| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 422103000 | Valve or connector structure | 10 |
| 20090004065 | FLUID SYSTEM COUPLER - A tissue processing system includes a tissue processor for processing tissue using reagent fluids, a fluid container and a coupler providing bi-direction fluid communication between the tissue processor and the fluid container. The coupler includes first and second cylindrical rings separated by a wall and a fluid conduit disposed within the first and second cylindrical rings that pass through the wall, thereby providing fluid communication from the fluid container to the tissue processor. Fluid is returned from the tissue processor to the fluid container via at least one fluid return aperture in the wall that separates the first and second cylindrical rings. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090060797 | FLUID CONTROL STRUCTURES IN MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES - Methods and apparatus for implementing microfluidic analysis devices are provided. A monolithic elastomer membrane associated with an integrated pneumatic manifold allows the placement and actuation of a variety of fluid control structures, such as structures for pumping, isolating, mixing, routing, merging, splitting, preparing, and storing volumes of fluid. The fluid control structures can be used to implement a variety of sample introduction, preparation, processing, and storage techniques. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090104083 | CHECK VALVE, INFUSION DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A check valve capable of improving the tightness between a sphere and a valve seat and suppressing the sinking is provided, so as to provide a liquid chromatography infusion pump enabling a high precision infusion even if in a low flow rate region. On a surface, contacted with the sphere, on the valve seat | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090129989 | CONTAINERS FOR PHARMACEUTICALS, PARTICULARLY FOR USE IN RADIOISOTOPE GENERATORS - The invention is directed to improved containers for pharmaceuticals and any tubing and tubing connectors associated therewith, particularly containers for pharmaceuticals which are irradiated, heated or otherwise subjected to increased pressure. In a preferred embodiment, the invention is directed to an improved container for use in a radioisotope generator, such as a rubidium-82 generator. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20100015011 | CONNECTION ADAPTER AND CHEMICAL LIQUID CONNECTING APPARATUS - A connection adapter comprises a hollow supply needle communicating with a liquid supply tube connection portion, a hollow discharge needle communicating with a chemical liquid injection tube connection portion, a holder portion supporting the supply needle and the discharge needle, and a protection cap removably fit on the polder portion, the supply needle and the discharge needle being accommodated by and hermetically sealed in the protection cap and the holder portion. By using the adapter, a liquid is supplied from the liquid supply tube to remove air in the liquid supply tube and the chemical liquid injection tube, and then the protection cap is removed, and then the needles are inserted into a chemical liquid container having an opening sealed with an elastic member, and a push-out liquid is supplied from the liquid supply needle into the chemical liquid container, whereby the chemical liquid is injected through the discharge needle and the chemical liquid injection tube into a patient. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100104480 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE BONDING PROPERTIES OF MICROSTRUCTURED SUBSTRATES, AND DEVICES PREPARED WITH THIS METHOD - A method for treating the surface of a polymerio substrate, including the following steps: providing a first polymeric substrate; contracting at least one part of one face of the first substrate with some liquid solvent system, the liquid solvent system containing at least a first volatile compound and at least a second compound having a low molecular weight and able to swell and/or soften the polymeric material forming the face; letting at least the volatile compound to evaporate from the face of the first substrate and; contracting the so-treated face of first substrate with a third material. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100158759 | Device For The Transfer Of A Medium - The device for the transfer of a medium comprises a magazine ( | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100233037 | Microfluidic valve with pressure gain - The current invention provide a microfluidic valve having a housing that includes a microfluid control port disposed adjacent to a microfluid exhaust port, where a movable rigid material having a first diameter is disposed in the housing between the microfluid control port and the microfluid exhaust port. The housing further includes a microfluid pressure port having a first microfluid pressure. The microfluid pressure port is connected to the microfluid exhaust port by a microfluid valve orifice having a second diameter, where the first diameter is larger than the second diameter, and when a second microfluid pressure is applied to the control port the moveable rigid material closes the microfluid valve orifice, where the first microfluid pressure is greater than the second microfluid pressure. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100233038 | TUBE CONNECTION COMPONENT AND MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A tube connection component includes; a body defining a through hole in fluid communication with an end of a tube, wherein the body connects a tapered fluid communication hole of a microfluidic device to the end of the tube, and a tapered protrusion which protrudes from the body and is accommodated in the tapered fluid communication hole when the body is fixed to the microfluidic device. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100322826 | MAGNETIC CONNECTORS FOR MICROFLUIDIC APPLICATIONS - A magnetic connector assembly for microfluidic devices comprises a first magnetic connector with at least one orifice extending therethrough and a second magnetic connector. The first and second connectors are configured to magnetically attract each other. In one aspect, the first magnetic connector is configured to sealingly engage a surface of a microfluidic chip with the second magnetic connector disposed on an opposite side of the microfluidic chip. The first magnetic connector is configured to seal with the microfluidic chip about a channel opening in the microfluidic chip and provide flow communication between the channel opening and the orifice in the first magnetic connector. In at least one other aspect, the first magnetic connector and second magnetic connector each have at least one orifice and are configured to change a flow communication therebetween upon a rotation of the first or second magnetic connector with respect to the other magnetic connector. | 12-23-2010 |
