Abstract:
The present invention provides a dynamic measurement device with a blood pressure determination function, comprising: a heartbeat sensing module disposed on the chest area of a user wherein the heartbeat sensing module comprising a heart sound sensor for obtaining heartbeat signals; a pulse sensing module disposed on a limb area of the user, the pulse sensing module comprising a pulse wave sensor for obtaining pulse signals; and a data calculating module for calculating a mean arterial pressure and a value of systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure based on the heartbeat signals and pulse signals. In addition to dynamically monitoring the blood pressure of a user for 24 hours, the present invention can dynamically monitor the heart sounds of the user for 24 hours individually in order to monitor user's physical condition. Therefore, the present invention has important medical meanings.
Abstract:
A system for compensating a thermal effect is provided and includes a substrate structure and a microcantilever. The substrate structure includes a first piezoresistor. The first piezoresistor is buried in the substrate structure and has a first piezoresistance having a first relation to a first variable temperature. The microcantilever has the thermal effect and a second piezoresistance having a second relation to the first variable temperature, wherein the thermal effect is compensated based on the first and the second relations.
Abstract:
A biomolecular sensor system utilizing a transverse propagation wave of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is described. The system comprises: a substrate; a dielectric layer, having a groove therein and standing on top of the substrate; a sensing film layer, sitting at the groove; a pair of prism devices, each resting on one side of the groove and both separating a tunable distance. Besides, the sensor system further comprises a light source, a light detector (a frontend of which connecting to a spectrometer and a backend connecting to a differential amplifier) and a channel with a cover forming inside the groove for the acquisition of the reflected light from the prism devices. Since the sensor system is constructed by exploiting the SPR technique on the transverse propagation, a whole contact surface is under detection (parallel detection) which differentiates it from the traditional method of single-area SPR detection. The sensor system is applicable not only for the far-infrared remote sensing with a transverse distance of several centimeters, but further for the biomedical sensing applications in the miniature sizing and high throughput.
Abstract:
A microarray biochip workstation allowing positioning of chips, immobilization of molecules, mixing of sample solution, molecular interactions and washing and processing qualitative and quantitative analyses consists of a positioning device for holding a biochip, a mixing device for acting on the sample solution applied on the biochip, a pumping device for removing the sample solution from the biochip surface that does not react, and a reading device for detecting reaction results of the biochip. The workstation thus constructed provides an integrated and effective work interface.
Abstract:
A multi-function opto-electronic detection apparatus for detecting molecular characteristics of a test sample. The appratuses comprises functional mode subsystems including a detecting light source subsystem for generating sampling beams for illuminating the test sample; a manipulation optics subsystem for aligning the sampling beam onto the test sample; a target signal processing subsystem for analyzing target beams emerging from the test sample resulting from the illuminating of the sampling beam; and a sample fixation subsystem for holding the test sample. The detecting light source subsystem, manipulation optics subsystem and target signal processing subsystem are assembled into one of several possible optical sampling setups for the detection characteristics of the test sample. The functional mode setups include at least ellispometer, confocal image scanner, photon tunneling scanning microscope and interferometer.
Abstract:
A biological cell test method and apparatus employs a conventional perforated cell carrier which has a plurality of holes. Each hole has two metal electrodes. A cell is disposed in the hole to contact the two electrodes. The electrodes are connected to electric current or voltage. The electric current or field flows from one electrode through the cell to another electrode. Through the inherent impedance, inductance or capacitance of the cell, the presence or property reactions of the cell may be detected.