The inventive concept relates to an apparatus for inspecting shoes and a method for inspecting shoes, and the apparatus includes an inspection unit configured to accommodate an inspection subject, a transmission unit configured to emit electromagnetic waves toward the inspection subject accommodated in the inspection unit, a reception unit configured to receive the electromagnetic wave reflected from the inspection subject, an injection unit configured to inject a fluid toward a bottom part of the inspection subject accommodated in the inspection unit, a suction unit configured to suction a material separated from the bottom part of the inspection subject together with the fluid, and an analysis unit configured to analyze a component of the material introduced into the suction unit and the electromagnetic wave received by the reception unit.

The invention provides a sampling device for geological fluid detection, relates to the technical field of fluid detection. The sampling device comprises a support frame, the support frame is of an L-shaped structure, and a second support plate is arranged above the support frame; the protection cover is mounted at the corner of the bottom of the support frame. The water fixing cone is clamped above the support frame; the locking inclined block is mounted at the upper part; and the detector is provided with a water inlet pipe. Fluid at different depths is detected through cooperation of the mounting sleeve and the lifting frame, a fluid drainage tube is wound through the winding wheel, the mounting sleeve is driven by the lifting frame to adjust the position through the arrangement of the gear and the rack, the fluid is sampled through the sampling test tube.

A system for a deep-sea planktonic microorganism in-situ concentration, temperature maintaining and pressure maintaining sampling is provided and includes a sampling cylinder body with double layer structures, the sampling cylinder body is provided with a plug-shaped inner cavity, the plug-shaped inner cavity is provided with a transfer water outlet and a water inlet connected to a water inlet component, the plug-shaped inner cavity is connected to an end cover, the plug-shaped inner cavity is connected to a filter part, the sampling cylinder body is provided with a sampling water outlet, the sampling water outlet is respectively connected to a pressure maintaining device and a water outlet pipe, a temperature maintaining material layer and a temperature control component are connected between the double layer structures, and the temperature control component is electrically connected to a controller. The system can complete sampling on the premise of maintaining in-situ pressure of samples.

Described are a fluidic network and a method for aseptic process sampling. The fluidic network includes a sampling valve, filter, manifold and valve control module. A process sample path in the fluidic network includes one or more valve channels and a filter in fluidic communication with the sampling valve. The sampling valve is configurable in a first valve state to receive a process sample into the process sample path from a process source and configurable in a second valve state in which gas and solvent flows may be provided through the process sample path to clean and dry the process sample path to prepare for acquisition of another process sample.

A specimen collector for gathering tissue specimens includes a housing extending along a first axis between a first opening and a second opening to define a hollow interior. An inlet port and an outlet port are located axially between the first and second openings. A specimen tray defines a first specimen well and a second specimen well and is slideably disposed within the housing and axially slideable between a first position to dispose the first specimen well in fluid communication with the inlet and outlet ports and a second position to dispose the second specimen well in fluid communication with the inlet and outlet ports. The specimen tray comprises a pair of tray components each defining a respective one of the first and second wells and jointly slideable. The pair of tray components are separable from one another and each individually removable from the housing.

A fluid sample collection system for directly collecting a fluid sample from a fluid source includes a fluid collector and a fluid line. The fluid collector includes (i) a sample vial including a sample vial body and a vial cap that is selectively coupled and sealed to the sample vial body; (ii) a collector body that defines a passenger vial chamber, the sample vial being positioned at least partially within the passenger vial chamber during collection of the fluid; and (iii) a cap access facilitator that is configured to engage a portion of the sample vial to enable a user to selectively couple the vial cap to the sample vial body to seal the sample vial so that the fluid is retained within the sample vial. The fluid line extends between the fluid source and the fluid collector to substantially directly transmit the fluid sample to the fluid collector without exposing the fluid sample to the ambient environment that surrounds the fluid sample collection system.

A UAV capable of sampling a hazardous body of water and a method of using the same. An electronic controller of the attached apparatus receives a first instruction to lower a sampling device at a specified rate into the body of water. The sampling device is connected to the apparatus via a line, and the sampling device is lowered by unspooling the line from a reel. The sampling device is lowered at the specified rate into the body of water based on the instruction and is retrieved from the body of water. A line-cutting device can cut the line should the sampling device get caught up in an obstruction.

A stool sample collection device includes a catchment unit positioned within a toilet bowl and configured to receive a stool sample. The stool sample collection device also includes a homogenization chamber in which the stool sample is homogenized in a homogenizing solution. The homogenization chamber is configured to receive the stool sample from the catchment unit.

To measure water content of liquid hydrocarbon using dried liquid hydrocarbon solvent, a liquid hydrocarbon sample is received from a flowline carrying the liquid hydrocarbon. The liquid hydrocarbon sample includes liquid hydrocarbon and liquid water at a concentration greater than a water saturation level. The liquid hydrocarbon sample is split into a first portion and a remainder portion. The first portion is dried to remove liquid water in the first portion. The remainder portion is mixed with the dried first portion causing the concentration of liquid water in a mixture of the remainder portion and the dried first portion to be below the water saturation level. After mixing the remainder portion with the dried first portion, a water content in the liquid hydrocarbon sample is determined.

A modular aircraft galley insert for performing thermal cycling for PCR testing includes a housing having a sample module for receiving a sample to be tested, a thermal module thermally connected to the sample module for cycling temperatures of the sample to be tested, a power module for providing power to the thermal module, a detector module configured to analyze the sample and connected to receive power from the power module, and a connectivity module for communicating results of a test from the detector module to a remote location with respect to the housing.