FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND DEGREE OF POLARIZATION MEASUREMENT METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20250067671A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18807328

    申请日:2024-08-16

    Abstract: A fluorescence polarization measurement device includes a light source unit, a polarization direction modulation element, a detector, and a controller. The polarization direction modulation element spatially modulates a polarization direction of the excitation light by a predetermined frequency, and emits, on a measurement target solution, the excitation light for which the polarization direction is spatially modulated by the predetermined frequency. The detector detects a spatial distribution of fluorescence intensity of the fluorescence having a polarization direction in a predetermined direction from among fluorescence emitted from the measurement target solution due to the excitation light. The controller extracts, from the detected spatial distribution of fluorescence intensity, a direct current component and a component having a frequency identical to the predetermined frequency, and calculates, based on the extracted component and the direct current component, a degree of polarization of the measurement target solution.

    CIRCUIT LADDER MICROFLUIDIC PLATFORM (CLAMP) FOR RAPID ANTIMICROBIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY TESTING (AST)

    公开(公告)号:US20250066704A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18812562

    申请日:2024-08-22

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a microfluidic circuit comprising a drug inlet port; an outlet port; a drug inlet main channel fluidically connecting the drug inlet port and the outlet port, where said drug inlet main channel comprises (i) a plurality of serpentine mixers and (ii) a plurality of dead-end first microchamber sets; a negative inlet port; a negative inlet main channel fluidically connecting the negative inlet port and the drug inlet main channel; a plurality (n) of ladder channels, where each of the plurality (n) of the ladder channels is fluidically connected to both the drug inlet main channel and the negative inlet main channel; and an outlet channel fluidically connected to the drug inlet main channel between the drug inlet port and the outlet port. Also disclosed is a microfluidic device comprising a microfluidic circuit of the present disclosure and a method for performing an assay.

    Progesterone measuring kit, progesterone measuring method, and progesterone measuring reagent

    公开(公告)号:US12235263B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-25

    申请号:US16999138

    申请日:2020-08-21

    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a kit, a method, and a reagent which prevent the problem of false positive due to nonspecific adsorption, suppress the increase in noise to be generated, and are capable of achieving high-precision measurement of progesterone in a wide concentration range from a low concentration to a high concentration, in the measurement of progesterone in a biological sample. The present invention provides a progesterone measuring kit including a first particle having a label and modified with a first binding substance, a second particle having no label and modified with a second binding substance, a flow channel, and a substrate, in which the first particle contains a compound represented by Formula (1) and a particle, and an average particle diameter of the first particles is 50 to 250 nm, an average particle diameter of the second particles is 70 to 500 nm, and the average particle diameter of the second particles is larger than the average particle diameter of the first particles. Each symbol in the formula has the meaning described in the present specification.

    Endoscopic light source and imaging system

    公开(公告)号:US12232706B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-25

    申请号:US16908640

    申请日:2020-06-22

    Abstract: A light source includes a first LED in communication with a first DAC; a second LED in communication with a second DAC; a third LED in communication with a third DAC; a color sensor capable of sensing light in the visible light spectrum; and one or more processors configured for: receiving color intensity values from the color sensor, determining whether the color intensity values are balanced to achieve white light, adjusting the current to the second DAC and third DAC until the color intensity levels are balanced to achieve white light at a combined intensity level, setting a new red LED current value, a new green LED current value, and a new blue LED current value to adjust the combined intensity level toward a target intensity level, and repeating the setting step until the target intensity level is achieved.

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