Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing inventions 12/06

20060292696 - High speed chromatographic method for hemoglobin variants screening and quantification of hemoglobins a2 and f: A high speed method is described for analyzing a plurality of individual blood samples to determine characteristics therein indicative of hemoglobin variant(s), while also quantifying the amounts of important A2 and F hemoglobins therein. The method involves analysis of a respective blood sample by passing it through an HPLC column... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20060292697 - Method to assess organoclay exfoliation and orientation in organoclay/polymer composites: A method for determining degree of organoclay delamination and degree of layer alignment in a polymer organoclay nanocomposite comprising one or more infrared light spectral measurements selected from the group consisting of (A) Si—O absorption bandwidth, (B) Si—O absorption band intensity, (C) Si—O absorption band area, and (D) Si—O absorption... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

20060292698 - Spectroscopic methods for detecting and identifying chelates: Methods are provided for characterizing metal-ligand chelates using Raman spectroscopy.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Utah Office

20060292699 - Detection of adulterated samples: In some embodiments, the present invention pertains to a method for detecting an adulterant in a biological sample. A combination of a biological sample, an agent for detecting the adulterant and an ionic moiety capable of undergoing reduction by gaining electrons is provided in an assay medium. The combination is... Agent: Dade Behring Inc. Legal Department

20060292700 - Diffused interrupted lateral flow immunoassay device and method: A lateral flow chromatographic immunoassay rapid test device having an additional interrupting, porous, diffusive pad pretreated with a surfactant interposed between the conjugate pad and the reaction membrane. The diffusive pad causes improved mixing of the fluid to provide a more mixture of molecules in the fluid and a more... Agent: Charmasson, Buchaca & Leach, LLP

20060292701 - Photocrosslinked hydrogel blend surface coatings: Hydrogel polymer blends including precursors and crosslinked forms of the compositions. The blends provide an improved approach to achieve high quality, uniform coatings with better commercial viability than other approaches including copolymerization. Applications include mass spectral analysis of biomolecular analytes such as proteins. Dextran and acrylamide systems are preferred. Benzophenone... Agent: Ciphergen C/o Foley & Lardner LLP

20060292703 - Biopolymer marker indicative of disease state having a molecular weight of 2753 daltons: The instant invention involves the use of a combination of preparatory steps in conjunction with mass spectroscopy and time-of-flight detection procedures to maximize the diversity of biopolymers which are verifiable within a particular sample. The cohort of biopolymers verified within such a sample is then viewed with reference to their... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20060292702 - Method for modeling an simulating a biological system, and model carrying out this method: A method of modeling and simulating a biological system comprising one or more tangible biological functional entities modeled by at least: a morphological occurrence comprising at least a biochemical constituent that identifies the biological functional entity and at least a transformation representing the way in which that constituent behaves as... Agent: Miller, Matthis & Hull

20060286673 - Method for analysis of compounds with amino group and analytical reagent therefor: The present invention provides a method for the analysis of a compound with amino group (e.g., an amino acid or peptide) contained in a sample and convenient manner with a high sensitivity. The compound with amino group in a sample containing the compound with amino group is labeled with a... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060286672 - Misfolded protein sensor method: A catalytic conformational sensor method for detecting abnormal proteins and proteinaceous particles. The method is based on the interaction of a peptide fragment or probe with an abnormal proteinaceous particle. The interaction catalyzes transformation of the probe to a predominately beta sheet conformation and allows the probe to bind to... Agent: Moazzam & Associates, LLC

20060286674 - Method and device for an accelerated oxidation test of fuels or petroleum products, as well as a computer program for controlling such a device, and a corresponding computer readable storage medium: A device and a method for an accelerated oxidation test of fuels or petroleum products, as well as a computer program for controlling such a device, and a corresponding computer readable storage medium, which are applicable, in particular, for the simulation of the aging of fuels or petroleum products. A... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek, LLP Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20060286675 - Method for the measurement of water and water-soluble components in non-aqueous liquids: A method for assigning a grade to a liquid hydrocarbon fuel in relation to the potential for a water or water-based phase to form in said fuel is provided, said method comprising sensing the electrical resistance of the fuel; sensing the capacitance of the fuel; determining the amount of water... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060286676 - Fluorometric method for monitoring a clean-in-place system: The invention pertains to a method for fluorometrically monitoring a Clean-In-Place (“CIP”) system and for fluorometrically monitoring the dosage of chemical added to the CIP system. Monitoring of the said CIP system can be based upon fluormetrically monitoring the fluorescent tracer, chemical or both, which are added to the CIP... Agent: Nalco Company

20060286677 - Coated chromatograph injection port liner for performing surface sorbent: A device and method for extracting an analyte from a sample matrix comprises a sorption liner, which is coated with a sorbent material on the inside surface of the liner. A method for extracting an analyte from a sample matrix includes exposing the liner sorptive coating to the sample matrix... Agent: Crain, Caton & James

20060286678 - Pipetting needle: A method and a micropipetting apparatus is described for dispensing a liquid volume into a vessel via pipetting needle without any contact between the needle and a liquid contained in the vessel. The method comprises forming a drop at the delivery tip of the pipetting needle, the drop being retained... Agent: Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

20060286679 - Immunochromatographic method: An immunochromatographic method comprising: (1) preparing a sample derived from whole blood by hemolysis of the whole blood and a treatment for enabling chromatographic development, (2) developing the resulting sample on an immunochromatographic developing membrane, and (3) developing a washing liquid on the immunochromatographic developing membrane to thereby remove an... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20060286680 - Fiber-optic biosensor and biosensing methods: A method for biosensing that includes passing, via convective flow, a sample believed to contain one or more target biomarkers through a microfluidic channel and over the surface of an optical waveguide that has been prepared to bind the one or more target biomarkers, and sensing for an emission output... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20060286681 - Proximal markers of arterial thrombosis and inflammation for risk stratification of coronary heart disease: The present invention relates to a method for establishing a diagnosis if an individual has suffered from or a prognosis if an individual is at risk of suffering from a coronary heart event, which method comprises determining the concentration of sCD40L in a body fluid of the individual; determining the... Agent: Roche Diagnostics Corporations Inc.

20060286682 - Surface treatment: Described is a process for producing a biomolecular monolayer on a biosensor surface comprising the steps of: reacting a biosensor surface with a solution of heterobifunctional reagent having a first functional group and a second functional group, the first functional group being capable of forming a covalent bond to the... Agent: Moser, Patterson & Sheridan LLP IBM Corporation

20060286683 - Method and testing system for analyzing and/or detecting biomolecules and/or active substances in liquid samples: The method for assaying and/or detecting the type and/or quantity of at least one sample substance is characterized by the following features: pre-dosed quantities of carrier particles, which differ in regard to size and/or color (type of color and/or color intensity), are loaded with probe/detector molecules, and are dried, are... Agent: Joyce Von Natzmer Hall, Vande Sande & Pequigot, LLP

20060286684 - Sensors for detecting an analyte using silver nanoparticles: A sensor comprises silver nanoparticles in which substantially all of the surfaces of the silver nanoparticles are available for interaction with an analyte or for functionalisation with a receptor which is capable of interacting with an analyte. Silver nanoparticles are preparated by forming the nanoparticles in the presence of a... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20060286685 - Method and apparatus for detection of analyte using a flexural plate wave device and magnetic particles: A system for detecting an analyte in a sample includes a resonant sensor that has a sensor surface coated with the capture agent. A plurality of magnetic particles, each of which is coated with a capture agent having an affinity for the analyte, is combined with the sample to form... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20060281183 - Analysis engine and database for manipulating parameters for fluidic systems on a chip: Systems for managing workflows to perform chemical or biological reactions using microfluidic devices.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060281184 - Active pulse monitoring in a chemical reactor: A method and apparatus for determining changes in a supply system, designed to supply repeated pulses of a vapor phase reactant to a reaction chamber is disclosed. One embodiment involves providing the reactant source, and a gas conduit to connect the reactant source to the reaction chamber, a valve positioned... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060281185 - Detection of analytes in aqueous environments: The invention relates to indicator molecules for detecting the presence or concentration of an analyte in a medium, such as a liquid, and to methods for achieving such detection. More particularly, the invention relates to copolymer macromolecules containing relatively hydrophobic indicator component monomers, and hydrophilic monomers, such that the macromolecule... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20060281186 - Indicator composition: An indicator composition of the present invention comprises a gel composition which comprises a reagent comprising Schiff's reagent in which pararosaniline derivative is a coloration component, acidic substance, and water, wherein said Schiff's reagent comprises pararosaniline derivative as a coloration component and comprises sulfurous acid or metal salts thereof as... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20060281187 - Analyte detection devices and methods with hematocrit/volume correction and feedback control: Disclosed are devices, arrangements and methods for quantifying the concentration of an analyte present in bodily fluid, including: an assay pad having at least one chemical reagent capable of producing a detectable signal in the form of a reaction spot upon reaction with the analyte; a light source; a detector... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20060281189 - Diagnostic detection device and method: The present invention relates to a diagnostic test kit and method for detecting the presence of certain metabolic by-products in human urine. The kit includes a test strip with an exposed face side containing chemical reagents which react in the presence of selected metabolic by-products. The reverse side of the... Agent: Whitaker, Chalk, Swindle & Sawyer, LLP

20060281188 - Ratiometric test strip and method: The invention generally relates to devices, systems and methods adapted for use by patients for monitoring their own dietary intake of sodium without any need of laboratory facilities or collection of blood samples. The systems utilize test strips for measuring the concentration of analytes in urine, specifically, chloride and creatinine.... Agent: Peter G. Carroll Medlen & Carroll, LLP

20060281190 - Analyte detection using luminescence concentration: A detection system includes a sensor structure, a luminescence concentrator and a detector. The sensor structure indicates presence of an analyte in a sample by production of light. The luminescence concentrator receives light from the sensor structure and concentrates the light from the sensor structure to increase brightness. The detector... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20060281191 - Method for monitoring organic deposits in papermaking: A method for monitoring the deposition of organic deposits from a liquid or slurry in a papermaking process is disclosed. The method involves measuring the rate of deposition of organic deposits from the liquid or slurry of a papermaking process on to a quartz crystal microbalance having a top side... Agent: Nalco Company

20060281192 - Method for mixing fluids in microfluidic systems: A method for mixing liquids on a microfluidic level comprises the steps of rotating a coupon to impart flow via centripetal force to a first liquid through a microchannel in the coupon to inject the first liquid into a mixing chamber to mix the first liquid with a second liquid,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060281193 - Non-optical reading of test zones: A test zone is read. Conjugate material is exposed to a sample. The conjugate material, when conjugated with at least one analyte in the sample, forms either electrically detectable conjugated material or magnetically detectable conjugated material. Conjugated material in the sample is captured in a test zone. A test is... Agent: Avago Technologies, Ltd.

20060281194 - Magnetic field and field gradient enhanced centrifugation solid-liquid separations: This invention relates to a continuous or batch centrifugation solid-liquid separation process comprising simultaneously subjecting the solid-liquid mixture to localized magnetic field gradients and the centrifugation and to improved centrifugation solid-liquid separation processes wherein the improvement comprises simultaneously subjecting the solid-liquid mixture to a homogeneous magnetic field, a magnetic field... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20060281195 - Specific coupling reaction measuring method and reagent kit and specific coupling reaction measuring apparatus for use in the same: A specific coupling reaction measuring method of this invention for measuring a content of a subject substance in a sample includes the steps of (a) constructing a reaction system including the sample and a magnetic particle on which a specific coupling substance for specifically coupling with the subject substance is... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20060275906 - Method for ascertaining interferents in small liquid samples in an automated clinical analyzer: Accelerating the delivery of small samples for clinical analysis on an automated clinical analyzer by automatically inspecting for the presence of interferents like those that might be found within such samples after clinical analysis is commenced....

20060275907 - Device for measuring pressure: In a device (1) for measuring the pressure of a medium (28), in particular a liquid medium, said device comprising a measuring chamber (10) through which the medium can flow and which has at least one elastically deformable wall (12), at least one wall (14) that is more rigid by...

20060275908 - Control value assignment method: A method of assigning expected recovery values to control substances used in analytical testing is disclosed....

20060275910 - Misfolded protein sensor method in body fluids: A catalytic conformational sensor method for detecting abnormal proteins and proteinaceous particles. The method is based on the interaction of a peptide fragment or probe with an abnormal proteinaceous particle. The interaction catalyzes transformation of the probe to a predominately beta sheet conformation and allows the probe to bind to...

20060275909 - Nutrition formulations and methods of providing nutrition formulations: Nutritional compositions such as total parenteral nutrition (TPN) compositions and processes of preparing same are disclosed. The advantage of the present invention lies in its ability to tailor TPN composition to the needs of each individual patient. Various components of the TPN composition may be increased, lowered, or removed based...

20060275911 - Method and apparatus for moleclular analysis using nanostructure-enhanced raman spectroscopy: Devices and methods for detecting the constituent parts of biological polymers are disclosed. A molecular analysis device includes a molecule sensor and a molecule guide. The molecule sensor comprises a nanostructure, which is configured for producing a nanostructure-enhanced Raman scattered radiation when an excitation radiation irradiates at least a portion...

20060275912 - Fluorescent probes: A compound represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 and R2 represent amino groups that substitute at adjacent positions on the benzene ring, wherein one of the amino groups may have one alkyl group; R3 and R4 represent hydrogen atom, a C1-6 alkyl group, or a C1-6 alkoxy group, R5...

20060275913 - Carbonyl compound scavenger and method of quantifying carbonyl compound using the same: [wherein, R represents an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, haloalkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, haloalkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, nitro group or cyano group, and R1 and R2 represent each independently a hydrogen...

20060275914 - Toxic agent sensor and detector method, apparatus, and system: A method, apparatus and system for use in sensing and detecting various biological and chemical agents. More specifically, the present invention utilizes nanotubes as a novel structure in a particle detection application. Antibodies for agents such as anthrax, bubonic plague, e-coli, botulism, small pox and fast spreading viruses such as...

20060275918 - Immersion objective lens, retention mechanism for immersion medium, and manufacturing method: There is provided a retention mechanism for an immersion medium, for use in a device which observes/measures a sample by use of an immersion objective lens, includes a member which retains the immersion medium near a tip portion of the objective lens, wherein the member is configured to include at...

20060275915 - Method and apparatus for mixing sample and reagent in a suspension fluid: Discrete samples (13, 13a) are introducedinto a mixing chamber containing a carrier fluid (5), so that the samples (13, 13a) move from an inlet (4) to an outlet (7) of the mixing chamber. One or more reagents (12, 12a, 14, 14a) are also introduced into the mixing chamber, which move...

20060275917 - Method for staining and destaining gel, electrophoresis destaining device for gel, and kit for staining and destaining gel: A method for staining and destaining a gel, including: a staining step of staining the gel using an acid aqueous solution that contains a dye and does not contain alcohol; and a destaining step of destaining the dye by electrophoresis by applying a voltage to the gel disposed in an...

20060275916 - Sample collection method: The present invention relates to methods for the collection of a sample from faecal material and, further, the detection of occult blood in or on the faecal material via the testing of the sample collected from the faecal material. The present invention also relates to collection methods comprising the use...

20060275919 - Methods for extraction and concetration of hydrophilic compounds from hydrophobic liquid matrices: Methods for extraction and concentration of hydrophilic compounds, biological materials or particles dispersed or distributed in hydrophobic liquid matrices are disclosed. In order to improve yield the extraction is carried out using a capture solution comprising an extractant. The extract is well suited for the purpose of detection and/or quantification...

20060275920 - Apparatus and method for discriminating among lateral flow assay test indicators: An apparatus for analyzing a lateral flow test strip having a plurality of types of markers for binding to analytes corresponding, respectively, to the types of markers. The apparatus includes a plurality of emitters corresponding, respectively, to the plurality types of markers on the lateral flow test strip. Each emitter...

20060275921 - Biosensor: A biosensor is provided with an area in which a reagent having bleaching action is carried in a state where it can be dissolved, at least in a part of a sample application area to which an inspection target solution is applied or the downstream of the sample application area...

20060275922 - Lateral flow immunoassay device and method: A lateral flow immunoassay test device is provided that includes a housing with an elongated slot for holding a test sample collector; an elongated holder member for securing at least one immunoassay test strip therein; a first chamber for storing a first, pre-treatment reagent; and a second chamber for storing...

20060275923 - Methods for reducing the range in concentrations of analyte species in a sample: The present invention relates to the fields of molecular biology, combinatorial chemistry and biochemistry. Particularly, the present invention describes methods and kits for dynamically reducing the variance between analyte taken from complex mixtures....

20060275924 - Light-controlled electrokinetic assembly of particles near surfaces: A method and apparatus for the manipulation of colloidal particles and biomolecules at the interface between an insulating electrode such as silicon oxide and an electrolyte solution. Light-controlled electrokinetic assembly of particles near surfaces relies on the combination of three functional elements: the AC electric field-induced assembly of planar aggregates;...