Abstract: According to the disclosure, a cartridge for detecting a target analyte mounted on a target analyte detection device, comprising: a base, a plurality of chambers provided on the base and comprising a sample chamber, and a plurality of channels provided on the base and comprising a sample channel connected to the sample chamber. The sample chamber comprises an injection hole provided on the base and comprising an inlet into which the sample is introduced, a sample delivery passage connecting the injection hole, and a sample filter provided on between the outlet of the sample delivery passage and the sample channel. The sample delivery passage comprises an asymmetric cross-sectional shape.

Abstract: According to the disclosure, a cartridge for detecting a target analyte, comprising: a base, a sample chamber, a first mixing chamber accommodating a magnetic bead, a liquid storage chamber storing a liquid, a detection chamber for detecting the target analyte, a plurality of liquid transport channels for transporting fluid of the liquid storage chamber to the first mixing chamber, and a mixing channel connected to the first mixing chamber. The first mixing chamber comprises an opening formed in a first surface of the base, a concave surface provided recessed from the first surface of the base, and a side wall connecting the concave surface and the first surface of the base. At least one of the liquid transport channels is connected to the concave surface of the first mixing chamber.

Abstract: According to the disclosure, a cartridge for detecting a target analyte, comprising: a base comprising a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and side surfaces connecting between the first surface and the second surface; a chamber recessed from the first surface of the base; and an inflow channel recessed from the first surface of the base and connected to upper portion of the chamber. The chamber comprises an accommodation room for accommodating liquid, an inlet port connected the inflow channel, a guide groove for guiding liquid introduced from the inlet port downward to the accommodation room, and a barrier structure for preventing back flow of liquid from the guide groove toward the inlet port.

Abstract: According to the disclosure, a cartridge for detecting a target analyte, comprising: a base, a sample chamber, a first mixing chamber accommodating a magnetic bead, a second mixing chamber accommodating a dry reagent, a shuttle chamber for dissolving the dry reagent of the second mixing chamber, and a detection chamber for detecting the target analyte. The shuttle chamber is configured to dissolve the dry reagent in a sample solution provided from the first mixing chamber. The fluid in the second mixing chamber is moved to the shuttle chamber by positive pressure provided from the first pneumatic port, or the fluid in the shuttle chamber is moved to the second mixing chamber by negative pressure provided from the first pneumatic port.

Abstract: According to the disclosure, a target analyte detection cartridge includes a sample chamber into which sample is inserted, a metering chamber connected to the sample chamber to meter a predetermined amount of sample, a mixing chamber connected to the metering chamber to receive a magnet bead, and a waste chamber connected to the metering chamber. The metering chamber has one side connected to each of the sample chamber and the mixing chamber and another side connected to the waste chamber. A first pneumatic flow path to which pneumatic pressure is provided is connected to a waste flow path that joins the other side of the metering chamber to connect the metering chamber and the waster chamber.

Abstract: According to the disclosure, a target analyte detection cartridge includes a sample chamber into which sample is inserted, a metering chamber connected to the sample chamber to meter a predetermined amount of sample, a mixing chamber connected to the metering chamber to receive a magnet bead, and a waste chamber connected to the metering chamber. The metering chamber has one side connected to each of the sample chamber and the mixing chamber and another side connected to the waste chamber. A first pneumatic flow path to which pneumatic pressure is provided is connected to a waste flow path that joins the other side of the metering chamber to connect the metering chamber and the waster chamber.

Abstract: According to the disclosure, a target analyte detection cartridge includes a sample chamber into which sample is inserted, a metering chamber connected to the sample chamber to meter a predetermined amount of sample, a mixing chamber connected to the metering chamber to receive a magnet bead, and a waste chamber connected to the metering chamber. The metering chamber has one side connected to each of the sample chamber and the mixing chamber and another side connected to the waste chamber. A first pneumatic flow path to which pneumatic pressure is provided is connected to a waste flow path that joins the other side of the metering chamber to connect the metering chamber and the waster chamber.

Abstract: Tuning fork and method in which a pair of elongated tines having front and rear surfaces are disposed symmetrically about an axis, and balancing masses on the front surface of one tine and on the rear surface of the other tine are trimmed to reduce quadrature error and also to maintain mass balance between the tines.

Abstract: Tuning fork and method in which a pair of elongated tines having front and rear surfaces are disposed symmetrically about an axis, and balancing masses on the front surface of one tine and on the rear surface of the other tine are trimmed to reduce quadrature error and also to maintain mass balance between the tines.

Abstract: Vibratory tuning fork having a body of piezoelectric material with a base and a pair of tapered tines which extend from the base and decrease in lateral dimension from the base toward the tips of the tines. A crotch section at the base of the tines has an inner pair of faces which lie in crystallographic planes of the piezoelectric material and an outer pair of faces which lie in additional crystallographic planes of the material and extend between the inner pair of faces and the tines. An isolation slot is formed in the base adjacent to the crotch, with enlarged cut-outs at the ends of the slot to prevent the formation of facets and membranes across the slot.

Abstract: Tuning fork and method in which a pair of elongated tines having front and rear surfaces are disposed symmetrically about an axis, and balancing masses on the front surface of one tine and on the rear surface of the other tine are trimmed to reduce quadrature error and also to maintain mass balance between the tines.

Abstract: Vibratory tuning fork having a body of piezoelectric material with a base and a pair of tapered tines which extend from the base and decrease in lateral dimension from the base toward the tips of the tines. A crotch section at the base of the tines has an inner pair of faces which lie in crystallographic planes of the piezoelectric material and an outer pair of faces which lie in additional crystallographic planes of the material and extend between the inner pair of faces and the tines. An isolation slot is formed in the base adjacent to the crotch, with enlarged cut-outs at the ends of the slot to prevent the formation of facets and membranes across the slot.

Abstract: Vibratory tuning fork having a body of piezoelectric material with a base and a pair of tapered tines which extend from the base and decrease in lateral dimension from the base toward the tips of the tines. A crotch section at the base of the tines has an inner pair of faces which lie in crystallographic planes of the piezoelectric material and an outer pair of faces which lie in additional crystallographic planes of the material and extend between the inner pair of faces and the tines. An isolation slot is formed in the base adjacent to the crotch, with enlarged cut-outs at the ends of the slot to prevent the formation of facets and membranes across the slot.