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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120125783 | REAL SPACE MAPPING OF IONIC DIFFUSION AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITY IN ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION MATERIALS A method and system for probing mobile ion diffusivity and electrochemical reactivity on a nanometer length scale of a free electrochemically active surface includes a control module that biases the surface of the material. An electrical excitation signal is applied to ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125788 | ELECTROCHEMICAL AFFINITY BIOSENSOR SYSTEM AND METHODS The present invention provides novel osmium-based electrochemical species for the detection of wide variety of analytes using immunological techniques. The present invention also provides diagnostic kits and test sensors supporting electrode structures that can be used ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120080323 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DISCRIMINATING BETWEEN A CONTROL SAMPLE AND A TEST FLUID USING CAPACITANCE Methods for distinguishing between an aqueous non-blood sample (e.g., a control solution) and a blood sample are provided herein. In one aspect, the method includes using a test strip in which multiple current transients are measured by a meter electrically connected to... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120080324 | METHOD OF ELECTROCHEMICALLY DETECTING TARGET SUBSTANCE, METHOD OF ELECTROCHEMICALLY DETECTING ANALYTE, TEST CHIP, AND DETECTION SET The present invention provides a method for electrochemically detecting a target substance and a method for electrochemically detecting an analyte using a probe holding substrate with a probe for trapping a target substance or an analyte held on the substrate body as we... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120067741 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR IMPROVED MEASUREMENTS OF A MONITORING DEVICE Methods and devices for improving measurements of test meter, and in particular for detecting a presence of an electrochemical sensor or strip in the test meter and a start time of an electrochemical reaction, are provided. In one exemplary embodiment of an electrochemi... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120048747 | METHOD FOR ELECTROCHEMICALLY DETECTING TARGET SUBSTANCE, METHOD FOR ELECTROCHEMICALLY DETECTING ANALYTE, AND DETECTION SET In order to provide a method of electrochemically detecting a target substance, a method of electrochemically detecting an analyte, and a detection set which have a theoretical advantage in the measurement sensitivity obtained by a conventional electrochemical detection... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120043225 | Method and Apparatus for Electrocatalytic Amplification on Pre-Oxidized Measuring Electrode The present invention includes methods and compositions having at least one nanoparticle for analyzing a chemical analyte. The device includes an electrochemical cell connected to a measuring apparatus, wherein the electrochemical cell comprises a container and at least... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120040369 | ON-BOARD CONTROL DETECTION Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a sensor comprising an on-board control system and a testing system. The on-board system can determine viability of the control system or the testing system. Also disclosed are methods of using such a sensor.... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120012472 | NOVEL CHEMISTRY USED IN BIOSENSORS The invention relates to novel compositions of disubstituted bipyridyl osmium complexes useful for the synthesis of labeled proteins, nucleic acids, and for the modification of electrodes.... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120006694 | Electrode for whole cell and other testing A pushpen electrode is provided for electrophysiology measurements. The pushpen operation is used to impale a cell membrane in cell-attached configuration to go whole-cell without disruption of the gigaseal. The pushpen electrode has advantages over the conventional pat... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110290673 | Method for Determination of Analyte Concentrations and Related Apparatus A method is provided for determining analyte concentrations, for example glucose concentrations, that utilizes a dynamic determination of the appropriate time for making a glucose measurement, for example when a current versus time curve substantially conforms to a Cott... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110272290 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF ARSENIC Embodiments of methods for electrochemical analysis of arsenic are described. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting arsenic (III) by, at least in part, applying electrolytic current to an arsenic compound that has not been reduced with a reducing agent. In anot... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110247945 | POTENTIOMETRIC SENSORS BASED ON ANIONIC BORON CLUSTERS Potentiometric sensor comprising an ion selective electrode and the latter, on its part, containing a membrane characterized in that it comprises: a thermoplastic material; an electroactive substance based on a salt wherein the cation is the protonated form of the analy... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110223681 | MOBILE WATER ANALYSIS ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ANALYTE IN A WATER SAMPLE A mobile water analyzing system for determining an analyte in a water sample includes a basic unit and a test element configured to be inserted into the basic unit. The test element includes a sample line with an inlet opening configured to receive the water sample, a m... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110210013 | SELECTIVE GAS SENSOR DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD A detection system is presented. The detection system includes a sensing component and a data analyzer. The sensing component includes a first sensor and a second sensor in fluid communication with the first sensor. The first sensor is disposed to allow operation at a p... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110203941 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A sensor includes a sheath that is elongated along a longitudinal axis; a spacer positioned within the sheath and defining first and second channels having lengths that extend along the longitudinal axis; a first elongated member positioned within the first channel; and... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110177605 | On-Board Control for Analytical Elements The invention concerns a reagent system for the so-called on-board control of analytical elements, in particular test strips, containing an organic N-oxide or a nitroso compound. The invention also concerns analytical elements containing a reagent system for a detection... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110168573 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A GAS SENSOR A gas sensor control apparatus including internal resistance detection means for detecting an internal resistance value of one of cells of a gas sensor, concentration detection means for detecting a concentration value of a specific gas component in a gas to be measured... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110168574 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A GAS SENSOR A gas sensor control apparatus including internal resistance detection means for detecting an internal resistance value of one of cells of a gas sensor, concentration detection means for detecting a concentration value of a specific gas component in a gas to be measured... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110162977 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR UTILISING A DUAL REDOX SYSTEM CONTAINED WITHIN A SINGLE MOLECULE An electrochemical sensor utilises a chemical compound which is not a macromolecule but rather is a single chemical compound of determinate structure, incorporating two redox systems which differ in their response to a species to be detected. In one form, one redox syst... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110155587 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A SUBSTANCE IN LIQUID A system for analyzing a liquid is provided. The system comprises:
| 06/30/2011 |
| 20110155585 | Systems, Devices, and Methods for Improving Accuracy of Biosensors Using Fill Time Methods for determining a concentration of an analyte in a sample, and the devices and systems used in conjunction with the same, are provided herein. In one exemplary embodiment of a method for determining a concentration of an analyte in a sample, a sample including a... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110139633 | PROCESS FOR VERIFYING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SUBSTANCE IN A GAS SAMPLE A process is provided for verifying an electrochemical substance in a gas sample. The process generates in an electrochemical sensor a measured electric value changing over time with a characteristic rising from a reference line to a maximum and again declining to the r... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110132773 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SUBSTANCES An apparatus for detecting at least one substance present in a fluid flow includes at least one field effect transistor which acts as a measuring sensor, and at least one field effect transistor which acts as a reference element, the field effect transistors each having... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110120891 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NANOPARTICLE ELECTROGENERATED CHEMILUMINESCENCE AMPLIFICATION Methods, compositions and kits for analyzing a chemical analyte using an electrochemical cell connected to a measuring apparatus are provided. The electrochemical cell contains a solution having one or more conductive or redox active NPs (nanoparticles), one or more che... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110094896 | DUAL CHAMBER, MULTI-ANALYTE TEST STRIP WITH OPPOSING ELECTRODES A dual chamber, multi-analyte test strip has a first insulating layer, a first electrically conductive layer, with a first working electrode, disposed on the first insulating layer and a first patterned spacer layer positioned above the first electrically conductive lay... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110089050 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF FLUIDS An apparatus and method for electrochemical fluid analysis comprises a chamber (1202) having a depth dimension for accommodating a volume of a fluid under test, first and second electrodes (A1) disposed within the chamber and extending along the depth dime... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110081724 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING RADIATION The present invention relates to devices, systems, and methods for determination of ionizing radiation. In some embodiments, the devices comprise nanocomposite materials containing nanostructures (e.g., carbon nanotubes) dispersed in radiation sensitive polymers. In som... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110073496 | Error detection in analyte measurements based on measurement of system resistance Measurement of the series track resistance of a working and counter electrode pair in an electrochemical test strip provide error detection for multiple variations in the quality of the test strip, as well as the operation of strip in the test meter. In particular, a si... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110056844 | ELECTROCHEMICAL MOLECULAR RECOGNITION PROBES Constitute a molecular recognition probe comprising: an electrochemically active group; an activity suppression group that suppresses an electrochemical activity of the electrochemically active group; a receptor area where a molecule of a target substance is specificall... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110056845 | INSULATED NANOGAP DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF The present invention provides a method to eliminate undesired parallel conductive paths of nanogap devices for aqueous sensing. The method involves the electrical insulation of an electrode pair, except for the nanogap region wherein electrical response is measured. Th... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110056846 | POLY(ANILINE BORONIC ACID) POLYMERS AND METHODS OF USE The present invention includes sensors and systems that include a sensor. A sensor includes a sensor polymer, where the polymer includes a repeating unit having an anilineboronic acid-phosphate complex or an anilineboronic acid complexed with an alcohol or diol. The sen... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110048971 | ROBUST POTENTIOMETRIC SENSOR A modular potentiometric sensor includes a housing having measuring and reference half-cells, a temperature sensor, and solution ground combination assembly. An electrical conductor of the combination assembly extends through the housing, while remaining electrically is... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110048969 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR An electrochemical sensor and a method for using an electrochemical sensor are described where the electrochemical sensor comprises a working electrode having thereon one or more redox species that are sensitive to an analyte to be measured and a polymer coating that pr... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110042237 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR DEVICE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASURING METHOD USING THE SAME Provided is an electrochemical sensor device capable of micromachining a channel while maintaining its measurement sensitivity and of reliably quantitating an analyte in a trace amount of a sample. An electrochemical sensor device includes: a channel portion formed in a... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045359 | Reactive ionic liquids The invention relates to reactive ionic liquids containing organic cations with groups or substituents which are susceptible to electrochemical reduction and anions obtained from fluoroalkyl phosphates, fluoroalkyl phosphinates, fluoroalkyl phosphonates, acetates, trifl... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110036729 | CONTROL LIQUID JUDGING METHOD AND ANALYSIS DEVICE The present invention relates to a method for distinguishing between a sample and a control liquid in a system for analyzing a specific component in the sample by using an analyzing tool having a working electrode and an counter electrode. This discriminating method inc... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110027913 | MULTIPLEXED NANOSCALE ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS FOR MULTI-ANALYTE DETECTION Provided are nanoscale devices suitable for multiplexed, parallel detection of multiple analytes and methods for fabricating such devices.... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024305 | Differential Amplifier Sensor Architecture for Increased Sensing Selectivity A differential amplifier and method of sensing includes a first carbon nanotube field effect transistor (CNTFET) that selectively detects an analyte from an environment comprising analytes and nonspecific interferences, and produces a first signal associated with the de... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110008813 | ASSAY DEVICE AND METHOD An assay method and device can perform at least one (e.g., at least two) assays on a single aliquot of a sample liquid. The device can mix a sample liquid with assay reagents including magnetically susceptible particles. The device is configured to create a sample liqui... | 01/13/2011 |
