16th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180106688 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF A TEST SENSOR - Methods and systems accurately determine an analyte concentration in a fluid sample. In an example embodiment, a receiving port receives a test sensor. The test sensor includes a fluid-receiving area for receiving a fluid sample. The fluid-receiving area contains a reagent that produces a measurable reaction with an analyte in the fluid sample. The test sensor has a test-sensor temperature and the reagent has a reagent temperature. A measurement system measures the reaction between the reagent and the analyte. A temperature-measuring system measures the test sensor temperature when the test sensor is received into the receiving port. A concentration of the analyte in the fluid sample is determined according to the measurement of the reaction and the measurement of the test sensor temperature. A diagnostic system determines an accuracy of the temperature-measuring system. The calculation of the analyte concentration may be adjusted according to the accuracy of temperature-measuring system. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106689 | PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR - A piezoelectric element includes: a piezoelectric part; a first substrate and a second substrate, provided at both sides of the piezoelectric part, respectively; a first electrode layer, located between the first substrate and the piezoelectric part; and a second electrode layer, located between the electrode substrate and the piezoelectric part, wherein a surface of at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate close to the piezoelectric part is provided with a convex portion. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106690 | LOAD CELL - In one aspect, a load cell includes an elastic body, first optical unit, second optical unit, detector, and computation unit. The first optical unit has a light source, a first diffraction grating on which light from the light source is incident, and a light-receiving unit. The first optical unit is fixed to a first end portion of the elastic body and arranged within a hollow portion of the elastic body. The second optical unit has a second diffraction grating on which diffracted light from the first diffraction grating is incident to generate interference light. The second optical unit is fixed to a second end portion of the elastic body and arranged within the hollow portion. The detector detects the interference light. The computation unit computes a relative displacement amount of the second diffraction grating relative to the first diffraction grating on the basis of a signal obtained by the detector. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106691 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING STRAINS AND TRANSMITTING DETECTED DATA - A device for detecting strains and transmitting detected data that can be applied to the surface of a structure to be monitored or incorporated in the structure is provided. The device allows to reliably acquire and transmit data concerning the strains undergone by the structure. The device comprises a matrix made of an electrically insulating material, in which at least one or more strain sensors, an electronic circuit and an antenna electrically connected to one another are embedded. One or more strain sensors are made of a material selected from metals and metal alloys, electrically conductive resins and electrically conductive inks. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106692 | Systems And Methods For Tactile Sensing - Achieving high spatial resolution in contact sensing for robotic manipulation often comes at the price of increased complexity in fabrication and integration. One traditional approach is to fabricate a large number of taxels, each delivering an individual, isolated response to a stimulus. The proposed sensors include a continuous volume of soft material, e.g., a transparent polymer, and light emitting diodes configured to emit light into the transparent volume that can be received by photodetectors. The location and depth of indentations can be measured between all pairs of light emitting diodes and photodetectors in the set, and this rich signal set can contain the information needed to pinpoint contact location with high accuracy using regression algorithms. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106693 | INTEGRATED TORQUE SENSOR IN CONTROLLER BOARD AND EPS SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE SAME - An electric power steering system includes a system housing, an electric motor, a steering shaft assembly, and an electronic control unit. The electric motor is disposed within a motor housing that is disposed within and is attached to the system housing. The steering shaft assembly has a torsion bar that that extends at least partially through the system housing and motor housing. The electronic control unit a printed circuit board and a torque sensor. The printed circuit board is disposed within and is attached to the system housing. The torque sensor is disposed on the printed circuit board and is arranged to provide a signal indicative of angular displacement of the torsion bar. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106694 | GEL FILLED PORT PRESSURE SENSOR FOR ROBUST MEDIA SEALING - Embodiments relate generally to methods and systems for detecting pressure. A pressure sensor assembly may comprise a sensor unit having a pressure input port on one side, the sensor unit comprising a printed circuit board; a pressure sensor secured to a side of the printed circuit board; a support secured to the side of the printed circuit board, the support circumferentially surrounding the pressure sensor and defining the pressure input port; and a media isolation layer comprising a first media isolation layer applied adjacent to the pressure sensor, and a second media isolation layer comprising a material different from the first media isolation layer located between the first media isolation layer and the pressure input port, wherein the media isolation layer is configured to transfer a pressure caused by a sense media to the pressure sensor. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106695 | SENSOR INTERFACE FOR HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS - An interface circuit for a sensor including: a first injection-locked oscillator having: a first input coupled to a sensor, a free-running oscillation frequency of the first injection-locked oscillator being controlled by a signal from the sensor; and a second input coupled to receive a synchronization signal at a reference frequency, the first injection-locked oscillator being adapted to generate an output signal at said reference frequency, the output signal being phase shifted with respect to the synchronization signal as a function of the signal from the sensor. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106696 | SEISMIC RESPONSE ASSESSMENT OF MAN-MADE STRUCTURES - The present disclosure is drawn to methods and systems for determining a seismic response of a man-made structure to a given input earthquake. Sensors are used to obtain vibration data for data collection locations from one or more floors of the man-made structure, which may be ambient vibration data or vibration data resulting from forced vibration or shock testing. The vibration data is used to determine modal characteristics for the man-made structure, including mode shapes, natural frequencies, and damping ratios. The mass, centre-of-mass, and moment of inertia is also determined for the floors of the man-made structure. The modal characteristics are then translated from the data collection locations to the centre-of-mass based on the structure of the floors. Then, a seismic response of the man-made structure to an input earthquake is determined using the translated modal characteristics and the mass and moment of inertia of the floors. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106697 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PIPELINE INSPECTION - A system and method for pipeline inspection may include a transport module having a sensor arrangement configured to carry one or more sensors, and it may be movable longitudinally through the pipeline and circumferentially around an interior of the pipeline. The sensor arrangement may include a sensor and a sensor cover selectively disposable over the sensor for isolating the sensor from contact with the inside surface of a wall of the pipeline. The sensor cover may include a cleaning arrangement disposed proximate the sensor for removing debris from the sensor. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106698 | HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE FOR GAS VALVE - This disclosure relates generally to valves, and more particularly, to gas valve assemblies. In one example, a valve leakage test and/or other tests may be performed on a valve assembly including a valve body with a first valve and a second valve, where the valves may be positioned across a fluid path in the valve body with an intermediate volume between the valves. A human machine interface (HMI) may be in communication with the valve assembly to initiate and/or monitor tests on the valve assembly. The HMI may include a start button on a user interface for initiating the tests on valve assembly. The HMI may receive results of the tests (e.g., valve leakage tests) in real time during the test and display the results of the tests on a display of the HMI in real time. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106699 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL STANDARD VIBRATOR BASED ON LEAF-SPRING-TYPE DECOUPLING DEVICE - The three-dimensional standard vibrator based on leaf-spring-type decoupling device contains a base set with three single-dimensional vibrators (along X, Y and Z axes, respectively) and a three-dimensional vibration platform. The X axis vibrator is connected with the three-dimensional vibration platform through X axis decoupling device, the Y axis vibrator is connected with the three-dimensional vibration platform through Y axis decoupling device, and the Z axis vibrator is connected with the three-dimensional vibration platform through Z axis decoupling device. The properties of the three-dimensional vibrator are as follow. X axis decoupling device, Y axis decoupling device and Z axis decoupling device are all comprised of supporting-spring units. Each of the supporting-spring units contains a pair of leaf springs mounted parallel with each other and the first and second connecting components mounted on the two edges of the leaf springs. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106700 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING ONE OR MORE OPTICAL PARAMETERS OF A LENS - Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of determining one or more optical parameters of a lens of eyeglasses. For example, a product may include one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media including computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement operations of determining one or more optical parameters of a lens of eyeglasses. The operations may include processing at least one image of an object captured via the lens; and determining the one or more optical parameters of the lens based on the at least one image. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106701 | BRUSH HOLDER MARKING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED MAINTENANCE - A marking system for knowing precisely at which location on an electrical device a used brush and associated brush holder assembly were positioned to evaluate whether abnormal brush wear, abnormal operation or other anomaly is occurring and performing maintenance and/or replacement of components as needed. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106702 | UNIVERSAL MANUFACTURING TEST PLATFORM - Embodiments herein describe a universal test platform that includes a universal test station (UTS) coupled to a system under test (SUT) using respective adapters. The adapters include an interface subdivided into portions that are assigned to different data and power standards. In one embodiment, the UTS is coupled to a UTS adapter using a plurality of cables that transmits the different data and power signals between the UTS and the adapter. For example, the interface in the UTS adapter may include a plurality of pins or optical channels that are each coupled to one of the plurality of cables. The SUT is coupled to a SUT adapter which may have the same interface as the UTS adapter. However, the SUT may be coupled to only a sub-portion of the I/O elements in the SUT adapter, and thus, only some of the I/O elements are used when testing the SUT. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106703 | SELF-ANCHORED PILING SEDIMENT SAMPLER - A self-anchored piling sediment sampler belongs to the technical fields of environmental monitoring, environmental government and sediment sample collection. The sampler is mainly composed of a sampling tube mechanism, an anchor rack mechanism and a cable. A drainer is designed to realize automatic drainage and air seal, so that an anchor socket can form a good anchoring condition with sediments during collection, thereby providing a stable sampling condition in cooperation with adjustable self gravity. The drainer is also applied in the sampling tube mechanism, thereby facilitating collection and seal of sediment samples. At the end of sampling, a water injector can eliminate suction force of the sediments and alleviate resistance in a lifting process. The cable is fixed to an outer sampling tube by fixed pulleys A, clamping hooks and fixed pulleys B placed on fixing rods so as to realize the conversion of the pulling force into the pressure on the sampling tube and provide sampling power. Thus, the collection of layered sediment samples is realized. The collection device has the features of light weight, high efficiency and good fidelity, and is especially suitable for collection of layered sediments of such water areas as reservoirs and the like with great water depth and soft bottom material. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106704 | CORNEAL TISSUE SAMPLE ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED METHODS OF USE - Assemblies for storing, handling, transporting, viewing, evaluating, and/or shipping corneal tissue are provided. The assemblies may include a viewing chamber and a corneal tissue carrier removably coupled to an inner portion of the viewing chamber. The assemblies may further include a corneal tissue sample disposed within the corneal tissue carrier. Methods of processing a corneal tissue sample and administering the corneal tissue sample to a subject are also provided. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106705 | SUPPORT FOR SAMPLE TUBES FOR THE SONICATION OF A BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL - Assembly kit, comprising a sonication device ( | 2018-04-19 |
20180106706 | BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS CONCENTRATION ASSEMBLY - A biological fluids concentration device, including a tube-in-tube assembly, is disclosed. The tube-in-tube assembly receives biologic fluids and may then be placed in the bucket of a centrifuge and spun to separate out the components of the biological fluid by their various densities. For example, whole blood may be centrifuged in the tube-in-tube assembly for separating into plasma, red blood cell component, and a buffy coat. A piston slideably and sealingly engages an inner tube of the tube-in-tube assembly, the inner tube fitting within an outer tube. A lid is designed to engage the top of the outer tube, which lid has an opening therein for receipt of a plunger. The plunger is adapted to move up and down with respect to the lid and the tubes, so as to sealingly, in a down position, and unsealingly, in an open position, engage the top of the inner tube of the tube-in-tube assembly. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106707 | IMPELLER HIGH-PRECISION STATIC PERFORMANCE SIMULATION DEVICE, TESTING MACHINE AND IMPELLER PERFORMANCE SIMULATION TESTING METHOD - An impeller high-precision static performance simulation device, a testing machine, and an impeller performance simulation testing method are provided. In the device, a centrifugal force acting on a blade is simulated by an upper damper, a lower damper and a tension sensor. In the process of carrying out a simulation test to the performance of the impeller, a centrifugal force effect of an air compressor impeller is simulated by a static pulling force, to accurately simulate and evaluate the service condition of the impeller under the action of a high-precision static force. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106708 | HYDRAULIC FRACTURABILITY INDEX USING HIGH RESOLUTION CORE MEASUREMENTS - A workflow is provided that characterizes the hydraulic fracturability of a rock based on properties obtained from CT scanning and from non-CT based data. The characterization is based on obtaining a plurality of properties of a core sample as a function of axial location in the core sample. The workflow includes obtaining CT data from at least one CT scan of the core, obtaining heterogeneity data of the core, generating a heterogeneous rock analysis (HRA) model based at least on the obtained CT data and heterogeneity data; quantifying statistically significant distinct rock classes in the core, and assigning hydraulic fracturability index (HFI) values to each distinct rock class, as well as any HFI variation within each rock class. An HFI value is assigned to each rock class, and within a rock class, in the core and those values can be propagated to other locations in the same or surrounding wells. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106709 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOAD EVALUATION - A load verification system and method may be used to assess the loading of material from a loading work vehicle having a load bucket to a haulage work vehicle having a load bin. The system includes at least one volume sensor coupled to the loading work vehicle that observes a volume of material in at least one of the load bucket and the load bin and generates a corresponding volume data signal. The system also includes a first controller onboard the loading work vehicle and a second controller onboard the haulage work vehicle. At least one of the first and second controllers: receives the volume data signal from the at least one volume sensor; receives a unique haulage work vehicle identifier; associates volume data of the corresponding volume data signal with the unique haulage work vehicle identifier; and stores in memory the associated volume data and haulage work vehicle identifier. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106710 | BALANCED CAPILLARY BRIDGE VISCOMETRY - Viscometers and Viscometry methods are disclosed. In one general aspect a capillary bridge viscometer comprises an input port an output port a first capillary tubing arm in a first hydraulic path between the input port and a first differential detection point, a second capillary tubing arm in a second hydraulic path between the first differential detection point and the output port, a third capillary tubing arm in a third hydraulic path between the input port and a second differential detection point, a fourth capillary tubing arm in a fourth hydraulic path between the second differential detection point and the output port, an adjustable mechanical flow restrictor in one of the first, second, third, and fourth hydraulic paths, wherein the adjustable mechanical flow restrictor is operative to mechanically adjust a resistance to flow of a fluid while the fluid flows through the adjustable mechanical flow restrictor. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106711 | VISCOSITY MEASURING METHOD AND VISCOSITY MEASURING APPARATUS - A viscosity measuring method includes: immersing a plunger into a sample contained in a cylindrical container by an initial depth L | 2018-04-19 |
20180106712 | PARTICLE SIZE DETERMINATION USING RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY - The present disclosure is directed to a method of particle size determination for particles suspended within a light-transmissive medium. The method includes directing a monochromatic light source into the medium and collecting from the medium a Raman-scattered light spectrum. The method includes analyzing the Raman spectrum to determine an amount of Tyndall scattering of the Raman spectrum caused by particles within the medium, and thus determine the size and the number of particles mediating the Tyndall scattering. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106713 | METHOD FOR PICKING A COLONY OF CELLS - The present invention relates to a method for picking a colony of cells and to producing a cell line from this colony, as well as to the cell line thus established and to use of this cell line in a method for producing a biological molecule or biological entity of interest. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106714 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPUTING A ROAD FRICTION ESTIMATE - A method is described for determining a friction estimate between a road surface and a tire of a vehicle, the tire being arranged on a steerable wheel of the vehicle, and the vehicle having an axle rack pivotably attached to a linkage arm connected to the steerable wheel such that a translational motion of the axle rack causes the linkage arm to rotate about a kingpin element such that the linkage arm causes a turning motion of the steerable wheel. The method includes acquiring a plurality of rack force values; acquiring a plurality of lateral wheel force values; mapping a relation between the plurality of rack force values and the lateral wheel force values to a model; and determining the lateral friction estimate based on the mapping. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106715 | Peakforce Photothermal-Based Detection of IR Nanoabsorption - An apparatus and method of performing photothermal chemical nanoidentification of a sample includes positioning a tip of a probe at a region of interest of the sample, with the tip-sample separation being less than about 10 nm. Then, IR electromagnetic energy having a selected frequency, ω, is directed towards the tip. Using PFT mode AFM operation, absorption of the energy at the region of interest is identified. Calorimetry may also be performed with the photothermal PFT system. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106716 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus uses signals obtained by a plurality of reception units that receive an acoustic wave propagating from a point of interest to acquire object information at the point of interest. The apparatus includes a speed-of-sound acquisition unit that acquires information representing speed of sound on a propagation path of the acoustic wave, a correction unit that acquires a correction amount for the information representing speed of sound and corrects the information representing speed of sound using the correction amount, and an information acquisition unit that determines a propagation time of the acoustic wave by linearly approximating propagation paths from the point of interest to the reception units based on the corrected information and acquires the object information at the point of interest based on the signals and the propagation time. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106717 | MEASURING A SIZE DISTRIBUTION OF NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES IN A SAMPLE - A process for measuring a size distribution of a plurality of nucleic acid molecules, the process comprising: labeling the nucleic acid molecules with a fluorescent dye comprising a plurality of fluorescent dye molecules to form labeled nucleic acid molecules, such that a number of fluorescent dyes molecules attached to each nucleic acid molecule is reliably proportional to the number of base pairs in the nucleic acid molecule, the fluorescent dye molecules having a first florescence spectrum; producing, by the labeled nucleic acid molecules, the first florescence spectrum in response to irradiating the labeled nucleic acid molecules at the first wavelength; and detecting the first florescence spectrum to measure the size distribution of the plurality of nucleic acid molecules. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106718 | IN-SITU DETECTION OF HOLLOW GLASS FIBER FORMATION - A process of in-situ detection of hollow fiber formation includes immersing a plurality of individual glass fibers in an index-matching material. The index-matching material has a first refractive index that substantially matches a second refractive index of the glass fibers. The process also includes exposing the individual glass fibers to a light source during immersion in the index-matching material. The process further includes utilizing one or more optical components to collect optical data for the individual glass fibers during immersion in the index-matching material. The process also includes determining, based on the optical data, that a particular glass fiber of the plurality of individual glass fibers includes a hollow fiber. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106719 | IN-SITU DETECTION OF HOLLOW GLASS FIBER FORMATION - A process of in-situ detection of hollow fiber formation includes immersing a plurality of individual glass fibers in an index-matching material. The index-matching material has a first refractive index that substantially matches a second refractive index of the glass fibers. The process also includes exposing the individual glass fibers to a light source during immersion in the index-matching material. The process further includes utilizing one or more optical components to collect optical data for the individual glass fibers during immersion in the index-matching material. The process also includes determining, based on the optical data, that a particular glass fiber of the plurality of individual glass fibers includes a hollow fiber. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106720 | TOTAL PROTEIN MEASUREMENT USING WHOLE BLOOD REFRACTOMETRY - An optical system and method for quantifying total protein in whole blood or other multi-phase liquids and colloidal suspensions uses refractometry without preliminary steps such as cell separation or centrifugation. A refractometer is integrated with a flow cell to enable the refractive index of a flowing sample to be measured based on a substantially cell free boundary layer of the sample that is present under certain flow conditions. Dimensions of the flow cell are selected to produce a cell-free layer in a flow of whole blood in which the cell free layer is thick enough to reduce scattering of light from the refractometer light source. A numerical method is used to compensate for scattering artifacts. The numerical compensation method is based on the slope and width of a peak in the derivative curve of an angular spectrum image of the flowing sample produced by refractometry. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106721 | PLASMONIC SENSOR - A plasmonic sensor includes at least a substrate and a thin film metallic glass formed on the substrate. The dielectric constant (ε | 2018-04-19 |
20180106722 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - The image-forming apparatus includes multiple developing units that form images using multiple color developers, an image carrier that, in color displacement detection, carries the developers transferred thereon at mutually different image-carrying positions, an optical sensor that projects a light to the image carrier and receives a reflected light from the image carrier, and an acquirer that acquires, in response to output from the optical sensor, passage times at which the developers on the image carrier respectively pass a detection position. The optical sensor receives a diffusively reflected light from a non-transferred area of the image carrier on which the developers are not transferred. The acquirer acquires the passage times of all the developers, in response to changes in the output from the optical sensor at an output level higher than that corresponding to a diffusively reflected light from the developers on the image carrier. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106723 | SCANNING IN ANGLE-RESOLVED REFLECTOMETRY AND ALGORITHMICALLY ELIMINATING DIFFRACTION FROM OPTICAL METROLOGY - Angle-resolved reflectometers and reflectometry methods are provided, which comprise a coherent light source, an optical system arranged to scan a test pattern using a spot of coherent light from the light source to yield realizations of the light distribution in the collected pupil, wherein the spot covers a part of the test pattern and the scanning is carried out optically or mechanically according to a scanning pattern, and a processing unit arranged to generate a composite image of the collected pupil distribution by combining the pupil images. Metrology systems and methods are provided, which reduce diffraction errors by estimating, quantitatively, a functional dependency of measurement parameters on aperture sizes and deriving, from identified diffraction components of the functional dependency which relate to the aperture sizes, correction terms for the measurement parameters with respect to the measurement conditions. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106724 | OPTICAL SENSING WITH CRITICALLY COUPLED PLANAR WAVEGUIDE WITH OPTIONAL INTEGRATION OF LAYERED TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS - An optical sensing system includes a planar optical waveguide having a first surface for detection and a second surface for coupling light. The optical sensing system includes a functional layer integral with the first surface of the planar optical waveguide, and a coupling layer in contact with the second surface of the planar optical waveguide, the coupling layer having a lower refractive index than the planar optical waveguide. The optical sensing system includes an optical source arranged to illuminate at least a portion of the second surface of the planar optical waveguide through the coupling layer with substantially critical optical coupling. The optical sensing system also includes an optical detector arranged to receive a portion of light from the optical source after being reflected from the first surface of the planar optical waveguide and passing through the coupling layer. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106725 | PORTABLE WATER QUALITY INSTRUMENT - A hand-held microfluidic testing device is provided that includes a housing having a cartridge receiving port, a cartridge for input to the cartridge receiving port having a sample input and a channel, where the channel includes a mixture of Raman-scattering nanoparticles and a calibration solution, where the calibration solution includes chemical compounds capable of interacting with a sample under test input to the cartridge and the Raman-scattering nanoparticles, and an optical detection system in the housing, where the optical detection system is capable of providing an illuminated electric field, where the illuminating electric field is capable of being used for Raman spectroscopy with the Raman-scattering nanoparticles and the calibration solution to analyze the sample under test input to the cartridge. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106726 | Test Elements and Methods of Producing the Same for Studying a Body Fluid Sample - Disclosed herein are methods of producing a test element for studying a body fluid sample. In the methods, a detection layer is covered with a polymeric spreading layer and applied to a support. The spreading layer can be produced by being sprayed onto the detection layer such that the spreading layer has a thickness of at most about 20 μm. Also disclosed are test elements produced by the methods, as well as tape cassettes incorporating such test elements. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106727 | ULTRA-HIGH-SENSITIVE ASSAY OF PROTEIN AND NUCLEIC ACID AND KIT, AND NOVEL ENZYME SUBSTRATE - Provided is a ultra-high-sensitivity assay in which the assay can be made on a commonly used assay apparatus such as an absorptiometer and a plate reader or with naked eyes. The high-sensitivity assay in which the assay can be made on a commonly used assay apparatus or with naked eyes can be provided by combining an enzyme cycling method using thio-NAD(P) as a coenzyme, a labeling enzyme and a substrate for the labeling enzyme optimally, and by amplifying thio-NAD(P)H, which is a signaling substance, exponentially and then quantifying the thio-NAD(P)H colorimetrically. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106728 | INSPECTION APPARATUS - An inspection apparatus includes an illumination device including an arch-like lighting unit that is provided around an inspection target in a circular arc form and emits light toward the inspection target, imaging devices that capture images of a light reflection surface of the inspection target by which the light emitted from the arch-like lighting unit is reflected, and a determination device that inspects the light reflection surface of the inspection target on the basis of the images captured by the imaging devices. As a result, the inspection apparatus provides an effect of preventing the apparatus from being increased in size. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106729 | IMAGING PLATFORM BASED ON NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSCOPY FOR RAPID SCANNING LARGE AREAS OF TISSUE - A multiphoton microscope based on two-photon excited fluorescence and second-harmonic generation that images FOVs of about 0.8 mm | 2018-04-19 |
20180106730 | Method for Pre and Post Image Association in Fiber Optic Inspection - A fiber optic connector inspection display system including: a input unit which receives fiber end-face images; a display mode election unit which allows a user to select at least one of an image capture mode or an image review mode; a capturing unit which captures the fiber end-face images; a storing unit which stores the captured images as a first still image and a second still image; a display unit which displays the received fiber end-face images from the input unit or the stored first and second still images, and a control unit which stores each of the first and second still images with a user defined identification label, and the control unit may further label the each of the first and second still images with a preset image pair mode label if the user selects a preset image pair mode. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106731 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A semiconductor device inspecting apparatus includes a light source for emitting light to a semiconductor pattern. The semiconductor pattern includes a structure that reflects the light from the light source. The semiconductor device inspecting apparatus further includes an objective optical system disposed in a path of the reflected light from the semiconductor pattern, and a first noise filter disposed in a path of the reflected light having passed through the objective optical system, the first noise filter including at least one bar pattern that filters a diffraction noise of the light. The semiconductor device inspecting apparatus additionally includes a second noise filter disposed in a path of the filtered light from the first noise filter, the second noise filter including an outer frame surrounding a central portion. The semiconductor device inspecting apparatus further includes a first photodetector detecting the light having passed through the second noise filter. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106732 | Optimizing Training Sets Used for Setting Up Inspection-Related Algorithms - Methods and systems for training an inspection-related algorithm are provided. One system includes one or more computer subsystems configured for performing an initial training of an inspection-related algorithm with a labeled set of defects thereby generating an initial version of the inspection-related algorithm and applying the initial version of the inspection-related algorithm to an unlabeled set of defects. The computer subsystem(s) are also configured for altering the labeled set of defects based on results of the applying. The computer subsystem(s) may then iteratively re-train the inspection-related algorithm and alter the labeled set of defects until one or more differences between results produced by a most recent version and a previous version of the algorithm meet one or more criteria. When the one or more differences meet the one or more criteria, the most recent version of the inspection-related algorithm is outputted as the trained algorithm. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106733 | Combined Image Generation of Article Under Examination and Image of Test Item - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems for generating a three-dimensional combined image is provided. A three-dimensional test image of a test item is combined with a three-dimensional article image of an article that is undergoing a radiation examination to generate the three-dimensional combined image. A first selection region of the three-dimensional article image is selected. The three-dimensional test image of the test item is inserted within the first selection region. Although the test item is not actually comprised within the article under examination, the three-dimensional combined image is intended to cause the test item to appear to be comprised within the article. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106734 | METHOD FOR GENERATING X-RAY IMAGE DATA, X-RAY SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING UNIT - A mathematical scattered radiation model with a number of parameters is specified. A test object is scanned with an X-ray system to generate a first raw dataset. The test object is scanned again to generate a second raw dataset, this time with an intermediary X-ray mask having at least one X-ray transparent region and at least one X-ray non-transparent region between the X-ray source and the test object. Parameter values are determined based on the first raw dataset and on the second raw dataset, and the scattered radiation model is calibrated with the parameter values. An examination object is scanned with the X-ray system to generate a third raw dataset and the third raw dataset is processed with the calibrated scattered radiation model to generate a corrected third raw dataset. A set of X-ray image data is generated from the examination object based on the corrected third raw dataset. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106735 | Full Beam Metrology For X-Ray Scatterometry Systems - Methods and systems for characterizing dimensions and material properties of semiconductor devices by full beam x-ray scatterometry are described herein. A full beam x-ray scatterometry measurement involves illuminating a sample with an X-ray beam and detecting the intensities of the resulting zero diffraction order and higher diffraction orders simultaneously for one or more angles of incidence relative to the sample. The simultaneous measurement of the direct beam and the scattered orders enables high throughput measurements with improved accuracy. The full beam x-ray scatterometry system includes one or more photon counting detectors with high dynamic range and thick, highly absorptive crystal substrates that absorb the direct beam with minimal parasitic backscattering. In other aspects, model based measurements are performed based on the zero diffraction order beam, and measurement performance of the full beam x-ray scatterometry system is estimated and controlled based on properties of the measured zero order beam. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106736 | X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETER - A scanning-type X-ray fluorescence spectrometer according to the present invention includes a quantitative analysis condition setting unit ( | 2018-04-19 |
20180106737 | PROCESS FOR ACCURATELY PROFILING FLUID DISTRIBUTION IN MULTI-LAYER ABSORBENT ARTICLES IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS - A process for profiling fluid distribution and analyzing fluid redistribution kinetics in multi-layer absorbent articles is disclosed. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106738 | DEVICE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FLUID DISTRIBUTION IN ABSORBENT ARTICLES IN TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONS - A device for the analysis of fluid distribution in an absorbent article is disclosed. The device provides for a frame, a pressure chamber disposed in contacting and mating engagement with the frame, and a NMR sensor in cooperative engagement with the frame and the pressure chamber. The pressure chamber further comprises a top plate and a conformable surface. The absorbent article is disposable between the top plate and the conformable surface. The NMR sensor is disposable proximate to the pressure chamber and is capable of measuring a fluid distribution in the absorbent article when the absorbent article is disposed between the top plate and the conformable surface of the pressure chamber and the NMR sensor is disposed proximate to a surface of the absorbent article. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106739 | Monitoring the Activity of Reforming Catalyst - A method and system for determining changes in the catalytic activity of reforming catalyst where an outlet temperature of the catalytic reactor is measured and a temperature approach to equilibrium calculated based on the measured outlet temperature. The temperature approach to equilibrium is compared to an empirical model-based temperature approach to equilibrium calculated for the same operating conditions, the comparison showing changes in the catalytic activity of the reforming catalyst. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106740 | Monitoring the Activity of Reforming Catalyst - A method and system for determining changes in the catalytic activity of reforming catalyst where an outlet temperature of the catalytic reactor is measured and a temperature approach to equilibrium calculated based on the measured outlet temperature. The temperature approach to equilibrium is compared to an empirical model-based temperature approach to equilibrium calculated for the same operating conditions, the comparison showing changes in the catalytic activity of the reforming catalyst. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106741 | INSPECTING METHOD FOR HEATSINK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR HEATSINK - An inspection method for a heatsink according to the present disclosure includes a measurement preparation step of placing the heatsink in a place where radiated-heat quantities can be measured by first and second thermal sensors, each of the first and second thermal sensors including a temperature sensor and a heat-concentrating mirror with a heat-receiving surface curved in a concave shape, the first and second thermal sensors being disposed in different places in a state where a heat-receiving line is inclined from a direction in which the fin protrudes by a predetermined angle, a measurement step of acquiring first and second radiated-heat quantities from the first and second thermal sensors, respectively, and a determination step of determining that a coating state of the coating is fine when a total value of the first and second radiated-heat quantities is larger than a predetermined range defined in advance. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106742 | Systems, Devices, and Methods for Object Quality Monitoring - A technique for monitoring the quality of objects is disclosed. A container includes a multiple sensors and is configured to receive an object. The sensors monitor various metrics associated with the quality of the object, and a display is affixed to the container for displaying a visual indication of the quality of the object. The visual indication is based on data collected from the sensors. A quality monitoring module is executed by a processor to control the sensors to switch operation between a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation based on a detected change in one of the metrics monitored by the sensors. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106743 | CONDUCTIVITY SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF A LIQUID MEDIUM - A conductivity sensor for measuring the electrical conductivity of a liquid medium having at least a first coil, a current source and a control and evaluation unit, the current source being connected to the first coil. The conductivity sensor has the ability to determine a particularly large range of electric conductivity by at least a first electrode and a second electrode and at least one voltage measuring unit being provided, the voltage measuring unit being connected to the first electrode and the second electrode, the control and evaluation unit being connected to the current source and to the voltage measuring unit, and the first electrode and the second electrode being out of electrical contact with the first coil. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106744 | MICROELECTRONIC FLUID DETECTOR - A resistive microelectronic fluid sensor implemented as an integrated voltage divider circuit can sense the presence of a fluid within a fluid reservoir, identify the fluid, and monitor fluid temperature or volume. Such a sensor has biomedical, industrial, and consumer product applications. After fluid detection, the fluid can be expelled from the reservoir and replenished with a fresh supply of fluid. A depression at the bottom of the sample reservoir allows a residual fluid to remain undetected so as not to skew the measurements. Electrodes can sense variations in the resistivity of the fluid, indicating a change in the fluid chemical composition, volume, or temperature. Such fluctuations that can be electrically sensed by the voltage divider circuit can be used as a thermal actuator to trigger ejection of all or part of the fluid sample. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106745 | GAS SENSOR - Disclosed is a gas sensor having high detection sensitivity, capable of detecting a gas at a low concentration and achieving lower power consumption. In the gas sensor including a gas detection element disposed on a thin-film insulator layer, the gas detection element includes: a heater layer provided on the thin-film insulator layer; and a gas detection layer having a thin-film thermistor part and an electrode part in contact with the thin-film, thermistor part, the gas detection layer being provided on the heater layer so as to be electrically insulated from the heater layer. The gas sensor is configured to detect a temperature change due to contact of a gas with the gas detection element on the basis of a change in resistance value in the thin-film thermistor part. The thin-film thermistor part preferably comprises a composite metal oxide containing Fe | 2018-04-19 |
20180106746 | CAPACITIVE MOISTURE SENSOR SYSTEM FOR A SURVEILLANCE CAMERA - An inter-digital capacitive sensor and control system are used to distinguish between rain, ice, dirt and debris on the outer lens surface of a surveillance camera. The electrodes of the capacitive sensor are made from a conductive coating such as printed epoxy or a transparent conductive oxide, that is directly deposited onto the inner surface of the lens. A defroster is spaced radially-outward from the capacitive sensor and is formed by metal deposition directly on the substrate surface. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106747 | ARRANGEMENT FOR DETERMINING THE MOISTURE OF AN OBJECT - An arrangement for determining the moisture of an object, in particular the moisture of human skin, has an electrically insulating carrier layer onto which the following units are applied: at least two electrodes, in particular interdigital electrodes, which are arranged on a first face of the carrier layer; a digital capacitance measuring device, to which the electrodes are connected; an NFC transponder which comprises an antenna and to which the measurement results of the capacitance measuring device are supplied in order to be forwarded wirelessly via the antenna, wherein the NFC transponder and the capacitance measuring device are arranged in the same chip in particular; and a shielding, which lies on the carrier layer face opposite the first face and which is connected to system ground of the capacitance measuring device in particular. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106748 | Protective coating for a potentiometric electrode assembly - There is provided a potentiometric electrode assembly comprising an ion-selective electrode, a reference electrode and a reference electrode electrolyte, the reference electrode having a diaphragm or an open-junction opening or a combination thereof which is provided with a protective coating detachable and/or dissolvable upon contact with aqueous solution. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106749 | ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE STRUCTURE - A method of manufacturing an electrode structure includes providing an initial structure, the initial structure including at least two elevated regions extending from a substrate, wherein top portions of the two elevated regions are separated by a first lateral distance, depositing material onto the elevated regions by means of physical vapor deposition such that adjacent top portions of the deposited material are separated by a second lateral distance that is smaller than the first lateral distance, and applying electrodes onto the top portions of the material. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106750 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING - A sensor includes a sheath that is elongated along a longitudinal axis; a spacer positioned within the sheath and defining first and second channels having lengths that extend along the longitudinal axis; a first elongated member positioned within the first channel; and a second elongated member positioned within the second channel. The first elongated member includes an active surface forming a working electrode and the second elongated member including an active surface defining a counter electrode. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106751 | Electrochemical Test Sensor - An electrochemical test sensor for detecting the concentration of an analyte in a fluid sample. The electrochemical test sensor includes a housing that has a first end and a second opposing end. The housing includes an opening at the first end to receive a fluid test sample. An electrode assembly includes a substrate, a working electrode, a counter electrode and a reagent. The substrate has a first surface and an opposing second surface. The working electrode is disposed on the first surface of the substrate, and the counter electrode is disposed on the second surface of the substrate. The electrode assembly is positioned within the housing to define a reaction channel. The electrochemical test sensor may be used with a removable lancet mechanism or integrated within a lancet mechanism to form one integral unit. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106752 | Phosphate Electrode and a Method for Determining the Phosphate Concentration - The invention concerns a phosphate electrode with a base body ( | 2018-04-19 |
20180106753 | PLANAR AMMONIA SELECTIVE SENSING ELECTRODE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A planar ammonia selective sensing electrode for water quality monitoring and a manufacturing method of the sensing electrode are provided. The sensing electrode includes an insulating base plate, an electric-conductive layer, an ammonium ion sensing layer, a hydroxide ion sensing layer, and an electrolyte layer. The electric-conductive layer is disposed on the planar surface of the insulating base plate. The electric-conductive layer includes a first conductive part and a second conductive part. The first conductive part and the second conductive part are insulated and apart from each other, and configured to form a first reaction zone and a second reaction zone, respectively. The ammonium ion sensing layer is disposed on the first reaction zone. The hydroxide ion sensing layer is disposed on the second reaction zone. The electrolyte layer is disposed on and covers the ammonium ion sensing layer and the hydroxide ion sensing layer. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106754 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE OXIDE SINTERED COMPACT, MEMBER FOR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION, AND GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor, characterized by having an electrode formed of a conductive oxide sintered body which contains a primary phase formed of a perovskite oxide containing at least La, Fe, and Ni; and a secondary phase formed of an La | 2018-04-19 |
20180106755 | GAS SENSOR CONTROL DEVICE - A NOx sensor includes a pump cell, a monitor cell, and a sensor cell, and the pump cell discharges an oxygen in an exhaust gas introduced into a chamber. The sensor cell outputs a detected signal depending on a concentration of a NOx according to a gas after the oxygen is discharged. A microcomputer of a sensor control circuit temporarily changes an amount of the oxygen discharged by the pump cell, and then calculates output change amounts ΔIp, ΔIs, and ΔIm of the cells. The microcomputer performs a correction of the concentration of the NOx detected by the sensor cell and a deterioration diagnosis of the sensor cell, based on the output change amounts ΔIp, ΔIs, and ΔIm of the cells. When the sensor cell current Is is smaller than the monitor cell current Im, the microcomputer determines that the NOx sensor has an abnormality. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106756 | CHEMICAL SENSOR WITH AIR VIA - In one embodiment, a chemical sensor is described. The chemical sensor includes a chemically-sensitive field effect transistor including a floating gate conductor having an upper surface, a first opening extending through a first material and through a portion of a second material located on the first material and a second opening extending from the bottom of the first opening to the top of a liner layer located on the upper surface of the floating gate conductor. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106757 | ELECTROPLATING SOLUTION ANALYZER AND ELECTROPLATING SOLUTION ANALYSIS METHOD - An electroplating solution analyzer includes an analysis container for housing an electroplating solution containing additives including an accelerator and a suppressor, a working electrode that is immersed in the electroplating solution housed in the analysis container to exchange electrons therewith, a reference electrode immersed in the electroplating solution and serves as a reference for determining a potential of the working electrode, a counter electrode immersed in the electroplating solution, a rotation drive unit for rotating the working electrode at a constant speed, a current-generating unit for supplying a current with a constant current density between the working electrode and the counter electrode, a potential measuring unit for measuring a potential between the working electrode and the reference electrode, and an analyzing unit for determining a condition of the electroplating solution in one or more measurement sections at an elapsed time after the current starts to be supplied. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106758 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS - An apparatus includes a body portion that defines a reservoir and a set of substantially flexible capillaries. The set of substantially flexible capillaries are fixedly coupled to the body portion and in fluid communication with the reservoir. A connector is configured to be coupled to the body portion to be in fluid communication with the reservoir and the set of substantially flexible capillaries. The connector is further configured to be coupled to a vacuum source. The apparatus is arranged such that at least a part of the body portion is electrically conductive. Methods for separating and detecting an analyte from a biological sample with the apparatus are also provided. For example, methods for separating and detecting one or more proteins from a cellular lysate or a purified protein are also provided. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106759 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECONFIGURABLE POINT-OF-CARE DIAGNOSTICS - A reconfigurable point-of-care system, comprising an analysis device having one or more detection components to perform a diagnostic method on a sample, the sample being loaded on a microfluidic chip, wherein the analysis device provides identification information, an interface device coupled to the analysis device to provide a communication channel, and a reader unit coupled to the communication channel and having a processor to select the diagnostic method based on the identification information and reconfigure one or more components of the interface device based on the analysis device. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106760 | PARTICLE MOBILITY ANALYZER - Mobility analyzer comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, one of said electrodes being grounded and the other of said electrodes being connectable to a high-voltage source, which analyzer further comprises an aerosol inlet and a sheath flow outlet as well as at least one sample flow channel with a sample inlet and a sample outlet, wherein the electrodes are embodied in a plastic material provided with an electrically conductive coating. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106761 | BURNER NOZZLE - In an embodiment, the present invention provides a burner nozzle for a flame ionization detector, the nozzle including: an output-side outlet for ejecting a gas mixture to be ignited into a combustion chamber; an input-side inlet for feeding a combustible gas and a gaseous analyte through a transport channel to the outlet; and a cut-out, provided in the burner nozzle, through which cut-out combustion air can pass from the combustion chamber into the gas mixture flowing out of the outlet. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106762 | IN-LINE INSPECTION TOOL - An untethered in-line inspection tool for the non-destructive testing of a tubular test component is described which comprises one or more partial saturation eddy current testing (PSET) modules configured to locate with an internal surface of the test component. The one or more PSET modules comprise a variable strength permanent magnet for generating a variable DC magnetic field within the test component and at least one eddy current sensor. Having an in-line inspection tool that employs PSET techniques allows the in-line inspection tool to operate with an increased range of pipeline types. For the detection of cracks the in-line inspection tool may also comprise one or more crack detection modules. The in-line inspection tool further comprises one or more battery modules. Employing a dedicated battery module removes any need to employ an umbilical or wireline in order to provide power to one or more electromagnets. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106763 | METHOD FOR IN-SITU CALIBRATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC CORROSION DETECTION TOOLS - A calibration system for an electromagnetic (EM) tool includes a processor. The processor employs the EM tool to measure responses at each of a plurality of channels. The processor records the measured responses at each of the channels in an EM data log for the channel. The processor determines a nominal value of each of the channels, as being equal to a histogram peak of the EM data log. The processor selects one or more calibration points from the EM data log for a particular channel, based on a difference between the nominal value of the particular channel and the measured response at the calibration point being greater than a particular threshold. The processor determines a plurality of parameters by reducing a misfit between synthetic data and both the nominal values of the channels and the measured responses of the channels at the selected one or more calibration points. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106764 | MULTI-POINT IN SITU CALIBRATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PIPE INSPECTION TOOLS - A calibration system for an electromagnetic (EM) tool includes a processor. The processor employs the EM tool to measure responses at each of a plurality of channels. The processor records the measured responses at each of the channels in an EM data log for the channel. The processor determines a nominal value of each of the channels, as being equal to a histogram peak of the EM data log. The processor selects one or more calibration points from the EM data log for a particular channel, based on a difference between the nominal value of the particular channel and the measured response at the calibration point being greater than a particular threshold. The processor determines a plurality of parameters by reducing a misfit between synthetic data and both the nominal values of the channels and the measured responses of the channels at the selected one or more calibration points. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106765 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION TECHNIQUE TO ASSESS BOND QUALITY IN COMPOSITE STRUCTURES - An ultrasonic inspection technique may be used to inspect quality of a bond between thermal protection system (TPS) material and a composite. The technique may include a highly damped transducer emitting an incident wave, which may traverse through thermal protection system (TPS) material and to a back wall of a composite. The incident wave may be of a low frequency signal, and may return a bondline echo and a backwall echo. The bondline echo is returned when the incident wave reaches a bondline and the backwall echo is returned when the incident wave reaches the backwall of the composite. The bondline echo and the backwall echo may be used to generate a waveform to assess the bond quality, revealing possible unbonds or kissing unbonds. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106766 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING BATTERY STATE - A method and an apparatus for monitoring battery state are provided. A method of monitoring battery state involves collecting vibration information based on a signal from an acceleration sensor, calculating a cumulative impact based on the vibration information, and estimating a degree of damage to a battery based on the cumulative impact. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106767 | PROBE AND SUBJECT INFORMATION OBTAINING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - Provided are a highly reliable probe including a light reflecting layer, which is resistant to the falling off of the light reflecting layer, and an information obtaining apparatus using the same. The probe includes: an element including at least one cell, each cell including a first electrode provided on a substrate, and a vibration membrane including a second electrode provided across a gap from the first electrode; an acoustic impedance matching layer disposed above the element; and a light reflecting layer. The light reflecting layer is fixed to the substrate via an adhesive layer. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106768 | TOOLS FOR THE CALIBRATION OF AN ULTRASOUND INSPECTION DEVICE - A module to help in calibration of a device for inspection of metallurgical products including a memory configured to store data in a form of value/angle pairs. Each pair corresponds to an amplitude of response to an ultrasound inspection in a direction of the metallurgical product corresponding to the angle. A calculator is configured to perform a processing function on the stored data. A first set of data involves a polydirectional reflector disposed in the metallurgical product. A second set of data involves a directional reflector disposed in the metallurgical product. The processing function establishes a third set of data by interpolation of pairs of the first set of data and the second set of data. The pairs of the third set correspond to standard amplitudes for ultrasound inspections along at least some of the working directions of the polydirectional reflector. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106769 | A Rotary Valve and a Chromatography System - The present invention relates to a rotary valve and to a chromatography system comprising such a rotary valve. The rotary valve comprising a stator with an inner stator face, and a rotor with an inner rotor face arranged in sealing contact with the inner stator face, the rotor ( | 2018-04-19 |
20180106770 | COOLING LIQUID ELUENT OF A CARBON DIOXIDE CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM AFTER GAS-LIQUID SEPARATION - The present disclosure relates to methodologies, systems and apparatus for cooling a supersaturated or mixed-phase solution to increase the solubility of gases dissolved therein. In a fluid chromatography system, the mobile phase may include a pressurized mixture including a gas, such as CO | 2018-04-19 |
20180106771 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE FOR QUANTITATION - When there are a plurality of concentration value candidates, an extreme value of the calibration curve is detected, and the number of calibration points respectively contained in a region having a low concentration and a region having a high concentration is calculated using the extreme value as a boundary. If there is a difference between the numbers of calibration points of both regions, a concentration value candidate present in the region having a larger number of calibration points is selected as a quantitation result. When the numbers of calibration points are the same, the sign of the coefficient of the term of the second degree of the calibration curve is assessed, and a concentration value candidate present in a region in which the relationship between peak area values and concentration values is monotonically increasing is selected as a quantitation result. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106772 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION OF A CHEMICAL SPECIES IN SOLUTION - Methods and systems are for determining the concentration of a chemical species in an analyte solution. At least one train of segments are injected into a microfluidic channel having a first end and a second end, each train of segments having segments of analyte solution and segments of sensing solution which are immiscible with the segments of analyte solution. The train of segments is circulated from the first end to the second end of the microfluidic channel such that a reversible chemical exchange is established between the chemical species of each segment of analyte solution and a chemical indicator of the at least one contacting segment of sensing solution. The response of the chemical indicator is measured at the second end of the microfluidic channel and the concentration of the chemical species in the analyte solution is determined based on the response. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106773 | DETECTION OF VOLATILES IN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS - Color-change compositions for detecting urine and feces volatiles include the following pH indicator dyes: m-Cresol Purple, Basic Fuchsin, Brilliant Blue G, Brilliant Blue R, Cresol Red and Thymol Blue. The compositions may be applied to various substrates. Such substrates may be used in the construction of a personal care absorbent article such as a diaper, training pant or incontinence garment. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106774 | SENSOR ARRAY, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND SENSING METHOD - A sensor array includes a circuit board, a plurality of first sensing units, and at least one second sensing unit. The circuit board has an upper surface and a lower surface that are opposite to each other. The first sensing units are located on the upper surface of the circuit board. The first sensing units include a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of sensing material layers. The sensing material layers are respectively located on surfaces of the first electrodes, and the sensing material layers are manufactured through applying a non-contact printing method. The second sensing unit is located on the upper surface of the circuit board. The second sensing unit includes a second electrode separated from the first electrodes. The sensing material layers respectively cover the surfaces of the first electrodes, and the second electrode is exposed to an atmospheric environment. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106775 | Method and System For Human Presence Correlation Using Carbon Dioxide - Method and system for detecting and/or quantifying recent human presence in an environment using a calculated rate of decay of carbon dioxide concentration levels within that environment. A sensor measures the change in carbon dioxide levels over time to calculate the rate of decay to equilibrium and extrapolate recent human presence. Also provided is a method and system for quantifying recent human activity in an environment using the calculated rate of decay to equilibrium. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106776 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING QUANTITIES OF HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS CONTAINED IN ROCK FROM A GEOLOGICAL SAMPLE - The invention is a method of assessing at least one petroleum characteristic of a rock sample. Starting from a temperature ranging between 50° C. and 120° C., the temperature of a rock sample is raised to a temperature ranging between 180° C. and 220° C. which is maintained for a predetermined time duration. The temperature of the sample is increased to a temperature ranging between 330° C. and 370° C. which is maintained for a predetermined time duration. The temperature of the sample is then raised to a temperature ranging between 630° C. and 670° C. Three quantities representative of the amount of hydrocarbon compounds released during the temperature change stages are measured and at least one petroleum characteristic of the sample is deduced from these quantities. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106777 | APPLICATION OF TIME DERIVATIVE OF DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SURVEY (DTS) IN IDENTIFYING CEMENT CURING TIME AND CEMENT TOP - A method is presented for using the time derivative of distributed temperature sensing data to monitor and analyze cement critical temperature Time derivative of DTS in depth and time scale changes during the cementing process in subsurface wells. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106778 | Collecting Components of a Fluid - Embodiments are described for separating/collecting components from a multi-component fluid such as whole blood. Some embodiments provide for controlling the amount of a component, such as platelets, introduced into a separation chamber to ensure that the density of fluid in the separation chamber does not exceed a particular value. This may provide for collecting purer components. Other embodiments may provide for determining a chamber flow rate based on a concentration of a component in the multi-component fluid, which may then be used to determine a centrifuge speed, to collect purer concentrated components. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106779 | METHODS AND KITS FOR LABELING, DETECTION AND ISOLATION OF FOXP3+ REGULATORY T CELLS, ISOLATED POPULATION OF FOXP3+ REGULATORY T CELLS THUS OBTAINED AND USES THEREOF - Disclosed is a method for labeling, detecting and/or isolating Foxp3+ Treg cells from a biological sample containing peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) or lymphocytes including the following steps of: (i) coupling the surface of PBMC or lymphocytes to a capture moiety which binds to the cell through a cell surface molecule and to interleukin-34 (IL34), (ii) culturing the lymphocytes under conditions wherein IL34 is secreted, released and specifically captured by the capture moiety, (iii) labeling the IL34 expressing lymphocytes with a label moiety, and (iv) optionally detecting and/or isolating the IL34 expressing lymphocytes which are Foxp3+ Treg cells. Also disclosed is an isolated population of Foxp3+ Treg cells obtainable by the method and uses thereof. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106780 | ALKYNYL SUGAR ANALOGS FOR LABELING AND VISUALIZATION OF GLYCOCONJUGATES IN CELLS - Methods for metabolic oligosaccharide engineering that incorporates derivatized alkyne-bearing sugar analogs as “tags” into cellular glycoconjugates are disclosed. Alkynyl derivatized Fuc and alkynyl derivatized ManNAc sugars are incorporated into cellular glycoconjugates. Chemical probes comprising an azide group and a visual or fluorogenic probe and used to label alkyne-derivatized sugar-tagged glycoconjugates are disclosed. Chemical probes bind covalently to the alkynyl group by Cu(I)-catalyzed [3+2] azide-alkyne cycloaddition and are visualized at the cell surface, intracellularly, or in a cellular extract. The labeled glycoconjugate is capable of detection by flow cytometry, SDS-PAGE, Western blot, ELISA, confocal microscopy, and mass spectrometry. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106781 | CELL ANALYSIS USING DYNAMIC BIOPHYSICAL METHODS - A method for identifying the expression or activity of a nuclear protein in a cell, the method comprising: analyzing multiple images of one or more labeled genetic entities; determining from said analysis, a motile property of said one or more labeled genetic entities; and identifying an expression or activity of a nuclear protein of said cell associated with said motile property. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106782 | HIGH THROUGHPUT CARDIOTOXICITY SCREENING PLATFORM - Systems for assaying human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) are provided. Aspects of the systems include a traction force microscopy substrate, such as a traction force microscopy hydrogel (TFM-hydrogel), having an adhesion protein domain on a surface thereof; a video imager configured to obtain video data from an hiPSC-CM present on the adhesion protein domain; and a processing module configured to receive the video data and derive a parameter of the hiPSC-CM therefrom. Also provided are methods of using the systems. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106783 | Componential Analyzer, Drug Efficacy Analyzer, and Analysis Method - Application of the present invention enables quantification of fractions of candidate pharmaceutical compounds (a parent compound and its metabolites), one excreted to the basolateral (Basal/Basolateral)-side via transporters and by diffusion, one excreted to the lumen (Apical)-side, and one remained in the cells. This enables determination of the total amount of the administered candidate pharmaceutical compounds and the distribution ratio of the fractions. The kinetics of the administered candidate pharmaceutical compounds can be evaluated, thereby enabling in vitro screening of an enormous number of candidate pharmaceutical compounds for drug candidates exhibiting the efficacy. The object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for understanding a total picture of pharmacokinetics in vitro by quantifying a fraction of basolateral (Basal/Basolateral) efflux, a fraction of lumen (Apical)-side excretion, and a fraction remaining in a cell of a drug which has been administered to the cell to determine the distribution ratio of each fraction. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106784 | Microfluidics Aerosol-Evaluation Apparatus - A synthetic organ includes one or more airways and a first opening in communication with the one or more airways configured to introduce a vapor, aerosol, or other airborne material into the one or more airways; an organ-on-chip microfluidic device having respiratory tract or lung tissue or cells; and one or more mounting positions within the one or more airways configured to accept the organ-on-chip microfluidic device, the mounting position(s) configured to accept the organ-on-chip microfluidic device are at a position relative to the first opening to replicate specific portions of a lung. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106785 | CAPSULE SUITABLE FOR NON-INVASIVE SIMULTANEOUS OXYGEN CONTENT AND TEMPERATURE SENSING IN A LIVING OBJECT - A capsule suitable for oxygen and temperature sensing contains:
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20180106786 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DISEASE DIAGNOSIS USING SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS - Certain embodiments of the invention are directed to evaluating and identifying cells by recording and interpreting a time-dependent signal produced by unique cell respiration and permeability attributes of isolated viable cells. | 2018-04-19 |
20180106787 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND ARTICLE FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL CELLS USING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS - A system, method, and article for diagnosing a test set of biological cells. For example, in one embodiment a normal set of cells is characterized using flow cytometry. A centroid and radius are defined for a set of clusters in an n-dimensional space corresponding to a normal maturation for a cell lineage in the normal set of cells. A test set of cells is characterized using flow cytometry and the characterization is compared to the set of clusters. | 2018-04-19 |