| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 422058000 | In holder or container having special form | 33 |
| 20090123335 | Sensor Chip and Sensor System - It is intended to provide a sensor chip that enables detection of a deterioration state of a reagent applied on a reaction portion when measuring a concentration of a measurement object substance and a sensor system that enables a correct measurement by using the sensor chip for detecting the reagent deterioration state. A sensor chip including two substrates opposed to each other, a spacer layer sandwiched between the substrates, a multiple reaction portions provided in the spacer layer, and detection electrode units disposed on surfaces of the substrates facing to the spacer layer and exposed to the reaction portions, wherein an identical reagent A is applied on two or more of the reaction portions, and another reagent B that reacts with the reagent A is applied on at least one of the two reaction portions and a sensor system including the sensor chip and a measurement unit for comparing current values from the two or more reaction portions on which the identical reagent A is applied. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20080286149 | BODILY FLUID SAMPLING WITH TEST STRIPS HINGED ON A TAPE - A supply of test strips for bodily fluid sampling are provided on a tape such that advancing the tape serves to advance the test strips. One end of the test strips are attached to the tape, and their free end is allowed to extend away from the tape for use. This extension facilitates dosing and reduces the chances for contamination. Prior to use the test strips are maintained in a sealed container and/or under a removable covering to preserve their integrity and improve shelf life. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090202388 | ANALYTE COLLECTION AND DETECTION DEVICES - A system for collecting biological samples, such as fecal specimens, and testing such samples for the presence of an analyte is disclosed. The system comprises a sample collection device that includes a removably secured tab for retaining and transferring a portion of the sample to be tested to the test device. The tab is preferably configured so that it can be received in the test device in only a pre-selected orientation so as to put the portion of the tab carrying the sample in communication with a chromatographic material in the test device. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090238720 | FECAL OCCULT TEST PACKAGING - A specimen testing device, comprising: a folding top having a top inside and a top outside; a back portion having a back inside and a back outside, the back portion in folding communication with the folding top; a front portion in folding communication with the back portion and the folding top covers at least a portion of the front portion when the front portion is in a folded closed position; a reagent test sheet in communication with at least a portion of the back portion; at least one enclosed bubble containing developer attached to at least one of the back portion and the front portion, wherein a fecal sample is placed on the reagent test sheet and the at least one enclosed bubble is pierced to release the developer to the fecal sample to indicate the presence of fecal occult blood. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090246080 | Systems and methods for obtaining analytes from a body - A method may include collecting at least one analyte from within a body, ejecting the collected at least one analyte from the body through at least one dermal layer of the body, and receiving the ejected at least one analyte outside the body. A system may include a means for collecting at least one analyte from within a body, a means for ejecting the collected at least one analyte from the body through at least one dermal layer of the body, and a means for receiving the ejected at least one analyte outside the body. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090010803 | Stimulus Indicating Device Employing Polymer Gels - The present invention relates, for example, to a stimulus-indicating device. More particularly, the present invention includes an apparatus for evidencing when a stimulus sensitive product has been exposed to a designated or predetermined stimulus for a certain period of time, and the invention further may include a method for manufacturing aspects of that apparatus. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20100278692 | NOVEL DRUG CHECKING CUP FOR IN FIELD DRUG TESTING - A drug checking cup includes a special container constructed of a transparent plastic with an oval truncated top member and an oval truncated bottom member connected by a continuous wall to form a container for the cup, with the continuous wall having a flat portion, plus a circular mouth formed in the top member and a lid operable to close the mouth along with a flat cassette containing at least one drug testing strip placed in the cup through the mouth and retainer means in the cup securing the cassette in the cup at an angle to the inner surface of said flat portion of the continuous wall and in close proximity thereto whereby images on the testing strip in the cassette can be viewed, photocopied and scanned through said flat portion of the wall without distortion from the presence of the specimen in the cup in the space between the cassette and the flat portion of the continuous wall. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100266449 | Invertable assaying device with fluid level adjusting cover - An assay test device comprises a cup container having a detachable top cover that has a volume-reducing internal structure. A pocket shaped and dimensioned to nest a chromatographic test strip cartridge is mounted against a flattened transparent portion of the cup side wall. The cartridge is held in a vertical position with an aperture near the top edge of the cup. A splash shield projects for the brim region of the cup over that aperture preventing any part of the sample fluid poured into the cup from entering the cartridge and contacting the test strips prematurely. When the lid is installed and the cup flipped upside-down, the internally projecting structure raises the level of sample fluid for better access to the cartridge aperture. The structure can be adapted to extend all the way through the inside of the cup to contact its closed bottom. A central cavity in the structure having a open end captures a small volume of fluid and preserves it for later confirmatory analysis. In one embodiment of the invention the central cavity is created by a well secured to the bottom of the cup that is telescopically engage by a cap secured to an undersurface portion of the internally projecting structure. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20080279724 | Freshness indicator for beverage and food containers - Beverage and food containers having a freshness indicator, where the containers include at least one indicator to detect the degree of freshness of the beverage contained therein. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090208371 | SAMPLE COLLECTION AND TESTING DEVICE WITH SWING ARM - A sample collection and testing device comprising An elongate housing ( | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090068061 | VERSATILE DRUG TESTING DEVICE - A versatile drug testing device (a lateral flow diagnostic testing device) includes a flat transparent carrier with a top and a bottom with the carrier having a series of independent parallel grooves formed therein running from adjacent to the top to adjacent to the bottom of the carrier, each groove having a first opening and a second opening above the first opening therein adjacent to the bottom of the carrier, at least one drug test strip installed in one of said grooves with its absorbent pad contiguous to the openings and a cover layer attached to the carrier operable to sealing close each of said grooves whereby the bottom of the device can be immersed in a specimen of “urine”, “body fluid” or “other biological specimen” to wet the pad of the at least one test strip though the ingress of the specimen though the associated openings and the test results on the test strip can be easily viewed through the transparent carrier. Because of the unique construction the device will give accurate reading if temporarily immersed in the specimen or left in the specimen for an extended period of time, making it very user friendly. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20080286150 | Fluid Separator Collection Card - A device for separating and drying a fluid sample in one embodiment includes an upper layer including a sample window and a viewing window extending therethrough, the viewing window spaced apart from the sample window, an absorbent layer, having a width and a length, positioned beneath the upper layer and extending beneath the sample window and the viewing window, and a non-absorbent layer positioned beneath the absorbent layer, the non-absorbent layer having a width and a length greater than the width and the length of the absorbent layer. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20100111764 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CODING INFORMATION ON A BIOSENSOR TEST STRIP - The present invention provides a test strip for measuring a concentration of an analyte of interest in a biological fluid, wherein the test strip may be encoded with information that can be read by a test meter into which the test strip is inserted. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20090028753 | STERILIZATION CHALLENGE SPECIMEN HOLDER - A sterilization challenge specimen holder is used with a test indicator to challenge sterilization on a consistent basis. The holder includes a body having an internal chamber region. A cap is sealable on the holder. An opening is defined in the body or cap that forms a single tortuous ingress and egress path communicating the interior chamber with the environs. An insulating layer is disposed over the body and cap to fully insulate the body and cap other than over the opening so as to not interfere with the ingress and egress path. The insulating layer reduces the heat transference from the environs to the interior chamber region. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100189600 | MONITOR FOR OPTICAL DETECTION OF ORGANIC ANALYTES - Herein is disclosed a monitor that can be used to detect and/or monitor the presence of organic analytes and that may be used for personal monitoring and/or for area monitoring. The monitor comprises at least one optically interrogatable sensing element that is responsive to the presence of an analyte of interest. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100239460 | ELECTRONIC ANALYTE ASSAYING DEVICE - The invention is an electronically processed single-step test device for detecting the presence of a preselected analyte in a fluid. The device includes a hollow rectangular outer casing, disposed within co-joined upper and lower sections of the casing are assay material, an electronic processing system, and a LCD display. The LCD display is observable through a viewing window. The assay material is a sorptive material including a fluid sample application region in the form of a sample wick in fluid communication with a test strip. The test strip includes an analyte capture region adjacent to a light shield. The electronic processing system includes red and green LEDs which are alternately pulsed or energized over predetermined periods of time to determine if fluid test results show a marker or markers in the capture region indicative of the presence of a preselected analyte in the fluid. If so, Yes+ is displayed on the LCD. If not, No− is displayed on the LCD. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100061890 | IMMUNOASSAY DEVICE WITH IMPROVED SAMPLE CLOSURE - An apparatus and method for sealing a fluid sample collection device, comprising loading a fluid sample collection device with a fluid sample, said device comprising a housing having at least one substantially planar surface that includes an orifice in fluid communication with an internal fluid sample holding chamber which terminates at an internal capillary stop; and slidably moving a sealing element over at least a portion of said substantially planar surface in a way that displaces any excess fluid sample away from the orifice, seals the fluid sample within said holding chamber, and inhibits the fluid sample from prematurely breaking through the internal capillary stop. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100196201 | CARTRIDGE AND ANALYZING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a cartridge | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100040506 | DEVICE FOR RECEIVING LIQUID SAMPLES - A device for receiving liquid samples includes at least one sample carrier ( | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100054992 | SPECIMEN SUPPLYING TOOL AND SPECIMEN ANALYSING INSTRUMENT USING THE SAME - A specimen supplying tool in which structure is simple, and a liquid specimen and air bubbles do not remain within a through-bore for introduction of a specimen, is provided. The specimen supplying tool includes a substrate | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100239459 | Multistep Reaction Lateral Flow Capillary - Disclosed is a lateral flow capillary device and uses thereof comprising a unipath bibulous capillary flow matrix and at least two reservoirs each in fluid communication with the capillary flow matrix wherein a reservoir contacts the capillary flow matrix through a passage having a rim pressing the matrix. The pressure that the rim applies on the matrix prevents leakage of liquids out of the capillary flow matrix at the reservoir/matrix interface, allowing accurate sequential draining of liquid from the reservoirs. During use of the disclosed lateral flow capillary device a static interface is formed between the first liquid and the second liquid in an interface creation zone inside the capillary flow matrix wherein the first amount and second amount are such that first liquid substantially remains in the first reservoir and the second liquid substantially remains in the second reservoir subsequent to the formation of the static interface and wherein the interface begins to move only subsequent to exhaustion of a liquid from a reservoir. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20080279723 | APPARATUS FOR QUALITY CONTROL ANALYSIS OF AN ON-SITE PREPARED PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT - A quality control system for measuring parameters in a pharmaceutical product includes a receiver vessel to receive a pharmaceutical product therein. The quality control system also includes a sample tube having a first end attached to the receiver vessel to remove pharmaceutical product from the receiver vessel and an appendage connected to a second end of the sample tube. The appendage includes at least one chamber therein to receive a quantity of pharmaceutical product from the receiver vessel. A valve positioned within the sample tube controls flow of the pharmaceutical product to the appendage and prevents flow of the pharmaceutical product from the appendage back into the receiver vessel. The system also includes a quality control device configured to measure at least one parameter of the pharmaceutical product in at least one of the receiver vessel and the appendage. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090004054 | PERSONAL BREATHALYZER - The present invention relates to a portable, personal breath tester device for testing the blood alcohol content of the user of the device. The breath tester includes an electronic sensor for providing an output voltage signal with an amplitude level that varies as a function of the alcohol content of the breath sample. The output voltage signal is coupled as an input signal to analog circuitry for comparing the input signal to predefined voltage thresholds associated with known blood alcohol contents. The analog circuitry generates an output signal to a display comprising a first and second LED, wherein the illumination of a specific LED corresponds to a predefined blood alcohol content range. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20100092338 | Test element magazine - A test element magazine for a system for measuring the concentration of at least one constituent in a fluid sample is provided. The test element magazine comprises at least one test element in at least one chamber. The chamber is individually sealed by a sealing element. The test element comprises at least one active portion for contacting a skin portion of a patient and/or for contacting a fluid sample, wherein the test element further comprises at least one support body, wherein the support body is adapted for being engaged by an actuator. By a forward movement of the test element the support body of the test element applies a force to the sealing element, thereby forcing open the sealing of the chamber. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100047126 | ANALYTE METER SLEEVES AND METHODS - In some aspects, an analyte meter sleeve is provided for storing an analyte meter (e.g., a blood glucose meter or insulin pump) and a lancet device. The sleeve includes a first sleeve member adapted to receive the analyte meter and a second member affixed to the sleeve and adapted to receive the lancet device. The first sleeve member may have a window adapted to allow viewing of a meter display. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100150777 | SENSOR HOLDER, HOLDER UNIT IN WHICH BLOOD SENSOR IS MOUNTED TO THE SENSOR HOLDER, AND BLOOD TESTING DEVICE TO WHICH THE HOLDER UNIT IS MOUNTED - A sensor holder comprises a sensor mounting part having a first face on which a blood sensor is placed, a second face provided on the opposite side from the first face, and a through-hole that goes from the first face to the second face and is large enough to allow a laser beam to pass through; a finger holding part that is provided on the second face and surrounds the through-hole, and a grip that sticks out from the blood testing device when the sensor holder is mounted to the blood testing device. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100233025 | Containers For Reading And Handling Diagnostic Reagents And Methods For Using The Same - A container with a rotatable lid for reading and handling diagnostic reagents in tape form comprising a body portion, a lid portion, a continuous tape, a reagent-sensing device, and a storage device. The body portion includes an inner and outer surface. The lid portion is attached to the body portion and is adapted to rotate from a closed position to an open position. The continuous tape includes a diagnostic reagent. The reagent-sensing device is attached to either the body portion or the lid portion and adapted to read the diagnostic reagent. The storage device is attached to the body portion that is adapted to hold and dispense an unused portion of the continuous tape. During the rotation of the lid portion, the continuous tape is advanced from the first storage device and is extended over the reagent-sensing device. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20090304548 | STERILIZER TEST DEVICE - A re-usable sterilizer test device is disclosed which is comprised of at least two parts which are releasably connected together. An indicator device which changes colour in the presence of steam after a certain time period is deposited within the two parts. One or both of the bodies is manufactured from a material having a predetermined degree of porosity as regards steam and is generally cylindrical or spherical so that the outer surface of said one or both bodies forms a significant and substantial portion of the external surface of the assembled device. Steam penetrates the porous body and passes into a cavity inside the body from where the steam can move internally of the device through suitable passageways and into a chamber where the indicator is located. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100124517 | Device for performing rapid 'on-site' tests of biological fluids - A device for performing rapid ‘on-site’ tests of biological fluids, comprising a box-like body adapted for accommodating and sealingly closing a holder of a stick of a rapid anti-doping test kit, the holder having an input hole for providing biological fluid towards the stick, the box-like body having externally at the input hole, a supporting collar adapted to accommodate and support an end of a cup-shaped tab of a container for biological fluids having a plurality of cup-shaped tabs, inside the collar elements for penetration of a bottom of the cup-shaped tab and elements for the passage of the biological fluid collected in the cup-shaped tab into the input hole of the holder of a stick being provided. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20090028752 | STERILIZATION CHALLENGE SPECIMEN HOLDER - A sterilization challenge specimen holder is used with a test indicator to challenge sterilization on a consistent basis. The holder includes a body having an internal chamber region. A cap is sealable on the holder. A plug is positioned in the body. The plug has a wall having a spiral formed groove therein in communication with the internal chamber region. An opening provides for a single flow path for communication between the environs and the internal chamber via the groove. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20100104473 | Air sampling system and method for calibration - A chemical detection system includes detectors connected to a pump via a filter and hosing. The filter prevents the interior of the pump from internal contamination from a chemical or toxic agent. The airflow through the detector may be varied by an adjustable orifice. A pistol grip for holding the system and operating it is balanced with respect to a center of gravity. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20090022624 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES FOR FLUID MANIPULATION AND ANALYSIS - The present invention relates to microfluidic devices and methods for manipulating and analyzing fluid samples. The disclosed microfluidic devices utilize a plurality of microfluidic channels, inlets, valves, filter, pumps, liquid barriers and other elements arranged in various configurations to manipulate the flow of a fluid sample in order to prepare such sample for analysis. | 01-22-2009 |
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| 20080260579 | Sheet-like material with hydrophilic and hydrophobic egions and their production - Sheet-like material in particular for use in biosensors and diagnostic strips composed of a substrate material on whose upper side at least one hydrophilic region and at least one hydrophobic region are present and arranged alongside one another, where
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