Abstract:
A light receiving and emitting element module (1) according to an embodiment of the invention includes a wiring substrate (2); a light emitting element (3) and a light receiving element (4) which are disposed on the wiring substrate (2); and a lens member (5) having a lens portion (9), a support portion (10) configured to support the lens portion (9) disposed above the light emitting element (3) and the light receiving element (4) and a column (11) disposed on a lower surface of the support portion (10), wherein a tip end of the column (11) is in contact with an upper surface of the wiring substrate (2).
Abstract:
A laser spectrometer can be operated for analysis of one or more analytes present in a combustible gas mixture. The spectrometer can include one or more features that enable intrinsically safe operation. In other words, electrical, electronic, thermal, and/or optical energy sources can be limited within an hazardous are of the spectrometer where it is possible for an explosive gas mixture to exist. Methods, systems, articles and the like are described.
Abstract:
Apparatus, methods, and systems related to a thin-layer spectroelectrochemistry cell; electrically coupling a second end of a working electrical wire lead, a second end of a counter electrical wire lead, and a second end of a reference electrical wire lead to a potentiostat; introducing a conductive fluid into a cell body in the spectroelectrochemistry cell; introducing a detection species into the cell body; introducing a sample into the cell body; applying a voltage potential across the transparent sample window to drive an electrochemical reaction between the detection species and the sample in the transparent sample window fluid; transmitting electromagnetic radiation into an optical path through the transparent sample window, thereby optically interacting the electromagnetic radiation with the transparent sample window fluid to generate modified electromagnetic radiation; receiving the modified electromagnetic radiation with a detector; and generating an output signal corresponding to a characteristic of the sample.
Abstract:
Apparatus features a sample tube adapter made of conductive material, having a first part to contain and touch a sample tube having a sample therein, and a second part to provide a thermal path for heat transfer to/from the sample tube and a thermal assembly for performing a sample analysis; and sample support rails to receive the sample tube adapter to provide physical support for the sample tube, orient the sample tube adapter in relation to the thermal assembly so there is contact between the sample tube adapter and the thermal assembly to provide the thermal path for heat transfer to/from the sample tube and the thermal assembly, and align the sample tube adapter in relation to a light source so there is a registration between the sample tube and a light beam provided by the light source, all for performing the sample analysis.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a glucose measuring apparatus including a pressure measurer having an elastic part or a pressure sensor, that measures a pressure applied to an object, a film that comprises a first optical waveguide configured to be close to the object, a near infrared ray (NIR) irradiator that irradiates an NIR to the first optical waveguide if the measured pressure is greater than or equal to a preset value, an NIR receiver that receives an attenuated total reflection NIR (ATR-NIR) from the first optical waveguide, and an analyzer that measures a blood glucose level based on the ATR-NIR, wherein the film is an independent module that can be combined with and separated from the glucose measuring apparatus.
Abstract:
An imaging apparatus (1) for imaging an imaging object carried together with liquid (M) in a sample container (W) with a bottom surface having optical transparency comprises: a holder (12) for holding the sample container; an imaging optical system (131, 132, 133, 135) having an object-side hypercentric property; a two-dimensional imaging element (136) for imaging an image of the imaging object focused by the imaging optical system; an illuminator (10) for illuminating the imaging object from a side opposite to the imaging optical system across the sample container held by the holder; a mover (15) for relatively integrally moving the imaging optical system, the two-dimensional imaging element and the illuminator with respect to the imaging object in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the imaging optical system; and a controller (14), wherein: the illuminator includes a plurality of illumination optical systems (100, 110) that have mutually different exit pupil positions and coaxially emit lights toward the imaging object; the controller is configured to cause one of the plurality of illumination optical systems to emit light and to cause the two-dimensional imaging element to image the imaging object when a relative position of the imaging optical system with respect to the imaging object reaches any one of a plurality of imaging positions determined in advance while causing the mover to relatively move the imaging optical system, the two-dimensional imaging element and the illuminator with respect to the imaging object, and to switch the illumination optical system for emitting the light according to the imaging position.
Abstract:
A device for use with a smart phone or tablet, the device comprising: a measurement device including a light source comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes for measuring one or more physiological parameters, the measurement device configured to generate an input optical beam with one or more optical wavelengths, wherein at least a portion of the one or more optical wavelengths is a near-infrared wavelength between 500 nanometres and 2500 nanometres; the measurement device comprising one or more lenses configured to receive and to deliver a portion of the input optical beam to a sample, wherein the sample reflects at least a portion of the input optical beam delivered to the sample; the measurement device further comprising a receiver to receive at least a portion of the input optical beam reflected from the sample; the light source configured to increase a signal-to-noise ratio of the input optical beam reflected from the sample, wherein the increased signal-to-noise ratio results from an increase to the light intensity from at least one of the plurality of light emitting diodes and from modulation of at least one of the plurality of light emitting diodes; and the measurement device configured to generate an output signal; the device configured to communicate with the smart phone or tablet, the smart phone or tablet comprising a wireless receiver, a wireless transmitter, a display, a voice input module, a speaker, and a touch screen, the smart phone or tablet configured to receive and to process at least a portion of the output signal, wherein the smart phone or tablet is configured to store and display the processed output signal, wherein at least a portion of the processed output signal is configured to be transmitted over a wireless transmission link.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device for examining plankton and, more specifically, to a device for examining plankton, which is capable of calculating the population of plankton included in a sample by generating an image of the plankton for the sample directly from a pipe without collecting a separate sample.
Abstract:
An EUV light source includes a rotatable, cylindrically-symmetric element having a surface coated with a plasma-forming target material, a drive laser source configured to generate one or more laser pulses sufficient to generate EUV light via formation of a plasma by excitation of the plasma-forming target material, a set of focusing optics configured to focus the one or more laser pulses onto the surface of the rotatable, cylindrically-symmetric element, a set of collection optics configured to receive EUV light emanated from the generated plasma and further configured to direct the illumination to an intermediate focal point, and a gas management system including a gas supply subsystem configured to supply plasma-forming target material to the surface of the rotatable, cylindrically-symmetric element.