Abstract: Luminescence-based recipes for the measurement of creatinine, urea, uric acid, or glucose, and device using the same are provided.

Abstract: A fluid analytical device for separating and analyzing a fluid including a first component and a second component. The specific weight of the first component exceeds that of the second component. A rotating base includes a receiving chamber, a first separation well, a second separation well, a first connection channel, a second connection channel, and a vent channel. The receiving chamber receives the fluid. The first connection channel connects the receiving chamber to the first separation well. The second connection channel connects the first separation well to the second separation well. The vent channel is connected to the receiving chamber. The distance from the first separation well to the receiving chamber exceeds that from the second separation well to the receiving chamber. When the rotating base rotates, the first and second components of the fluid flow into the first and second separation wells by centrifugal force, respectively.

Abstract: Luminescence-based recipes for the measurement of creatinine, urea, uric acid, or glucose, and device using the same are provided.

Abstract: A fluid analytical device for separating and analyzing a fluid including a first component and a second component. The specific weight of the first component exceeds that of the second component. A rotating base includes a receiving chamber, a first separation well, a second separation well, a first connection channel, a second connection channel, and a vent channel. The receiving chamber receives the fluid. The first connection channel connects the receiving chamber to the first separation well. The second connection channel connects the first separation well to the second separation well. The vent channel is connected to the receiving chamber. The distance from the first separation well to the receiving chamber exceeds that from the second separation well to the receiving chamber. When the rotating base rotates, the first and second components of the fluid flow into the first and second separation wells by centrifugal force, respectively.

Abstract: A micro pressure sensor comprising a glass substrate or a bulk silicon wafer with a rampart protruding from the surface and a plurality of first contacting pads, a thin membrane having a plurality of piezo-resistors, circuit patterns, and a plurality of second contact pads, and conducting lines, wherein the plurality of contact pads are partially exposed to outside. The rampart on the substrate has a cavity formed on the center of the top surface of the rampart. The top surface of the rampart is tightly bonded to the surface of the thin membrane. The piezo-resistors are sealed in the cavity. Preferably, the micro sensor further comprises a plurality of thermo sensors, and a plurality of temperature-controlling elements all enclosed inside the cavity, and additional protective layers formed on the exposure regions of all contact pads.

Abstract: A method for producing an isolated micro pressure sensor and the process for producing the same are disclosed. The method for manufacturing the isolated micro pressure sensor includes: (A) etching one surface of a substrate to form a rampart with an open cavity on the center of its top surface and with plate portions surrounding the rampart; (B) forming a plurality of first contact pads on said plate portions of the substrate outside said rampart; (C) forming a plurality of second contact pads, a plurality of piezo-resistors, thermo sensors, temperature-controlling elements and circuit patterns on a bulk silicon wafer; (D) forming a plurality of grooves on the periphery of the bulk silicon wafer; (E) bonding the bulk silicon wafer and the substrate; and (F) thinning said bulk silicon wafer until said bulk silicon wafer forming a thin membrane.

Abstract: The hematocrit of blood (i.e., the percentage of whole blood volume occupied by red blood cells) perfusing a finger is determined by stimulating the finger with two current frequencies, one relatively high (e.g., 10 MHZ) and the other relatively low (e.g., 100 KHz). Voltages induced in the finger in response to the two current frequencies are then captured and separated into baseline and pulsatile components. The hematocrit is determined as a function of the ratio of the high frequency pulsatile component to the low frequency pulsatile component, multiplied by the ratio of the square of the low frequency baseline component to the square of the high frequency baseline component. The signal-to-noise ratio of the captured voltages can be enhanced by the application of external pressure to the finger, such as by applying a pressure cuff to the finger.