| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 436052000 | With a continuously flowing sample or carrier stream | 13 |
| 20080261313 | Apo B measurement system and method - A system and method for measuring apolipoprotein B | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080311665 | Chemical Assays - An assay device in which to carry out a fluid-phase chemical assay, comprising means for supporting a test substrate, a sample chamber for receiving a fluid sample and at least one fluid control device for controlling the movement of fluid into and/or out of the sample chamber, wherein the fluid control device comprises a fluid outlet chamber in fluid communication with the sample chamber, and a displaceable flexible diaphragm the displacement of which alters the volume of the outlet chamber so as to allow and/or restrict fluid flow between the outlet and sample chambers. The invention also provides assay apparatus incorporating such a device, an assay station for use as part of such apparatus, a fluid control unit for use as part of the assay device and a method of conducting an assay which may involve the use of such apparatus and devices. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20100129917 | METHOD AND INSTALLATION FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE PARAMETER OF A PHYSICAL AND/OR CHEMICAL CONVERSION - A method, in which a succession of plugs (G) made of a physicochemical system capable of conversion in a carrier phase (P) is made to flow, in a tubular flow member ( | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100221838 | DIALYSIS ADAPTER CELL AND METHOD OF USE - A dialysis adapter cell includes a housing comprising a plurality of pillars extending between and attached to a top plate and a bottom plate to form a hollow receptacle, wherein the top plate comprises an aperture configured to provide access to the hollow receptacle; a dialysis membrane disposed about the housing and sealingly engaged to the top plate and the bottom plate; and a platform in physical communication with the bottom plate and configured to position the dialysis adapter cell in a sample holder of a United States Pharmacopoeia dissolution apparatus 4 flow-through cell. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100279417 | Automated Standards Sampling - An automated standards sampling apparatus ( | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110159596 | SUBSTANCE DETECTOR - Apparatus for detecting substances in an air sample, the apparatus including: a source of air pressure differential, a cyclone connected to the source of air pressure differential, an air input port connected to the cyclone, to receive the air sample, a substance output port connected to the cyclone, to receive the substances, an input port configured to disperse a finely separated material so that it mixes with said sample, and a detector located at the substance output port, to detect a chemical change in at least one of the substances and the finely separated material. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110236981 | SPECIMEN ANALYZER AND SPECIMEN ANALYZING METHOD - A specimen analyzer for continuously measuring a plurality of samples, using a reagent container which comprises a wirelessly writable and readable storage medium is disclosed. A specimen analyzing method is also disclosed. The analyzer comprises a reagent dispenser, a measurement unit, a memory which stores information regarding a remaining amount of the reagent in a reagent container, and a wireless communication unit. The analyzer causes the reagent dispenser to continuously carry out aspiration of the reagent from the reagent container, updates the information in the memory in response to an aspiration of the reagent by the reagent dispenser, and causes the wireless communication unit to write the information in the memory to the storage medium when the continuous aspiration is completed. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110275160 | MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEMS AND CONTROL METHODS - The systems and methods disclosed herein include a microfluidic system, comprising a pneumatic manifold having a plurality of apertures, and a chip manifold having channels disposed therein for routing pneumatic signals from respective ones of the apertures to a plurality of valves in a microfluidic chip, wherein the channels route the pneumatic signals in accordance with a configuration of the plurality of valves in the microfluidic chip. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20150346070 | Flow Analyzer and Flow Analysis Method - A flow analyzer includes a flow container, a fluid-introducing section that introduces an introduction target fluid into the flow container, a fluid control section that performs a control process that cyclically changes the flow rate or the fluid pressure of the introduction target fluid that is introduced into the flow container from the fluid-introducing section, a discharged fluid analysis section that performs a component analysis process on a discharged fluid that has been discharged from the flow container, and a frequency analysis section that performs a frequency analysis process on a discharge profile, the discharge profile being obtained from control information about the introduction target fluid and analysis results for the discharged fluid, and representing the relationship between the component ratio in the discharged fluid and time. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150346178 | System and Method to Measure Dissolved Gases in Liquid - A high-resolution in situ sensing system and method for providing continuous measurements of at least one dissolved gas including a sample liquid processing cell having at least a first conduit defining a first passage with at least one gas-permeable wall capable of passing the at least one pre-selected dissolved gas from the sample liquid into a reagent fluid. The at least one gas-permeable wall substantially resists flow of the sample liquid therethrough. Reagent fluid is directed through the first conduit while moving the sample liquid and the reagent fluid relative to each other in one of a concurrent and a countercurrent flow relationship to achieve either partial or full equilibration between the sample liquid and reagent fluid to generate at least partially equilibrated reagent fluid in a substantially continuous manner. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20160178594 | Analyzer system and method for sensing a chemical characteristic of a fluid sample | 06-23-2016 |
| 436053000 | With formation of a segmented stream | 2 |
| 20160003858 | ANALYTE EXTRACTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for determining a concentration of a glycopeptide antibiotic containing a phenol moiety such as Vancomycin in a complex sample matrix by extracting the glycopeptide antibiotic from a metered portion of the complex sample matrix by exposing said metered portion to an extraction material having an affinity with the glycopeptide antibiotic; and exposing the extraction material to a metered portion of an eluent for releasing the glycopeptide antibiotic from the extraction material; and by determining a concentration of the glycopeptide antibiotic by adding a Gibbs reagent (2,6 dichloroquinone-4chloroimide) to the metered portion of the complex sample matrix or the eluent; activating the Gibbs reagent and, after the reaction between the activated Gibbs reagent and the antibiotic has stabilized; detecting the reaction product of the activated Gibbs reagent and the antibiotic in said eluent; and determining the concentration of the antibiotic in the complex sample matrix from the detected reaction product. A method of designing a personalized drug administration regime using the thus obtained concentration is also disclosed. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20170234902 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPID SEQUENTIAL FLOW INJECTION | 08-17-2017 |
