Abstract:
An integrated metrology module includes a chuck for holding a sample and positioning the sample with respect to an optical metrology device, a reference chip for the optical metrology device, the reference chip being movable to various positions with respect to the optical metrology device, and a reference chip purge device provides a flow of purge gas or air over the reference chip while the reference chip is in the various positions. The reference chip purge device may be static or movable with the reference chip.
Abstract:
A device for sampling, preparing and analysing a sample, for example a suspension, comprises: a sampling device adapted to sampling a fluid sample, at least one sample preparation unit adapted to prepare the sample, and at least one analysing unit. By adapting the device for sampling and analysing a sample for placement in direct vicinity to a process pipe and adapting the sampling device to sample a fluid sample directly from a gate, a compact and cost-efficient device is provides, which also provides fast feedback to a process to be controlled.
Abstract:
A method for fabricating a microstructure to generate surface plasmon waves comprises steps of: (S1) preparing a substrate (10), and (S2) using a carrier material (22) to carry a plurality of metallic nanoparticles (21) and letting the metallic nanoparticles (21) undertake self-assembly to form a microstructure on the substrate (10), wherein the metallic nanoparticles (21) are separated from each other or partially agglomerated to allow the microstructure to be formed with a discontinuous surface. The present invention fabricates the microstructure having the discontinuous surface by a self-assembly method to generate the surface plasmon waves, thus exempts from using the expensive chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technology and is able to reduce the time and cost of fabrication. The present invention also breaks the structural limitation on generation of surface plasmon waves to enhance the effect of generating the surface plasmon waves.
Abstract:
An automatic analyzer which can reduce the effort necessary for conducting a test of limit of detection/limit of quantification properties and managing the test results is provided. Operation condition-setting means for conducting an evaluation test for at least one of a limit of detection and a limit of quantification for each measurement item, determination condition-setting means for setting a determination condition of the evaluation test, and a calculation unit for obtaining a measurement result of a dilution series containing different dilution concentrations by controlling the sample-dispensing mechanism, the reagent-dispensing mechanism and the measurement unit based on the set operation condition, and calculating a test result of the evaluation test from the measurement result of the dilution series based on the set determination condition are disposed.
Abstract:
An improved optical flow cell adapted for use in a flow cytometer for differentiating formed bodies (e.g., blood cells) in liquid suspensions. Preferably manufactured by assembling, aligning, and optically joining at least two elements made from transparent material, the improved flow cell has a seamless internal flow channel of preferably non-circular cross-section in a cylindrical first element through which prepared samples can be metered and an independent second element having an external envelope suited to acquisition of optical parameters from formed bodies in such suspensions, the second element being conforming and alignable to the first element so that non-axisymmetric refractive effects on optical characterizing parameters of formed bodies passing through the flow channel in the first element may be minimized before the two elements are optically joined and fixed in working spatial relationship.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a microfluidic system and method of processing biological samples in microfluidic system comprising the steps of the steps of positioning at least one detection chamber adapted for receiving particles, said particles comprising a reference label and reporter label, wherein the labels exhibit different wavelength properties when irradiated with light; and normalising the particle reporter label by using any detected magnitude in the measured properties of the reference label.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for determining physical properties of a specimen in a portable point of care device are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes placing a specimen onto an active surface that includes a plurality of microposts extending outwards from a substrate, wherein each micropost includes a proximal end attached to the substrate and a distal end opposite the proximal end and generating an actuation force in proximity to the micropost array that compels at least some of the microposts to exhibit motion. The method further includes detecting light that is emitted by an illumination source and interacts with the active surface while the at least some microposts exhibit motion in response to the actuation force, measuring data that represents the detected light interacting with the active surface, and determining at least one physical property of the specimen based on the measured data.
Abstract:
An aggregate board, comprising: an insulator having a front face and a rear face; a pair of a first front face wiring pattern and a second front face wiring pattern, a plurality of which are arranged on the front face of the insulator; a pair of a first rear face wiring pattern and a second rear face wiring pattern, a plurality of which are arranged on the rear face of the insulator; at least one first inner layer wiring pattern that is separated from the second front face wiring pattern and the second rear face wiring pattern, that is connected to the first front face wiring pattern and the first rear face wiring pattern, and that extends in a first direction in an interior of the insulator; at least one second inner layer wiring pattern that is separated from the first front face wiring pattern and the first rear face wiring pattern, that is connected to the second front face wiring pattern and the second rear face wiring pattern, and that has a part that extends in a second direction which is different from the first direction, in the interior of the insulator; and the first inner layer wiring pattern and the second inner layer wiring pattern being positioned in the same layer.
Abstract:
Provided is a small and easy-to-carry light-induced fluorescence measuring device capable of minimizing alignment displacements in an optical system due to impact and so forth, suppressing reflected light and scattered light and so forth from entering a fluorescence measuring unit, and capable of carrying out fast and high-performance measurements. A laser light source (1) for emitting excitation light, a sample case (2), a photomultiplier tube (4) constituting the fluorescence measuring unit, a fluorescence collecting optical system (3) and so forth are embedded in a resin material (6) that is transparent to the excitation light and the light including fluorescence emitted from a sample (S). The resin material (6) is provided in at least part of a light path that guides the fluorescence in the fluorescence collecting optical system (3), and this resin forms a housing that holds the laser light source (1), the fluorescence collecting optical system (3), the photomultiplier (4) and so forth. A pigment having wavelength characteristics for absorbing the excitation light, Raman light generated from the resin, and so forth is contained substantially in a uniform manner in a resin region (61) that surrounds the light path through which the excitation light and the light including the fluorescence pass, so as to absorb all these types of light travelling outside the light path.