrary shape and functioning as a flow channel layer of the microfluidic system. | 10-29-2009 |
20090274579 | Methods and devices for controlled monolayer formation - Disclosed herein are methods and devices for the formation of a monolayers comprising, for example, one or several phospholipids or cholesterol-conjugated nucleic acids. The monolayers are on or associated, for example, with a surface comprising a hydrophobic material. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274580 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF A LIQUID ON A NANOSTRUCTURED OR MICROSTRUCTURE SURFACE - A method and apparatus is disclosed wherein the movement of a droplet disposed on a nanostructured or microstructured surface is determined by at least one characteristic of the nanostructure feature pattern or at least one characteristic of the droplet. In one embodiment, the movement of the droplet is laterally determined by at least one characteristic of the nanostructure feature pattern such that the droplet moves in a desired direction along a nanostructured feature pattern. In another embodiment, the movement of the droplet is determined by either at least one characteristic of the nanostructure feature pattern or at least one characteristic of the droplet in a way such that the droplet penetrates the feature pattern at a desired area and becomes substantially immobile. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274581 | MICRO FLUID SYSTEM SUPPORT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A support unit for a microfluidic system includes a first support; a first adhesive layer provided on a surface of the first support; and a hollow filament laid on a surface of the first adhesive layer to have an arbitrary shape and functioning as a flow channel layer of the microfluidic system. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274582 | MICRO FLUID SYSTEM SUPPORT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A support unit for a microfluidic system includes a first support; a first adhesive layer provided on a surface of the first support; and a hollow filament laid on a surface of the first adhesive layer to have an arbitrary shape and functioning as a flow channel layer of the microfluidic system. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274583 | MICRO FLUID SYSTEM SUPPORT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A support unit for a microfluidic system includes a first support; a first adhesive layer provided on a surface of the first support; and a hollow filament laid on a surface of the first adhesive layer to have an arbitrary shape and functioning as a flow channel layer of the microfluidic system. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274584 | MICRO FLUID SYSTEM SUPPORT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A support unit for a microfluidic system includes a first support; a first adhesive layer provided on a surface of the first support; and a hollow filament laid on a surface of the first adhesive layer to have an arbitrary shape and functioning as a flow channel layer of the microfluidic system. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274585 | MICRO FLUID SYSTEM SUPPORT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A support unit for a microfluidic system includes a first support; a first adhesive layer provided on a surface of the first support; and a hollow filament laid on a surface of the first adhesive layer to have an arbitrary shape and functioning as a flow channel layer of the microfluidic system. | 11-05-2009 |
20090274586 | MICRO FLUID SYSTEM SUPPORT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A support unit for a microfluidic system includes a first support; a first adhesive layer provided on a surface of the first support; and a hollow filament laid on a surface of the first adhesive layer to have an arbitrary shape and functioning as a flow channel layer of the microfluidic system. | 11-05-2009 |
20090280032 | IMPROVED MULTI-WELL ASSAY PLATE - The invention relates to the field of analytical chemistry, in particular to multi-well assay plates having a unique flatness for use in high throughput (bio)chemical and biological assays which rely on luminescence detection. Provided is a multi-well assay plate a top layer including walls defining a plurality of adjacent sample wells for receiving assay samples, and a bottom layer defining the bottom of the wells, having a bottom surface facing away from the wells and wherein said bottom surface is provided with a grid structure forming a plurality of mock wells at the plate bottom, characterized in that the total volume of the mock wells is less than the total volume of the sample wells. | 11-12-2009 |
20090297403 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BIOREACTOR OR LAB-ON-A-CHIP SYSTEM AND BIOREACTORS OR LAB-ON-A-CHIP SYSTEMS PRODUCED THEREWITH - The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a bioreactor or of a lab-on-a-chip system as well as to bioreactors or lab-on-a-chip systems manufactured therewith. In this respect, at least two different components are connected to one another. It is the object of the present invention to set forth a method with which bodies having very different melting points, namely a ceramic material and a polymer, can be connected to one another independently of whether the surfaces to be connected are accessible from the outside or not. In the method in accordance with the invention, a first body made from a polymer which is at least partially transparent for electromagnetic radiation of at least one wavelength λ, and a second body made from a ceramic material which absorbs electromagnetic radiation of the at least one wavelength λ are connected to one another. The first body is at least regionally meltable. In a first step, the first body and the second body are arranged contacting one another while forming contact surfaces such that the body is meltable in at least one region of its contact surface to the other body. In a second step, the at least one meltable region of the contact surface is brought to melting in that electromagnetic radiation of the wavelength λ is irradiated through the first body onto the meltable region of the contact surface. | 12-03-2009 |
20090304552 | DISCHARGE APPARATUS - According to an aspect of an embodiment, a discharge apparatus for discharging a liquid includes a discharge outlet for discharging the liquid; a first conduit extending toward the discharge outlet; and a second conduit having one end connected to the first conduit for flowing a gas therethrough the second conduit extending generally in the direction toward the discharge outlet and generally approaching the first conduit toward the portion where the second conduit is connected to the first conduit. The discharge apparatus further includes a chamber connected to the other end of the second conduit; and a heater installed to the chamber for heating a gas in the chamber so as to cause the heated gas to flow into the second conduit and to push out the liquid out of the discharge outlet. | 12-10-2009 |
20090324450 | Nanometer Scale Instrument for Biochemically, Chemically, or Catalytically Interacting with a Sample Material - An instrument includes a probe having a porous tip, a tip positioning apparatus to position the tip with respect to a sample material, a probe positioning apparatus to position the probe and sample material with respect to each other, and a controller. The controller controls the probe positioning apparatus in positioning the probe over the sample and controls the tip positioning apparatus in lowering the tip into the sample material to produce an interaction between the porous tip and the sample material. | 12-31-2009 |
20100015009 | FLUID DISPENSER - A cartridge ( | 01-21-2010 |
20100015010 | Carrier-Enclosed Transformable Container, Carrier-Enclosed Transformable Container Processing Apparatus, and Carrier-Enclosed Transformable Container Processing Method - Provided are a carrier-enclosed transformable container, a carrier-enclosed transformable container processing apparatus, and a carrier-enclosed transformable container processing method about which a carrier to which various substances such as biogenic substances are bonded or bondable is held in a transformable container as the container to be in a substantially stationary state, thereby making it possible to make the handling of the carrier, measurement, and other treatments effective, speedy, and easy. The container is formed to have: a containing part which can contain liquid and gas at its inside surrounded by a wall face, a part of this wall face having a transformable wall face capable of undergoing a predetermined transformation without changing the entire internal surface area of the wall face substantially; an orifice part which is connected to the containing part and can undergo the inflow and outflow of a liquid sucked and discharged by the expansion and contraction of the inside by the transformation of the transformable wall face, respectively; and a carrier to which a predetermined substance enclosed in the containing part to be in a substantially stationary state is bonded or bondable. | 01-21-2010 |
20100021348 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR MANIPULATING TOXIC SUBSTANCES - In a machine for manipulating toxic substances, an anthropomorphic robot transfers a containers, which has a mouth closed by a cap made of perforable material, from a magazine for containers to a dosage stations, set in which is a syringe provided with a needle, axially aligns the mouth with the needle, correcting the position of the mouth according to the position of the tip of the needle obtained from processing a number of images of the needle acquired from at least two distinct observation points, and finally approaches the container to the syringe in such a way that the needle perforates the cap and penetrates into the container to be able to inject or extract a substance into or out of the container. | 01-28-2010 |
20100028211 | COVER SHEET FOR A MICROTITER PLATE - A cover sheet for a microtiter plate with weakening zones disposed in the raster of the wells of the microtiter plate. | 02-04-2010 |
20100028212 | SAMPLE ANALYZER FOR TRACE DETECTING DEVICE - The present invention discloses a sample analyzer comprising a heater and a sample feeding carrier, wherein the heater and the sample feeding carrier are integrally formed, such that the positional relation between the sample feeding carrier and the heater is fixed. Compared with the prior art, since the heater and the sample feeding carrier of present invention is formed integrally, the positional relation between the sample feeding carrier and the heater is fixed, accordingly, the consistency in heating-up of the sample is enhanced. Moreover, because the sample feeding carrier and the heater are made of low capacity material, the change of the temperature is rapid during the heating process, as a consequence, the analyzer consumes less power and could achieve a rapid temperature control. | 02-04-2010 |
20100034703 | MICRO SCALE FLOW THROUGH SORBENT PLATE COLLECTION DEVICE - In the invention, a collection device includes a first micro scale plate having a sorbent surface and a through hole. The through hole provides for the passage of an analyte fluid flow through the plate and it has a volume and geometry to provide contact between the fluid and the sorbent surface in an amount effective to absorb a sufficient amount of analyte for subsequent detection of the analyte. The sorbent surface can be provided by a sorbent coating such as an active sensing film, e.g. a conducting or optically active material, examples of which include conducting polymers, polymer/carbon composites, carbon nanotubes. and dye-containing materials. The analyte collection device preferably includes a heating source, e.g. a heating element formed from a resistive trace, or a plurality of resistive traces on or within the first microscale plate, for effecting a thermal release of collected analyte from the plate. | 02-11-2010 |
20100047131 | TESTING DEVICE - A testing device is provided which is able to distribute a liquid sample to a plurality of reaction sections by a simple operation without using a tip dispenser, and also achieves individually independent reaction systems without causing reaction sections to be in communication with each other due to a liquid sample. The testing device has a transparent molded body which includes: a storage chamber for injecting/holding a liquid sample; a reaction chamber for causing a reaction of the sample; a receiving chamber for sucking and receiving the sample, with the storage chamber and the reaction chamber being in communication with each other via a distributing flow path, and the reaction chamber and the receiving chamber being in communication with each other via a sucking flow path; and a liquid reservoir between the reaction chamber and the receiving chamber. | 02-25-2010 |
20100202927 | MULTI-WELL PLATE LID WITH PROTECTIVE SKIRT - A plate lid for covering a multi-well plate for use in a high throughput screening (HTS) process. The lid includes a plate section dimensioned to cover the plate, a frame block positioned on the underside perimeter of the plate section to form a recessed center, a skirt section protruding from each edge of the frame block; and a gasket layer positioned on the frame block for sealing the peripheral surface of the multi-well plate. | 08-12-2010 |