228 results about "Capillary number" patented technology

A method of administering a drug whereby a fine drug powder can be accurately administered to a target site (in particular, a target site in the body cavity) via fluidization and spraying with a gas by using a micro tube. Concerning the administration mode, in particular, the drug alone or a biopolymer is administered or the biopolymer is employed as a carrier in the above method. More specifically speaking, a method of administering a fine drug powder which comprises finely milling one or more types fine particles of the drug and / or the biopolymer, blending them each other, fluidizing the blend with a gas, then transporting the fluidized matter in a micro tube by the gas stream and spraying the fine drug powder from the tip of the micro tube toward the target site. Further, an administration method which comprises concentrically providing a capillary tube in the micro tube, supplying an aqueous solution of the drug and / or the biopolymer from the capillary tube into the gas stream and then mixing it with other fine particles of the drug and / or the biopolymer under transportation by the gas.

A fluorescent immunoassay employing the interior surface of a capillary tube is provided. Devices to permit immunoassays using one or more capillary tubes, an apparatus for use with the devices, and a process for screening for analyte in a sample using the devices and apparatus are also provided. Samples suspected of containing analyte are added to a disposable self-contained sample tray containing one or more sample wells, mixed with a reagent, drawn into one or more spaced-apart capillary tubes held within a disposable cartridge connected to an analytical apparatus, reacted with a binding member on the surface of the capillary tube, washed to stop the reaction, and dried by the apparatus. The capillary tube is then exposed to a signal generation device to create a fluorescence signal that is detected using a signal detector. The apparatus determines the presence of the analyte and optionally determines the amount of analyte present in the sample, and presents the results to the operator.

An apparatus and method for determining the density and fluid-type of a fluid flowing in a capillary tube, the velocity and viscosity of a blood sample flowing in a capillary tube, the erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of a blood sample after flow has been brought to an abrupt stop in a capillary tube, and / or the zeta sedimentation rate (ZSR) of a blood sample after flow has been brought to an abrupt stop in a capillary tube. These measurements are accomplished by directing a waveform pulse, such as an ultrasound pulse, at a pre-determined frequency transversely across the capillary tube and sample fluid, and by determining the flight of time of the pulse through the capillary tube and sample fluid and / or the Doppler shift of the echo signals reflecting off cells moving forwardly or transversely within a flowing, or stationary, blood sample.

The present invention relates to a method for the displacement of an analyte fluid within a capillary microchannel and to a microfluidic system. In particular, it relates to the field of microfluidics, and especially to microfluidic systems. The method comprises steps which consist in introducing at least one ferrofluid train (3) into the said capillary channel (1), the said ferrofluid train (3) comprising a slug of ferrofluid (5) and, placed against at least one of the two ends of the slug of ferrofluid and in contact with it, a slug of liquid (7) immiscible with both the ferrofluid and the analyte fluid; in introducing the said analyte fluid (9) into the said capillary channel, in proximity to the ferrofluid train and on the side having the slug of liquid (7) immiscible with both the ferrofluid and the analyte fluid; and in controlling the analyte fluid displacement within the said capillary channel by the action of a magnetic field on the ferrofluid train, which field is generated by a magnet system placed on the outside of the said capillary channel.

A method of forming an aqueous treatment liquor comprising a benefit agent, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a consumer product comprising: (i) a porous dissolvable solid structure, and (ii) a hydrophobic coating comprising a benefit agent, the hydrophobic coating applied to the porous dissolvable solid structure; (b) providing an aqueous solution; and (c) dissolving the consumer product in the aqueous solution to form an aqueous treatment liquor comprising a hydrophobic portion and an aqueous portion. The method provides a Capillary Number of less than about 1000.

The invention discloses a precise machining method for a capillary tube for a biodegradable magnesium alloy intravascular stent. The method comprises the following steps of: step 1, performing stress relief annealing and machining on a magnesium alloy extrusion bar to obtain a tube blank; step 2, extruding the tube blank to obtain a seamless extrusion tube blank, and performing stress relief annealing; step 3, performing multi-pass rolling and annealing on the annealed seamless extrusion tube blank to obtain a thin tube blank; and step 4, performing multi-pass drawing and annealing on the thin tube blank to obtain the capillary tube for the biodegradable magnesium alloy intravascular stent. The capillary tube produced by the method disclosed by the invention is accurate in dimension (a wall thickness error is not greater than 5%), can be more than 1 metre long, is high in surface quality, uniform in matrix structure, excellent in mechanical property, low in machining cost and high in machining efficiency, and can be subjected to industrialized batch production.

A capillary system for performing surface assays comprising a capillary pump containing at least two zones having different capillary pressures for obtaining controlled flow rate of liquids. The different pressure zones may be created by various means such as by creating posts in the walls of the capillary pump, by having different sized capillary of the different zones, by changing the wetting properties, by defining friction at the walls of the pump or by combinations of any of the above. The capillary system finds use in various surface assays and can be programmed for defining the volume and rate of liquid flowing through the test sites. A microfluidic chip containing assembly of programmed capillary systems for performing need based specific assays and modifications thereof.

A capillary system for performing surface assays comprising a capillary pump containing at least two zones having different capillary pressures for obtaining controlled flow rate of liquids. The different pressure zones may be created by various means such as by creating posts in the walls of the capillary pump, by having different sized capillary of the different zones, by changing the wetting properties, by defining friction at the walls of the pump or by combinations of any of the above. The capillary system finds use in various surface assays and can be programmed for defining the volume and rate of liquid flowing through the test sites. A microfluidic chip containing assembly of programmed capillary systems for performing need based specific assays and modifications thereof.

A pipette for delivering a measured volume of liquid having an elongated hollow tubular body (or capillary tube) (2) configured to draw liquid by capillary action, the hollow tubular body having a lower open end and an upper open end; and a chamber (3) structurally connected to the upper end of the tubular body (2), the chamber having an orifice (4) in the upper portion of the chamber.

A method, a system and a program storage device for predicting a property of a fluid, such as fluid production from a subterranean reservoir containing heavy oil entrained with gas is described. The method includes developing a baseline correlation of gas relative permeability krg versus gas saturation Sg. A capillary number dependent correlation is determined capturing the relationship between at least one of critical gas saturation Sgc and capillary number Nca and gas relative permeability krgro and capillary number Nca phased upon a plurality of depletion rates. Capillary numbers Nc are calculated for a plurality of cells in a reservoir model representative of the subterranean reservoir. The baseline correlation is then adjusted to comport with at least one of Sgc and krgro selected from the capillary number dependent correlation to produce a plurality of corresponding adjusted baseline, correlations. Gas relative permeabilities krg for the plurality of cells are selected from the corresponding adjusted baseline correlations. A reservoir simulation is then run utilizing the selected relative permeabilities krg to predict a property of at least one fluid in a subterranean reservoir containing heavy oil entrained with gas.

The invention discloses an automobile damper with a variable damp of capillary tubes in serial connection. The automobile damper comprises a cylinder body, a piston in the cylinder body and a capillary tube set, wherein the interior of the cylinder body is divided into an upper oil cabin and a lower oil cabin by the piston; the capillary tube set is composed of a plurality of capillary tubes in serial connection; solenoid valves with a bypass function are in parallel connection with two ends of each of the capillary tubes; two head ports are formed by the capillary tubes in serial connection; one of the head ports is communicated with the upper oil cabin of the cylinder body; the other head port is communicated with the lower oil cabin of the cylinder body; the diameters of the capillary tubes are the same and the capillary tubes are arranged in a proportional sequence of length from short to long; and different throttling lengths are obtained by controlling different switch-on / off states of the solenoid valves, so as to obtain different damping characteristics of the damper. The automobile damper provided by the invention is smart in conception; the technical means is simple and is easily performed; and the traditional hydraulic damper structure is only slightly changed, but the damping quality of the damper is greatly promoted.

The invention discloses an electronic cigarette atomizer, which comprises an oil bin, a capillary tube and a suction nozzle. The oil inlet end of the capillary tube is communicated with the oil bin inner cavity, and the oil outlet end of the capillary tube is communicated with the suction nozzle. The oil bin is provided with an air vent which communicates the oil bin inner cavity and the atmosphere, and also comprises a key assembly which can open or close the air vent. A circuit board and a circuit switch assembly for controlling whether a circuit key switch on the circuit board is turned onare also included. The key assembly and the circuit switch assembly are linked, and when the key assembly controls the air vent to open, the circuit switch assembly controls the circuit key switch toturn on; when the key assembly controls the vent to close, the circuit switch assembly controls the key switch to open. As that smoke oil can be quickly and timely supply to the heating component through the capillary tube for atomization, the us is not easy to suck large droplets, the atomization is sufficient, the smoke particles are fine and exquisite, the smoke mouthfeel is good, the smoke amount is large, the oral cavity is not scalded, and the user experience is good.

The invention belongs to the field of measurement of liquid temperature and refractive index, and specifically provides a capillary fiber refractive index sensor capable of measuring a liquid temperature and a liquid refractive index simultaneously. The invention provides a capillary fiber refractive index sensor. A light source is connected to an input fiber; the input fiber is connected with a sensing head portion, which connects to an output fiber; and the output fiber connects a wavelength demodulation instrument. The sensor is characterized in that the sensing head portion comprises a single-mode fiber written with a Bragg fiber grating connecting with a capillary fiber written with a Bragg fiber grating. The capillary fiber employs a single cladding capillary fiber or a double cladding capillary fiber. The input fiber and the output fiber are single-mode fibers. The incident light is a wide spectrum light source. The sensor of the invention has a simple and compact structure anda high sensitivity, and is convenient for measurement.

The invention relates to a blood coagulation time test and analysis device which is characterized by comprising a test piece (22) and a portable main machine, wherein a sample hole (1) for containing a blood sample, a reagent hole (2) for containing a reagent and a capillary tube (3) with a conducting layer (5) are formed in the test piece (22); the sample hole (1), the reagent hole (2) and the capillary tube (3) are communicated with one another in sequence; an air hole (4) is formed in the tail end of the test piece (22), so that liquid can flow in the capillary tube (3); the conducting layer (5) is connected with an electrode interface (7); the electrode interface (7) is accessed into the portable main machine; when the blood sample is mixed with the reagent, the mixed liquid flows along the capillary tube (3); along with the flowing of the mixed liquid, the resistance of the conducting layer (5) changes; the portable main machine is used for measuring the time required by blood coagulation through obtaining a resistance change stop time point.

The invention discloses an in-tube solid-phase micro-extraction column and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the technical field of analytic chemistry sample pretreatment. The in-tube solid-phase micro extraction column is composed of a quartz capillary tube and a graphene oxide coating layer, wherein the graphene oxide coating layer is fixed on the inner wall of the quartz capillary tube through chemical bonding. During preparation, the inner wall of the quartz capillary tube is successively washed with an acid, washed with an alkali and blown to dry by nitrogen, a toluene solution containing 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) is poured into the capillary tube, the capillary tube has both ends sealed and is placed in a water bath for reaction, then a graphene oxide aqueous solution activated by 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbide diimine / N-hydroxy succinimide (EDC / NHS) is poured into the capillary tube, the capillary tube has the both ends sealed and is subjected to a reaction in the water bath, the graphene oxide is allowed to be bonded to the quartz capillary tube wall, and the in-tube solid-phase micro-extraction column is obtained. The in-tube solid-phase micro-extraction column has simple and rapid preparation method, allows the graphene coating layer to have good chemical property, mechanical property and thermal stability, has high extraction capacity and long service life, and has broad application prospects in the analytic chemistry and environmental analysis fields.

A method a system and a program storage device for predicting a property of a fluid from a subterranean reservoir containing heavy oil entrained with gas. The method includes developing a baseline correlation between gas relative permeability k(rg) and gas saturation S(g), and capillary number N(c) calculated from a plurality of cells and at least one of critical gas saturation S(gc) and gas relative permeability k(rgro) based upon plurality of depletion rates. The baseline correlation is then adjusted to comport with at least one of S(gc) and k(rgro) to produce a plurality of corresponding adjusted baseline correlations where gas relative permeabilities k(rg) are selected. A reservoir simulation is then run utilizing the selected relative permeabilities k(rg) to predict a property of at least one fluid.

The invention provides an atmosphere interface ion source and a mass spectrometer. The atmosphere interface ion source comprises a capillary tube and a repulsion electrode, wherein one end of the capillary tube stretches into the mass spectrometer and the other end of the capillary tube is arranged in atmosphere; a sample ion flow is formed by sample ions by an air pressure difference between the inside of the mass spectrometer and the atmosphere and is sucked into the mass spectrometer through the capillary tube; an included angle alpha between the capillary tube and a mass analyzer of the mass spectrometer is 80-150 degrees; and the repulsion electrode is mounted at the outer side of the included angle alpha; direct-current voltage of 110-380 volts is applied to the repulsion electrode so that the flying direction of the sample ions with low kinetic energy in the sample ion flow passing through the capillary tube is changed for 180 degrees-alpha and the sample ions enter the mass analyzer. The mass spectrometer disclosed by the invention comprises the atmosphere interface ion source disclosed by the invention. According to the atmosphere interface ion source and the mass spectrometer, only the stable sample ions with the low kinetic energy can enter the mass analyzer and fog drop residues with the great kinetic energy and the like can be effectively separated. Therefore, the atmosphere interface ion source and the mass spectrometer has the advantages of high analysis precision, high sensitivity and high signal to noise ratio.

The invention discloses a damp-variable automobile damper with capillary tubes in parallel connection, which comprises a cylinder body, a piston in the cylinder body and a capillary tube set, wherein the interior of the cylinder body is divided into an upper oil cabin and a lower oil cabin by the piston; the capillary tube set is composed of a plurality of capillary tubes in parallel connection; one head port of the capillary tube set (N is more than or equal to 2) is communicated with the upper oil cabin of the cylinder body; the other head port of the capillary tube set is communicated with the lower oil cabin of the cylinder body; the N capillary tubes are arranged in a proportional sequence of area from small to big; except for the first capillary tube, other capillary tubes are all provided with solenoid valves; the switch-on / off of the solenoid valves is controlled according to the damping characteristic configuration of the damper; and different throttling areas can be obtained by selecting different configurations, so as to obtain different damping characteristics of the damper. The purpose of changing the damping characteristics of the damper in a wide range is achieved. The damp-variable automobile damper provided by the invention is smart in conception; the technical means is simple and is easily performed; and the damping quality of the damper can be greatly promoted by only slightly changing the traditional hydraulic damper structure.

The present invention relates to a fluid conduit system and manufacture thereof, for the propulsion of fluids. The micro- or millifluidic system is useful within LOC, POC diagnostics digital ELISA, drug delivery applications or sampling. The system includes a capillary pump and a fluid conduit operationally connected to the pump, and a gas-permeable liquid-sealed unit with a vent hole gas-permeable to the outside. The fluid conduit includes a first conduit zone prefilled or pre-Tillable with a first volume of trigger liquid, upstream of the unit with the vent hole, a third conduit zone with a further volume, upstream of the capillary pump, and a second conduit zone pre-filled or pre-Tillable with a working liquid between the first and third conduit zones, connected to both, and directly connected to the first conduit zone. The first volume is proportionally larger than or equal to the volume of the third conduit zone.

This invention is pulse type heat tube. It includes capillary tube, working fluid in the capillary tube and vessel inside of the capillary tube. The said capillary tube is composed of several heat absorbing sections and several heat eliminating sections. There is hollow channel in the vessel. There is gap between the wall of vessel and capillary inner wall. The capillary force generated from the vessel can drive the working fluid flowing in the capillary tube, in order to increase the anti-gravity capacity of the pulse type heat tube. It makes the working fluid evenly distributed. This invention can be easily started in low heat transferring. It is adequate for temperature sensitive electronic elements.

The invention relates to a plastic processing method for a magnesium alloy capillary tube, which comprises the following steps: heating a magnesium alloy casting billet to 100-300 DEG C, pre-heating a rod extrusion die to 300-450 DEG C, performing extrusion, controlling the extrusion ratio to be 10-25 and controlling the extrusion speed to be 20-30mm / s; intercepting a magnesium alloy rod with the length of 10-50mm after annealing, and processing into a tube blank; placing the tube blank into a divided flow extrusion die for extrusion under the conditions that the extrusion temperature is 100-300 DEG C, the extrusion ratio is 16-64 and the speed of a punch head of the extrusion die is 20-30mm / s, and getting the capillary tube with the wall thickness of 0.1-0.5mm and the length of 300-1000mm; and then performing destressing annealing treatment and getting the magnesium alloy capillary tube. The process is simple, the cost is low, the processing efficiency is high, the manufactured magnesium alloy capillary tube has good surface quality, the tube wall thickness is uniform, the flatness is ideal, structure is uniform, the mechanical properties are higher, and the plastic processing method can be used for manufacturing a stent in blood vessel.

The leakage search assembly has a main device which contains a vacuum pump and a test gas sensor, and a hand-held sniffing probe. Capillary lines which connect the sniffing probe to the basic assembly contain valves by means of which these lines can be selectively opened. In a leakage search mode, the capillary line having the larger cross section is open. This results in leaks also being found from a greater distance. The dead time before response of the test gas sensor is shortened. Once a leak has been located, the assembly is switched to the leakage rate measurement mode, in which only the capillary line with the smaller cross section is open. This results in quantitative determination of the leakage rate with high accuracy and high stability.

Disclosed is a biosensor device, comprising: a capillary tube with probe molecules immobilized on the inner wall surface thereof, and a liquid sample containing target molecules, said biosensor device being characterized in that a contact angle between the inner wall surface of the capillary tube and the liquid sample changes because of the specific interaction between the probe molecules and the target molecules, which leads, in turn, to a change in the height of the liquid sample in the capillary tube.

The invention provides a capillary tube and an evaporator connecting device and a refrigerating device with same. The capillary tube and the evaporator connecting device, used for connecting the capillary tube with the evaporator, comprises a capillary tube connecting portion, an evaporator connecting portion and a transition portion between the two. The capillary tube connecting portion comprises a straight tube portion and an expansion portion, wherein the straight tube portion is connected with the transition portion, the expansion portion is connected with the straight tube portion, the inner diameter of the straight tube portion is smaller than the outer diameter of the capillary tube, a step is formed between the expansion portion and the straight tube portion, and the inner diameter of the expansion portion is equal to the outer diameter of the capillary tube. The refrigerating device comprises the capillary tube, the evaporator and the connecting device of the capillary tube and the evaporator. The refrigerating fluid can be smoothly transited from the smaller inner diameter of the capillary tube to the larger inner diameter of the evaporator tube, expansion noises caused by sudden change of the inner diameter of the tube and the fluid noises caused by block to the welding point can be avoided, thus the refrigerating device can work quietly.

The invention discloses a dispenser, which comprises a shell, a side plate enclosing the shell, a distribution port penetrating the side plate and used for connecting a capillary tube, and a refrigerant pipe communicated with the shell, wherein the diameter of the distribution port is greater than that of the capillary tube, and a reducer pipe is arranged between the distribution port and the capillary tube. A baffle with a through hole is arranged in a cavity, and the baffle disperses a refrigerant while buffering a refrigerant stream in order to realize uniform distribution of the refrigerant. Meanwhile, the diameter of the distribution port is increased, and the reducer pipe is arranged between the distribution port and the capillary tube, so the welding difficulty is reduced, pipe deformation or leakage caused by welding is prevented; meanwhile, by the large-diameter distribution port, the non-uniform distribution of the refrigerant nearby the distribution port is further reduced, so the distribution of the refrigerant inside the capillary tube is improved. The purpose of distributing liquid uniformly is really achieved, so capillary tubes are balanced; moreover, by the structure, the noise is reduced, and the user satisfaction degree is increased.

The invention discloses a jet tee joint for micro-irrigation. The jet tee joint comprises an inlet section, a jet element and two outlet sections. When the jet tee joint is applied to a micro-irrigation system, the inlet section is connected with a branch tube, the jet element is positioned between the inlet section and the outlet sections, each of the two outlet sections is connected with a capillary tube, water flow passes the inlet section via the branch tube to enter the jet element so as to generate jet wall attachment effect, and under the feedback effect of water pressure load in the capillary tubes, wall-attached water flow generates intermittent deflection to enable the water flow to flow in the two capillary tubes alternately according to certain frequency, pulse water flow is formed in the capillary tubes and then enters an irrigation emitter, and strong turbulent and impacting water flow is formed in the irrigation emitter so as to improve anti-clogging capacity and irrigation uniformity of the irrigation emitter. The jet tee joint has the advantages of simple structure, reliability and high durability, can be formed by one-step injection molding, and is simple in machining process, low in manufacturing cost, convenient to mount and use, and applicable to various micro-irrigation systems for field crops, vegetables, forestry and fruit industry and the like.

The invention relates to a capillary electrophoresis fluorescence detection device, comprising a high-voltage power source, a capillary tube, two buffer solution ponds, a fluorescence microscope, a fluorescence interface, a spectrograph and a data sampling and analyzing system. Two ends of the capillary tube are separately dipped in the two buffer solution ponds. The high-voltage power source has two electrodes, one end of which is separately connected with the anode and cathode of the high-voltage power source, and the other end of which is separately dipped in the two buffer solution ponds. The capillary tube is equipped in the focus of an objective lens and is fixed together with an objective table. One end of the fluorescence interface is connected with the standard interface of the fluorescence microscope, and the other end is connected with the spectrograph through an optical fiber, and furthermore, a compound lens is arranged in the fluorescence interface. The spectrograph is connected with the data sampling and analyzing system. The invention is easy to operate and high in the detection sensitivity, and can achieve electrophoretic separation and fluorescence detection. Design of the interface between the microscope and the spectrograph achieves the formation of complete fluorescence detection device by using microscopes, which greatly reduces cost of the equipment.

The invention relates to the field of analytical instrument research, and particularly relates to a detection method of a high-sensitivity laser-induced fluorescence detection device suitable for detection on a capillary column. The high-sensitivity laser-induced fluorescence detection device is characterized in that laser light is emitted from a laser, is filtered by a laser light filter, reflected by a dichroscope placed at a 45-degree angle relative to a horizontal plane and focused by an objective lens and finally enters a channel of a circular capillary tube from a position horizontally deviating from the center of the capillary tube by a certain distance so as to excite a component to be tested in the channel to generate fluorescence, and the fluorescence generated by excitation is collected by the objective lens, passes through the dichroscope, a focusing lens, a spatial filtering micropore and a fluorescence light filter respectively and finally enters a photoelectric detection device. The detection method not only is suitable for micro-column separation systems of capillary electrophoresis, capillary chromatography, capillary electrochromatography and the like, but also can be applied to analytic systems for flow injection analysis, sequence injection analysis, microfluidic liquid drop analysis, flow cytometry and the like based on circular capillary flow cells.

A method, a system and a program storage device for predicting a property of a fluid, such as fluid production from a subterranean reservoir containing heavy oil entrained with gas is described. The method includes developing a baseline correlation of gas relative permeability krg versus gas saturation Sg. A capillary number dependent correlation is determined capturing the relationship between at least one of critical gas saturation Sgc and capillary number Nca and gas relative permeability krgro and capillary number Nca phased upon a plurality of depletion rates. Capillary numbers Nc are calculated for a plurality of cells in a reservoir model representative of the subterranean reservoir. The baseline correlation is then adjusted to comport with at least one of Sgc and krgro selected from the capillary number dependent correlation to produce a plurality of corresponding adjusted baseline, correlations. Gas relative permeabilities krg for the plurality of cells are selected from the corresponding adjusted baseline correlations. A reservoir simulation is then run utilizing the selected relative permeabilities krg to predict a property of at least one fluid in a subterranean reservoir containing heavy oil entrained with gas.