| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 435287900 | Including a coated reagent or sample layer | 23 |
| 20130040379 | Method for Measuring Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) Cholesterol and Test Piece for Measuring LDL Cholesterol - An LDL cholesterol measurement method that can be used with a test piece is provided. The LDL cholesterol measurement method for measuring LDL cholesterol in a sample has (A) a step of providing a total-cholesterol measurement portion and a non-LDL cholesterol measurement portion for measuring non-LDL cholesterol, which is cholesterol other than LDL cholesterol; (B) a step of measuring the total cholesterol in the sample in the total-cholesterol measurement portion; (C) a step of measuring the non-LDL cholesterol in the sample in the non-LDL cholesterol measurement portion; and (D) a step of obtaining the LDL cholesterol level in the sample by subtracting the non-LDL cholesterol value measured in the step (C) from the total-cholesterol value measured in the step (B). | 02-14-2013 |
| 20100041128 | Microfluidic Device for Application of Shear Stress and Tensile Strain - The present invention provides a cell culture device for applying shear stress and strain on single cells. The device includes at least one channel, at least one cell culture chamber having at least one single-cell attachment surface, a flexible membrane, at least one vacuum channel, and an inlet and an outlet. The inventive single-cell culture assembly fluid flow for applying fluid induced stress and/or substrate induced stress to cultured cells. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20120231533 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE STUDY OF CELL AND TISSUE FUNCTION - A chamber device for analyzing living cell(s). The chamber device includes a base and a lid that when reversibly pressed closed create a chamber. The base is configured with an optically transparent well to contain at least one cell. The lid has a breadth greater than the base and is configured to contain at least one sensor. The lid is further configured with a lip that when pressed between the lid and the base creates an impermeable seal. The base and the lid are configured so that, when closed and in use, the sensor remains spatially apart from the at least one cell. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20110294202 | BIOREACTORS WITH MULTIPLE CHAMBERS - A bioreactor for cultivating living cells in a liquid medium. In one embodiment of the present invention, the bioreactor has a first substrate having a first surface and an opposite second surface, defining a chamber therebetween for receiving the cells and the liquid medium. The bioreactor further has a barrier dividing the chamber into a first subchamber and a second subchamber, wherein the barrier has a porosity to allow the first subchamber and the second subchamber in fluid communication and allow at least one predetermined type of cells to permeate between the first subchamber and the second subchamber. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20100028987 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING HEAT STABILITY OF COMPOSITION CONTAINING WATER-SOLUBLE COENZYME-BOUND GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE (GDH) - The invention relates to a method for improving the heat stability of glucose dehydrogenase (GDH). The invention provides a method for preparing a glucose sensor with soluble flavin-bound GDH by providing a composition comprising soluble flavin-bound GDH at an acidic pH and heat drying the composition onto a glucose sensor. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100112680 | INDICATOR SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ANALYTE CONCENTRATION - A method for quantitatively sensing, using an indicator system based on diffusion in space and time of a reaction front, for determining and reporting the prevailing concentration or exposure history of an analyte in food, beverage, and pharmaceutical monitoring for the state of quality, for ripeness indication in fruit, for monitoring environments for concentrations of sanitisers, pollutants and nutrients, for monitoring the residual life of filters, and for monitoring stream flows. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20090023202 | NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS DEVICE AND NUCLEIC ACID ANALYZER USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a nucleic acid analysis device for analysis of nucleic acid in a sample through fluorometry, in which a localized surface plasmon by light irradiation, and in which a nucleic acid probe or a nucleic acid synthase for the analysis of the nucleic acid in the sample is disposed in a region of generation of the surface plasmon. The present invention allows the fluorescence intensifying effect of the surface plasmon to be produced efficiently and also enables the immobilization of a DNA probe or the nucleic acid synthase in a region on which the fluorescence intensifying effect is exerted, thus making it possible to carry out a measurement on the base elongation reaction without having to remove the unreacted substrate with the fluorescent molecule. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20080241913 | CHROMATOGRAPHIC TEST DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ANALYTE - The present invention provides a chromatographic test device, comprising a first blood cell separation member, a second blood cell separation member and a chromatographic carrier disposed in this order from the upstream side of the direction of development of a sample, wherein the first blood cell separation member is constituted so as to separate the blood cell components and the liquid components from each other based on a development speed; the second blood cell separation member is constituted so as to separate the blood cell components and the liquid components from each other based on filtration; and the chromatographic carrier carries a capturing substance being capable of binding specifically to the analyte. A method for detecting the analyte in the sample containing red blood cells and liquid components by using the chromatographic test device is also disclosed. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080274540 | BLOOD TESTING BOTTOMED TUBE, STOPPER FOR BLOOD TESTING BOTTOMED TUBE AND BLOOD TESTING CONTAINER - The present invention relates to a blood testing bottomed tube, which comprises a tubular member having an open one end and closed another end, and a coating layer formed on at least a part to be contacted with blood on said tubular member, said coating layer being made of a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether or a polyoxyalkylene glycol ether, the present invention also relates to a stopper for a blood testing bottom tube and a blood testing container. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080233636 | Humidity-controlled gas-borne matter collection device - A system includes a device for collecting gas-borne matter therein and a humectant provided external to the device for maintaining a desired humidity level for collected matter in the device. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080261297 | Assay Device - An assay device ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20100255567 | AUTO-CALIBRATING TEST SENSOR AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An electrochemical test sensor ( | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100330662 | Apparatus, System and Method for Consumer Detection of Contaminants in Food Stuffs - An apparatus, system and method of detecting contaminants, such as salmonella, in at least one ingestible item. The apparatus, system and method may include a disposable detector having therein at least one circuit layer, wherein a reaction of the reactant with at least a portion of the at least one circuit layer indicates, to the consumer user, a presence of a contaminant. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20090075361 | Microfluidic Device and Method of Manufacturing the Microfluidic Device - A microfluidic device having a substrate with an array of curvilinear cavities. The substrate of the microfluidic device is preferably fabricated of a polymer such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). The microfluidic device is manufactured using a gas expansion molding (GEM) technique. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20100323433 | HINGED CAP FOR DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - A hinged cap for engaging a housing of a diagnostic device comprises a central body; two arms extending from opposing sides of one end of said central body, said arms being substantially parallel; each of said arms comprising a cap hinge member for engaging a housing hinge member on said housing, wherein said cap hinge member and said housing hinge member define a hinge axis around which said cap is pivotable between an open and a closed position with respect to said housing. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110111488 | BIOSENSOR - Disclosed herein is a biosensor, in which sensing electrodes are formed on an upper insulating substrate and a lower insulating substrate such that, using the sensing electrodes, a measuring device can determine whether a sample (e.g., blood) injected through a sample injection port is completely filled in a sample path and determine a time point at which the sample is injected and a time point at which the sample is completely filled. Therefore, it is possible to estimate the flow characteristics of the sample and the flow rate and use the estimated values to correct the measurement result, thus obtaining a more accurate measurement result. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20120301953 | GRAPHENE NANOMESH AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A graphene nanomesh includes a sheet of graphene having a plurality of periodically arranged apertures, wherein the plurality of apertures have a substantially uniform periodicity and substantially uniform neck width. The graphene nanomesh can open up a large band gap in a sheet of graphene to create a semiconducting thin film. The periodicity and neck width of the apertures formed in the graphene nanomesh may be tuned to alter the electrical properties of the graphene nanomesh. The graphene nanomesh is prepared with block copolymer lithography. Graphene nanomesh field-effect transistors (FETs) can support currents nearly 100 times greater than individual graphene nanoribbon devices and the on-off ratio, which is comparable with values achieved in nanoribbon devices, can be tuned by varying the neck width. The graphene nanomesh may also be incorporated into FET-type sensor devices. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120021502 | SENSOR FOR FAST DETECTION OF E-COLI - A method of fabricating biochip sensor comprising providing a precursor; depositing the precursor on a substrate to form a coating; and rapid melting/quenching treatment of the coating with an energy source to form micro/nanotextured surface with enhanced reflectance for fast chemiluminescence response of | 01-26-2012 |
| 20090061506 | Method for precipitating mono and multiple layers of organophosphoric and organophosphonic acids and the salts thereof in addition to use thereof - The invention relates to a method for precipitating mono or multiple layers of organophosphoric acids of the general formula I (A) | 03-05-2009 |
| 20100291670 | Method for Detecting Candida on Skin - A method and system for rapidly detecting | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100203623 | SUBSTRATE IMPRINTED UNIVERSAL SENSORS AND SENSORS HAVING NANO-TUNNELING EFFECT - A universal sensor fabrication approach, molecular substrate imprinting technique, which utilizes the interaction between molecular building blocks and the surface of a transducer to develop specific molecular recognition cavities has been established. Integration of molecular recognition cavities with the surface of a nanoscale transducer will result in a nano-tunneling effect that takes place which will provide a sensor or a device that exhibits new properties not already exhibited by either the molecular recognition cavities on a bulk transducer or the nanotransducer material. One of the new properties of this nano-tunneling effect is that a universal potentiometric molecular sensor can be fabricated and used to detect any compounds, whether they are ions or molecules, with enhanced selectivity, sensitivity, and stability when molecular recognition cavities or elements are integrated on the surface of a nanoscale transducer. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20090111171 | LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY CONTROLS - Rapid lateral flow immunoassays have an extensive history of use in both the clinical and home settings. These devices are used to test for a variety of analytes, such as drugs of abuse, hormones, proteins, urine or plasma components and the like. The present invention provides an improved procedural control that indicates to the test user that at least a portion of the applied sample has passed through the test result zone of the test strip, and optionally that the test is complete and the test results may be read. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20130011914 | BIOCHIP - A biochip including a metal nanoparticle layer on a multilayer substrate can perform qualitative and quantitative analyses simply without a separate tag. A biochip including a metal nanoparticle layer on a multilayer substrate and using a CMOS image sensor can be an economically beneficial biochip reusable and convenient in use by employing a relatively simple detection method without a need of using a separate tag. | 01-10-2013 |
