Abstract: An electronic control module comprising a vent assembly is provided. The electronic control module comprises a housing having a first aperture and a substrate disposed within the housing. The substrate has a second aperture positioned adjacent to the first aperture, and includes the hydrophobic vent assembly disposed over the second aperture and adheringly coupled to the substrate. The hydrophobic vent assembly may be adapted to prevent the ingress of moisture and permit the egress of certain gases.

Abstract: A vent assembly (50) for an electronic control module (28) is provided. The vent assembly (50) may be adheringly coupled to a printed circuit board (38). The vent assembly (50) being adapted to prevent the ingress of moisture and permit the egress of certain gases.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for adjusting vehicle speed, beginning with a modulated laser pulse being emitted. A reference portion of the emitted modulated laser pulse is extracted, a reflected portion of the emitted modulated laser pulse is received, and the reflected portion is combined with the reference portion on a portion of an imaging array. A determination of a relative velocity is based on the combined reflected portion and reference portion.

Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for adjusting vehicle speed, beginning with a modulated laser pulse being emitted. A reference portion of the emitted modulated laser pulse is extracted, a reflected portion of the emitted modulated laser pulse is received, and the reflected portion is combined with the reference portion on a portion of an imaging array. A determination of a relative velocity is based on the combined reflected portion and reference portion.

Abstract: A portable optical system includes interrogation of an implanted sensor located in a body tissue. The sensor contains a labeled analogue and a reference, which emit light at different wavelengths. The external optical instrument detects and discriminates between light from the labeled analogue and light from the reference. Logic in the detector receives and processes signals from the detector and generates an indication of the detected analyte level.

Abstract: A portable optical system includes interrogation of an implanted sensor located in a body tissue. The sensor contains a labeled analogue and a reference, which emit light at different wavelengths. The external optical instrument detects and discriminates between light from the labeled analogue and light from the reference. Logic in the detector receives and processes signals from the detector and generates an indication of the detected analyte level.

Abstract: A device for monitoring an analyte is described, which includes (a) a support having an interior surface and an exterior surface; (b) a substrate connected to the interior surface of the support; (c) a spacer connected to the interior surface of the support and encompassing the substrate; and (d) a first membrane, permeable to the analyte, having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface being connected to the spacer. A chamber that encloses the substrate is defined by the interior surface of the support, the spacer, and the interior surface of the first membrane. The spacer exceeds the substrate in elevation such that a void volume exists between the interior surface of the first membrane and the substrate. A method of using the device for the transdermal monitoring of an analyte is also described.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device and methods for quantitatively detecting the presence of an analyte by referencing the analyte variant signal to an analyte invariant reference signal. The devices contain quantum dots as the invariant references. The reference quantum dots provide a fluorescent signal whose intensity in invariant with respect to the optical signal associated with the analyte concentration. Both the optical path for the analyte specific and invariant reference signal are substantially identical. Therefore, by measuring the intensity ratio of the analyte specific signal to the reference signal, errors associated with optical path length, absorptivity and scattering are eliminated.