Method of analysis. In the method, a microfluidic device defining a flow path extending from an inlet to an outlet may be selected. A sample-containing fluid may be introduced into the flow path via the inlet. Volumes of the sample-containing fluid may be isolated from one another on the flow path. A two-dimensional monolayer of the volumes may be imaged. The two-dimensional monolayer may be formed along the flow path between the inlet and the outlet.

An imprinting apparatus includes a silicon master having a plurality of nanofeatures defined therein. An anti-stick layer coats the silicon master, the anti-stick layer including a molecule having a cyclosiloxane with at least one silane functional group. A method includes forming a master template by: depositing a formulation on a silicon master including a plurality of nanofeatures defined therein, the formulation including a solvent and a molecule having a cyclosiloxane with at least one silane functional group; and curing the formulation, thereby forming an anti-stick layer on the silicon master, the anti-stick layer including the molecule. The method further includes depositing a silicon-based working stamp material on the anti-stick layer of the master template; curing the silicon-based working stamp material to form a working stamp including a negative replica of the plurality of nanofeatures; and releasing the working stamp from the master template.

An apparatus for inserting a continuous analyte monitoring transmitter that includes an outer member, an inner member configured to telescope relative to the outer member, a transmitter, a bias member, an insertion device, and a pivot member. Force is applied to press the outer member toward an insertion site over the duration of a stroke. During a first portion of the stroke, the pivot member cannot pivot and the motion of the outer member translates to the insertion device until the biosensor is inserted at the insertion site. Over a second portion of the stroke, the continued motion causes a first pivot window in the outer member to overlap with a second pivot window in the inner member, allowing the pivot member to pivot and retract the insertion device from the insertion site, leaving the implanted biosensor. Upon completion of the stroke, the position of the pivot member is locked into place by engaging a locking feature of the bias member with the second pivot window to prevent the insertion member from re-entering the insertion site.

A gas sensor includes, in a single housing section, a substrate mounting surface 31 mounted with a substrate including a light emitter and a light receiver and a mirror section including plural reflectors. Then, in the housing section, all of the plural reflectors are integrally molded on an inner surface of the housing section to multiple reflect light emitted from the light emitter and cause the light to enter the light receiver in an opposing direction of one side and the other side in an extension direction of the substrate mounting surface.

A wearable garment includes a compression fabric with at least one electrode coupled to the compression fabric or sewn into seams of the wearable garment. The electrode includes a first layer comprising a metal integral conductive silicone rubber material configured to lay proximate to a wearer of the garment. The electrode may also include a second layer including a conducting metal sheet and a conductive lead coupled to the second layer. A non-conducting layer is configured to lay proximate to the compression fabric.

A system and method for 3D microfabrication projects light capable of initiating photopolymerization toward a spatial light modulator that modulates light responsive to digital masks corresponding to layers of the structure. Projection optics focus the modulated light onto an optical plane within a photopolymerizable material supported on a stage. A computer controller causes the spatial light modulator to project a sequences of images corresponding to the digital masks while coordinating movement of the stage to move a position of the optical plane within the photopolymerizable material to sequentially project each image of the sequence to generate the structure by progressively photopolymerizing the photopolymerizable material.

A method for manufacturing an enclosure for a utility meter is provided, wherein at least two of a main cover part, an exterior terminal cover part, and an interior terminal cover part are at least partly formed jointly as a cover assembly in an injection moulding device. Further provided is a utility meter with an enclosure manufactured by the method.

A method for manufacturing a sensor for an automotive vehicle, the sensor includes an integrated circuit and a magnetic element. The method includes the steps of arranging the integrated circuit in a housing of a support zone of a leadframe formed in a metal base plate; the leadframe including branches constituting electrical tracks, electrically connecting the integrated circuit to the branches, placing the magnetic element against the support zone in line with the integrated circuit and at a predetermined fixed distance from the integrated circuit so as to form a space between the magnetic element and the integrated circuit, overmolding the assembly formed by the support zone, the integrated circuit and the magnetic element with a polyepoxide material so as to obtain an internal overmolding, overmolding the internal overmolding with a thermoplastic material so as to obtain the sensor.

A conductive member is provided including a substrate, an interlayer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate, a patterned plating target layer disposed in the form of a mesh on the interlayer having a functional group interacting with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof, a mesh-shaped metal layer that is disposed on the patterned plating target layer and includes a plurality of crossing thin metal wires, and a protective layer disposed on the metal layer. In a case where “a” represents a modulus of elasticity of the substrate at 25° C. and “b” represents a modulus of elasticity of the interlayer at 25° C., the conductive member satisfies the following Formula A, Formula A: 0.010≤b/a≤0.500, an area ratio of the metal layer is 0.2% to 60%, and a modulus of elasticity of the protective layer at 25° C. is 0.10 to 5.00 GPa.

Presented is a color-changing puck. The puck includes a body having an upper face such that the body, upon being subjected to a plurality of temperature ranges is configured to (i) emit a first predefined color from the upper face, when the body is subjected to a first temperature range of the plurality of temperature ranges, (ii) emit a second predefined color from the upper face when the body is subjected to a second temperature range of the plurality of temperature ranges, and (iii) emit a third predefined color from the upper face, when the body is subjected to a third temperature range of the plurality of temperature ranges. The puck is capable of visually indicating temperature inside the pet enclosure such that a person is able to easily and quickly monitor the temperature inside the pet enclosure in a continuous manner.