| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7365665 |
Photodiode digitizer with fast gain switching |
April 29, 2008 |
| An optical receiver and method of operating therfor. A photodiode converts a received optical signal to an electrical signal, which is provided to both high gain and low gain signal paths. First analog-to-digital converter ADC) circuitry is coupled to convert a high gain output signal |
| 7179660 |
Carriers coated with polysaccharides, their preparation and use |
February 20, 2007 |
| A polysaccharide coated carrier having a coating of at least two successive layers of polysaccharide. The first polysaccharide layer spontaneously associates with a second polysaccharide layer and, optionally, the carrier. Each successive layer of polysaccharide spontaneously associa |
| 7022529 |
Particles for diagnostic and therapeutic use |
April 4, 2006 |
| Methods, compositions and kits are disclosed. The compositions are light emitting and comprise a polymeric matrix having dissolved therein a photoactive compound. The composition has the characteristic that, after activation of the photoactive compound, the rate of decrease in the in |
| 6703248 |
Particles for diagnostic and therapeutic use |
March 9, 2004 |
| Methods, compositions and kits are disclosed. The compositions are light emitting and comprise a polymeric matrix having dissolved therein a photoactive compound. The composition has the characteristic that, after activation of the photoactive compound, the rate of decrease in the in |
| 6522459 |
Temperature control and monitoring of optical detector components in an optical communication sy |
February 18, 2003 |
| Optical detector components in a fiber-optic communication system are temperature stabilized. The optical detector components may be part of an optical amplifier, a receiver, or other optical device. A temperature-controlled housing may be used to stabilize the temperature of a photo |
| 6438010 |
Drive circuits for microelectromechanical systems devices |
August 20, 2002 |
| Circuitry for generating AC signals is provided. The circuitry may be used to produce AC drive signals for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices such as MEMS devices used in fiber-optic communications network equipment. The circuitry may include an amplitude controller for produc |
| 6417965 |
Optical amplifier control system |
July 9, 2002 |
| An optical amplifier control system provides real-time control of an optical amplifier in response to an analog signal having a large dynamic range. The optical amplifier control system uses a non-linear analog-to-digital converter, such as a logarithmic-scale analog-to-digital conve |
| 6406913 |
Assay method utilizing induced luminescence |
June 18, 2002 |
| Methods are disclosed for determining an analyte in a medium suspected of containing the analyte. One method comprises treating a medium suspected of containing an analyte under conditions such that the analyte, if present, causes a photosensitizer and a chemiluminescent compound to come |
| 6251581 |
Assay method utilizing induced luminescence |
June 26, 2001 |
| Methods are disclosed for determining an analyte in a medium suspected of containing the analyte. One method comprises treating a medium suspected of containing an analyte under conditions such that the analyte, if present, causes a photosensitizer and a chemiluminescent compound to come |
| 5709994 |
Photoactivatable chemiluminescent matrices |
January 20, 1998 |
| Methods for labeling a material are disclosed. The methods comprise combining with the material (a) a photosensitizer capable upon irradiation of generating singlet oxygen and (b) a chemiluminescent compound capable of being activated by singlet oxygen wherein the photosensitizer and the |
| 5618732 |
Method of calibration with photoactivatable chemiluminescent matrices |
April 8, 1997 |
| Methods for labeling a material are disclosed. The methods comprise combining with the material (a) a photosensitizer capable upon irradiation of generating singlet oxygen and (b) a chemiluminescent compound capable of being activated by singlet oxygen wherein the photosensitizer and the |
| 5340716 |
Assay method utilizing photoactivated chemiluminescent label |
August 23, 1994 |
| Methods are disclosed for determining an analyte in a medium suspected of containing the analyte. One method comprises providing (1) a medium suspected of containing the analyte, (2) a label reagent comprising a first specific binding pair (sbp) member associated with a photochemically |
| 5145774 |
Fluorescent dyes |
September 8, 1992 |
| The present invention describes a class of dyes for use in staining cell samples and methods of making such dyes. A preferred class of dyes known as detergent dyes which possess the ability to stain cells in whole blood and are only slowly leached or lost from the stained cells over time |
| 5026905 |
Fluorescent dyes |
June 25, 1991 |
| The present invention describes a class of dyes for use in staining cell samples and methods of making such dyes. A preferred class of dyes known as detergent dyes which possess the ability to stain cells in whole blood and are only slowly leached or lost from the stained cells over time |