Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080309193 | Electro-Mechanical Wave Device - An electro-mechanical wave device which may be used for movement of a mechanical member, e.g. by friction, a motor comprising one or more wave devices, and a method of providing the electro-mechanical wave device. The electro-mechanical wave device comprises a substrate comprising a plurality of conductors, and a plurality of actuators positioned on the substrate for generation of mechanical waves along a predetermined propagation path, each of the actuators being connected to a respective set of the conductors of the substrate for reception of an excitation signal transmitted by the set of conductors. | 12-18-2008 |
20090185714 | Method and apparatus for analysis of particles in a liquid sample - The invention relates to methods for analysis of particles in a liquid sample, the sample being retained in a sample retaining device, the method comprising: acquiring, by means of an image acquiring device, a plurality of images of said sample at different focus planes within the sample retaining device; analysing said images, by means of an image analyser, for identifying which, if any, of the particles of the sample are imaged in focus in each of the images, and analysing those particles which have been identified as being imaged in focus; wherein said plurality of images are acquired at different, essentially parallel, focus planes, which planes are separated from each other by a distance, said distance being less than 10 micrometers. The invention also relates to apparatuses adapted to be used for the inventive methods. | 07-23-2009 |
20090185734 | Apparatus and method for analysis of particles in a liquid sample - The invention relates to a measurement apparatus, and method, for analysis of particles in a liquid sample, the apparatus comprising: an image acquiring device, an image analyser, a holder arranged to hold a sample retaining device, and a light refractor positioned between said image acquiring device and said holder; whereby at least one of the image acquiring device, the light refractor and the holder is movable by means of a piezoelectric motor, thereby moving a focus plane within the sample retaining device when it is held by the holder whereby the image acquiring device is adapted to acquire a plurality of images of said sample at different focus planes within the sample retaining device; wherein the image analyser is arranged to analyse at least one acquired image for identifying which of the particles are imaged in focus, and analysing those particles which have been identified as being imaged in focus. | 07-23-2009 |
20110261164 | OPTICAL SECTIONING OF A SAMPLE AND DETECTION OF PARTICLES IN A SAMPLE - The invention relates to an apparatus, a method and a system for obtaining a plurality of images of a sample arranged in relation to a sample device. The apparatus comprises at least a first optical detection assembly having an optical axis and at least one translation unit arranged to move the sample device and the first optical detection assembly relative to each other. The movement of the sample device and the first optical detection assembly relative to each other is along a scanning path, which defines an angle theta relative to the optical axis, wherein theta is larger than zero. | 10-27-2011 |
20120244519 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIME-RELATED MICROSCOPY OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS - The invention relates to a system and a method for determination of a value for at least one parameter describing microbial activity of individual biological organisms in a liquid sample. Images, wherein individual biological organisms may be identified, are combined to provide optical sectionings of the biological organisms and the optical sectionings are analysed to determine the value for said at least one parameter describing microbial activity of said individual biological organisms in each sample container. | 09-27-2012 |
20120327404 | FLEXIBLE SAMPLE CONTAINER - The invention relates to a system for holding a fluid sample, said system comprising a transparent flexible tube for holding said fluid sample, a tube holder for holding said tube, a first flattening element, and second flattening element, wherein said first flattening element and said second flattening element may be moved relative to each other thereby changing said transparent flexible tube from a first state to a second state, where at least a first cross sectional dimension of said tube is smaller in said second state than in said first state. | 12-27-2012 |
20140347447 | OPTICAL SECTIONING OF A SAMPLE AND DETECTION OF PARTICLES IN A SAMPLE - An apparatus for obtaining a plurality of images of a sample includes a sample device suitable for holding a liquid sample; a first optical detection assembly including a first image acquisition device, the first optical detection assembly having an optical axis and an object plane, the object plane including an image acquisition area from which electromagnetic waves can be detected as an image by the first image acquisition device; one translation unit arranged to move the sample device and the first optical detection assembly relative to each other; and an image illumination device, wherein the apparatus is arranged to move the sample device and the first optical detection assembly relative to each other along a scanning path, which defines an angle theta relative to the optical axis, wherein theta is in the range of about 0.3 to about 89.7 degrees. | 11-27-2014 |
20160069786 | AN OPTICAL SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF A LIQUID SAMPLE - An optical system suitable for determining a characteristic as a function of time of at least a part of a liquid volume comprising a plurality of objects. The optical system provides a fast detection of a change in the liquid volume. The optical system comprises—an optical detection assembly comprising at least one image acquisition device configured to acquire images of an image acquisition area; —a sample device comprising at least one sample container suitable for holding a sample of said liquid volume; —a translating arrangement configured to translate said image acquisition area through at least one part of said sample container to perform a scan along a scanning path through said part of said sample container; and—an image analyzing processing system. The optical system is programmed to perform consecutive scans through said at least one part of said sample container, wherein each scan comprises acquiring images at a plurality of image acquiring positions of the image acquisition area by the optical detection assembly along at least one scanning path of the scan. The image analyzing processing system is programmed to determine a set of features in the form of a set of values for each of a plurality of objects captured on said images from each respective scan and to determine for each scan at least one derived result, the derived result is derived from a plurality of the sets of values, and to present said derived result obtained from the respective, consecutive scans as a function of time. | 03-10-2016 |