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20100323439 | MICROFLUIDIC CELL CULTURE DEVICE - Microfluidic devices for cell culturing and methods for using the same are disclosed. One device includes a substrate and membrane. The substrate includes a reservoir in fluid communication with a passage. A bio-compatible fluid may be added to the reservoir and passage. The reservoir is configured to receive and retain at least a portion of a cell mass. The membrane acts as a barrier to evaporation of the bio-compatible fluid from the passage. A cover fluid may be added to cover the bio-compatible fluid to prevent evaporation of the bio-compatible fluid. | 12-23-2010 |
20100323447 | MICROFLUIDIC CELL CULTURE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - Microfluidic devices for cell culturing and methods for using the same are disclosed. One device includes a substrate and membrane. The substrate includes a reservoir in fluid communication with a passage. A bio-compatible fluid may be added to the reservoir and passage. The reservoir is configured to receive and retain at least a portion of a cell mass. The membrane acts as a barrier to evaporation of the bio-compatible fluid from the passage. A cover fluid may be added to cover the bio-compatible fluid to prevent evaporation of the bio-compatible fluid. | 12-23-2010 |
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20110301535 | MICROFLUIDIC CONTROL SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to microfluidic devices. In particular, the present invention relates to microfluidic devices for performing spatio-temporal operations and applications thereof. | 12-08-2011 |
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20130065784 | MULTIPHASE MICROARRAYS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to solution microarrays. In particular, the present invention relates to an aqueous 2-phase system for solution microarrays and uses thereof. Additional embodiments are described herein. | 03-14-2013 |
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20110205443 | BROADCAST RECEIVING CIRCUIT AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS - A broadcast receiving apparatus in the present invention includes: a first audio data characteristics extracting unit extracting a first soundless period and first interval information from first audio data included in the first service; a second audio data characteristics extracting unit extracting a second soundless period and second interval information from second audio data included in the second service; a simulcast determining unit determining whether or not the broadcast waves are simulcast by comparing the first interval information with the second interval information; and a broadcasting switching control unit switching between (i) the output of the audio data and the video data included in the first service and (ii) the output of the audio data and the video data included in the second service based on a result of the determination by the simulcast determining unit. | 08-25-2011 |
20110298990 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD - A digital broadcast receiving apparatus includes a channel selection control unit selecting a channel of a digital broadcast, a demultiplexing unit and a video decoder obtaining video data and data broadcast data from electrical wave of the digital broadcast of the channel selected by the channel selection control unit, a data broadcast accumulation unit accumulating the data broadcast data obtained by the acquisition unit for each channel, and a rendering unit and a video composition unit generating composite video data by reading out the data broadcast data of at least one channel that includes a channel different from a channel of the video data obtained by the acquisition unit from the data broadcast accumulation unit and combining the readout data broadcast data and the video data obtained by the acquisition unit. | 12-08-2011 |
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