Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080257072 | Methods of Separating, Identifying and Dispensing Specimen and Device Therefor, and Analyzing Device Method - [PROBLEMS] A (a) (b) separation unit can confirms a separation state, a detection unit enhances a lighting efficiency and a light reception sensitivity, and a dispensing unit ensures the normal state of a specimen. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A specimen separation device characterized by comprising a container for storing a specimen, a nozzle for sucking and ejecting the specimen from the container, a nozzle operating means for moving the nozzle vertically and laterally, and a nozzle controlling means for controlling the suction force and ejection force of the nozzle. A specimen identification device comprising a nozzle for sucking a specimen from a container storing the specimen, a flow path for allowing the specimen to flow therethrough, and a measuring unit having a monitoring light lighting unit and a light receiving unit for observing (monitoring) the specimen that are installed in a flow path, characterized in that the above nozzle, the flow path and the measuring unit are formed in an integrated structure. | 10-23-2008 |
20080297793 | SMALL OBJECT IDENTIFYING DEVICE AND ITS IDENTIFYING METHOD - A small object identifying device and its identifying method according to which a large number of small objects can be identified. In one embodiment, the device includes a dispersion region section which disperses a large quantity of several kinds of small objects which are labeled by a combination of the presence/absence or measure of label elements of several kinds. A measuring device distributes and associates kinds of said label elements to two or more measurement points and measures the presence/absence or the measure of said label elements of the kinds which have been associated with respective measurement points. An identifying section associates the measurement results measured at each measurement point to thereby identify said small objects. | 12-04-2008 |
20090021722 | Specimen optical information recognizing device and its recognizing method - A specimen optical information recognizing device comprises a specimen containing section ( | 01-22-2009 |
20090032731 | PHOTODETECTOR AND MEASUREMENT OBJECT READER - Provided is a photodetector | 02-05-2009 |
20100231913 | METHOD FOR OPTICAL MEASUREMENT AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An optical measurement apparatus can be provided, in which the sample is optically measured without loss of the illuminating light with high sensitivity. A glass plate as the transparent member | 09-16-2010 |
20100233753 | OPTICAL MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - The light measurement apparatus of the invention, in which the light is irradiated to the sample dispersed in the liquid flowing through the flow passage, is used for measuring optical information of the sample. The apparatus includes a light source portion | 09-16-2010 |
20110177489 | SPECIMEN IDENTIFICATION AND DISPENSATION DEVICE AND SPECIMEN IDENTIFICATION AND DISPENSATION METHOD - A specimen identification and dispensation device includes an optical measurement device which is an identification part for measuring and identifying optical information on a specimen by emitting exciting light to the specimen being a measurement target dispersed in a liquid flowing through inside of a capillary, a dispensation part for dispensing the identified specimen into wells being sections to be dispensed through a nozzle, and a concentration adjustment part which adjusts the number of the specimens contained in an aliquot solution to a desired number according to the concentration of a sample liquid and the amount of the aliquot solution. The dispensation part is movable three-dimensionally with respect to the identification part and the nozzle. | 07-21-2011 |
20110177544 | METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING AND SORTING OF CELLS AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for distinguishing and sorting cells characterized by comprising distinguishing and sorting a specific cell mass or a part of the cells in the cell mass with the use of transmitted light data reflecting the morphological characteristics of the cells such as size and shape optionally together with side-scattering light data reflecting the characteristics of the internal structure of the cells. The part of the cells in the specific cell mass as described above are at the G1 stage or at a part of the M stage in the cell cycle. A part of the cells at the G1 stage are referred to as the left bottom line in an analytical dispersion diagram of the cells wherein the abscissa indicates the transmitted light data, while a part of the cells at the M stage are referred to as the right bottom line in the analytical dispersion diagram of the cells wherein the abscissa indicates the transmitted light data. | 07-21-2011 |
20110199612 | METHOD FOR OPTICAL MEASUREMENT AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An optical measurement apparatus can be provided, in which the sample is optically measured without loss of the illuminating light with high sensitivity. A glass plate as the transparent member | 08-18-2011 |
20120004864 | OPTICAL MEASURING APPARATUS AND SPECIMEN DISCRIMINATING AND DISPENSING APPARATUS - The invention provides an optical measuring apparatus having a plurality of measuring sections each having a light irradiating section for irradiating light to specimens and a light receiving section for receiving optical data acquired by irradiating the light to the specimens and a flow rate calculating section for calculating flow rate values of the specimens based on a difference of measured times of the optical data measured by the plurality of measuring sections with respect to the specimens and a distance between the plurality of measuring sections. The optical measuring apparatus measures the optical data of the specimens by irradiating light to the specimens, i.e., the objects to be measured, dispersed within a sample fluid flowing through a flow passage. The optical measuring apparatus further includes a flow rate graph generating section for generating flow rate graph data in which the values of flow rate of the specimens calculated by the flow rate calculating section are arrayed in order of calculation in time-series manner and for outputting the generated flow rate graph data to a displaying section. | 01-05-2012 |
20120092667 | OPTICAL INFORMATION ANALYZING DEVICE AND OPTICAL INFORMATION ANALYZING METHOD - There are provided an optical information analyzing device and an optical information analyzing method in which a light receiving unit for receiving transmitted light is provided at a position directly facing an irradiating unit and which may increase the sensitivity of the received transmitted light by adjusting the position of a sample flow relative to a measurement region in a flow passage and measure the optical information on specimens with a small variation. An optical information analyzing device includes an irradiating unit that irradiates irradiation light to specimens, a transmitted light receiving unit that receives transmitted light and detects the transmitted light as a transmitted light signal, a scattering/fluorescent light receiving unit that receives lateral scattering light and fluorescent light and detects the lateral scattering light and the fluorescent light as a scattering/fluorescent light signal, a nozzle position adjusting mechanism that adjusts the position of an end portion of an introduction nozzle so as to align the position of the end portion of the introduction nozzle with the transmitted light receiving unit and the irradiating unit, and an analyzing unit that measures the optical information on the specimen on the basis of the detected transmitted light signal and the detected scattering/fluorescent light signal and analyzes the specimen. | 04-19-2012 |
20120097582 | SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION/SORTING APPARATUS AND SAMPLE IDENTIFICATION/SORTING METHOD - A sample identification/sorting apparatus ( | 04-26-2012 |
20120154804 | OPTICAL INFORMATION ANALYZER AND OPTICAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS METHOD - An optical information analyzer ( | 06-21-2012 |
20120171700 | CELL IDENTIFYING APPARATUS AND CELL IDENTIFYING METHOD - A cell identifying apparatus includes a capillary through which a sample flow passes, an irradiating unit that irradiates irradiation light, a light receiving unit that receives transmitted light and outputs a transmitted light signal based on the transmitted light, a measuring unit that receives the transmitted light signal output from the light receiving unit and measures the change of the transmitted light signal caused by cells, an identifying unit that identifies whether the cells are peripheral blood cells on the basis of a value of an extreme point in the change of the transmitted light signal, the change being caused by the cells and measured by the measuring unit, a sorting unit that sorts the cells in a predetermined vessel, on the basis of the identification result of the identifying unit, and a supplying unit that supplies the sample flow to the capillary. | 07-05-2012 |
20130026180 | METHODS OF SEPARATING, IDENTIFYING AND DISPENSING SPECIMEN AND DEVICE THEREFOR, AND ANALYZING DEVICE METHOD - A specimen sorter includes a separating device to remove a specimen from a container, a detection device to identify the specimen as a target specimen or a non-target specimen, and a dispensing device to dispense the specimen. The dispensing device includes a dispensing nozzle to contact a vibration member to form liquid droplets at a front end of the dispensing nozzle and to dispense the liquid droplets, a first container to collect the liquid droplets dispensed from the dispensing nozzle that contain the target specimen, and a second container to collect the liquid droplets dispensed from the dispensing nozzle that contain the non-target specimen. | 01-31-2013 |