Metcal, Inc.

Biometric Imaging, Inc.

Michael Hodges

Robert S Dubrow

Thomas Michael Baer

Bala S Manian

Robert Justice Shartle

Louis John Dietz

Philip S Carter, Jr

John P Ekstrand

Andrew Tomlinson

Paul G Hayter

The apparatus and method of the present invention disclose a scanning imaging cytometer wherein an unprocessed biological fluid sample is reacted with a fluorescently-labeled binding agent. The reacted sample undergoes minimal processing before it is placed into a capillary tube. The sample is optically scanned and fluorescence excitation is recorded from a plurality of columnar regions of the capillary tube, each columnar region generally defined by the spot size of the excitation beam and the depth dimension of the capillary tube. A spatial filter of a sufficient pinhole diameter is selected to allow simultaneous volumetric detection of all fluorescent targets in each columnar region.

Apparatus and method for volumetric capillary cytometry

A heater employs a ferromagnetic or like material heated by a varying magnetic field to heat the ferromagnetic material wherein the ferromagnetic material has a large cross-section comprised of many members of small cross-section insulated from one another and wherein for medical applications each member may be surrounded by a heat conductive electrically conductive coating.

Thermal induction heater

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Michael Hodges