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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062491 | Biological identification system with integrated sensor chip A microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and integrated circuit (IC) based biosensor capable of sensing or detecting various ionic molecules and macromelecules (DNA, RNA or protein). The MEMS based biosensor utilizes a hybridization and enzyme amplification scheme an... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7410709 | Bio-battery A bio-battery includes a biomolecular energy source, a first electrode and a second electrode. In some configurations, a bio-battery may also include a first cell containing the first electrode and the biomolecular energy source, and a second cell having a reducible... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7312087 | Devices and methods for biochip multiplexing The invention is directed to devices and methods that allow for simultaneous multiple biochip analysis. The method of analyzing the plurality of biochips includes inserting a first biochp into a first station of an analysis device, inserting a second biochip into a ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7192450 | Porous membranes for use with implantable devices A membrane for implantation in soft tissue comprising a first domain that supports tissue ingrowth, disrupts contractile forces typically found in a foreign body response, encourages vascularity, and interferes with barrier cell layer formation, and a second domain ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7134999 | Optimized sensor geometry for an implantable glucose sensor An implantable sensor for use in measuring a concentration of an analyte such as glucose in a bodily fluid, including a body with a sensing region adapted for transport of analytes between the sensor and the bodily fluid, wherein the sensing region is located on a c... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7060168 | Biosensor The present invention provides a biosensor having a favorable response characteristic up to a high concentration range, a low blank response and a high storage stability. This sensor comprises an electrode system including a working electrode and a counter electrode... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7015471 | Surface plasmon resonance systems and methods having a variable charge density layer A device for detecting the presence of a member of a specific binding pair in a sample includes a substrate and a variable charge density layer having a surface adjacent to the substrate and a surface remote from the substrate. A first member of a specific binding p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6863833 | Microfabricated apertures for supporting bilayer lipid membranes The invention provides microfabricated silicon substrates and devices having extremely small apertures (termed “nanoapertures”) and methods for producing such nanoapertures. The devices have a nanoaperture (which may have a diameter ranging from about a few mill... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6861260 | Lipid membrane, method for measuring membrane permeability, and method for screening The object of the present invention is to provide a lipid membrane whose permeability to substances is high and strongly correlated with the permeability of biomembranes to drugs and which therefore is suitable for rapid measurement. The present invention provides a... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6824659 | Designed protein pores as components for biosensors A mutant staphylococcal alpha hemolysin polypeptide containing a heterologous analyte-binding amino acid which assembles into an analyte-responsive heptameric pore assembly in the presence of a wild type staphylococcal alpha hemolysin polypeptide, digital biosensors... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6740213 | Composite membrane sensor The present invention provides a biosensor comprising an electrode and a membrane in which the biosensor includes at least two zones each zone differing from each other zone in a property. The membrane includes a plurality of ionophores, at least a proportion of whi... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6478939 | Biosensor device and method A biosensor apparatus for detecting a binding event between a ligand and receptor. The apparatus includes a biosensor surface and surface-bound two-subunit heterodimer complexes composed of first and second, preferably oppositely charged peptides that tog... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6461490 | Biosensor device and method A biosensor apparatus for detecting a binding event between a ligand and receptor. The apparatus includes a biosensor surface and surface-bound two-subunit heterodimer complexes composed of first and second, preferably oppositely charged peptides that tog... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6451196 | Ionic reservoir through application of an electrical potential An improved membrane based biosensor incorporates sensing and reference electrodes and a dc electrical potential produced by a counter electrode. The biosensor incorporates ionophores. The conductivity of the membrane is dependent on the presence or absen... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6447656 | Biosensor The present invention provides a membrane based biosensor. The biosensor includes an electrode and a passivating layer bound to the electrode. A lipid membrane incorporating ionophores, the conductivity of the membrane being dependent on the presence or a... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6417009 | Reservoir components A linker lipid for use in attaching a membrane including a plurality of ionophores to an electrode and providing a space between the membrane and the electrode in which the membrane is either in part or totally made up of the linker lipid. The linker lipi... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6342346 | Method of producing an electrode membrane combination Electrode membrane combinations for use in biosensors to detect analytes in a sample and methods for making and storing same are disclosed. In one aspect, a method is provided for producing a first layer electrode membrane comprising: (1) Forming a soluti... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6291155 | Self assembly of sensor membranes Electrode membrane combinations for use in biosensors to detect analytes in a sample and methods for making and storing same are disclosed. In one aspect, a method is provided for producing a first layer electrode membrane comprising: (1) Forming a soluti... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6225078 | Method for quantitative measurement of a substrate The invention provides a method for quantitative measurement of a substrate with high accuracy by electrochemically oxidizing an electron mediator which has been reduced by enzyme reaction thereby determining the substrate concentration based on a current... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6210551 | Composite membrane sensor The present invention provides a biosensor comprising an electrode and a membrane in which the biosensor includes at least two zones each zone differing from each other zone in a property. The membrane includes a plurality of ionophores, at least a propor... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6177000 | Biosensor comprising a lipid membrane containing gated ion channels A biosensor has a lipid membrane (7) containing gated ion channels sensitive to the presence or otherwise of an analyte molecule in a sample applied, in use, to a first side of the lipid membrane (7). The lipid membrane (7) is disposed between a pair of e... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6117289 | Cholesterol sensor and method for producing the same A cholesterol sensor facilitating rapid measurement of serum cholesterol levels is disclosed. The sensor comprises an electrode system composed of at least a measuring electrode and a counter electrode and disposed on an electrically insulating base plate... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6071392 | Cholesterol sensor A cholesterol sensor is disclosed which comprises an electrode system having a measuring electrode and a counter electrode formed on an electrically insulating base plate, an electrode coating layer for covering the electrode system and a reaction reagent... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6046056 | High throughput screening assay systems in microscale fluidic devices The present invention provides novel microfluidic devices and methods that are useful for performing high-throughput screening assays. In particular, the devices and methods of the invention are useful in screening large numbers of different compounds for... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5985130 | Method for quantifying substrate The present invention provides a method for quantifying a substrate having improved measurement accuracy and measurement sensitivity. According to the method for quantifying the substrate of the present invention, a constant voltage is applied to an elect... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5879878 | Method of producing a first layer electrode membrane for a biosensor Electrode membrane combinations for use in biosensors to detect analytes in a sample and methods for making and storing same are disclosed. In one aspect, a method is provided for producing a first layer electrode membrane comprising: (1) Forming a soluti... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5846814 | Solid-supported membrane biosensors The new membrane biosensors consist of a solid A as a support, a lipid bilayer B as a membrane, spacers C incorporated between A and B and a receptor D embedded in the lipid bilayer. The new membrane biosensors are characterized in particular by their spa... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5798030 | Biosensor membranes The present invention relates to a novel biosensor comprising an electrode membrane combination. This novel biosensor employs compounds include a linker lipid for use in attaching a membrane including a plurality of ionophores to an electrode and providin... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5783054 | Method for producing improved sensor The present invention relates to a novel method for producing an electrode membrane combination. This novel method employs compound including a linker lipid for use in attaching a membrane including a plurality of ionophores to an electrode and providing ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5756355 | Lipid membrane sensors A bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) sensor comprising (1) a gold recording surface, (2) a first lipid layer which is an imperfect layer of a thiolipid which comprises the residue of two phospholipid molecules linked to each end of a disulphide (--S--S--) group... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5753093 | Sensor membranes The present invention relates to a novel method for producing an electrode membrane combination. This novel method employs compounds including a linker lipid for use in attaching a membrane including a plurality of ionophores to an electrode and providing... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5741409 | Sensor membranes The present invention relates to novel electrode membrane combination. This novel combination employs compounds include a linker lipid for use in attaching a membrane including a plurality of ionophores to an electrode and providing a space between the me... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5658443 | Biosensor and method for producing the same A biosensor for rapid quantification of a specific component contained in various biological samples with high accuracy has an electrically insulating base, an electrode system including a working electrode and a counter electrode formed on one face of th... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5637201 | Sensor membranes The present invention relates to novel compounds used in an electrode membrane combination. These novel compounds include a linker lipid for use in attaching a membrane including a plurality of ionophores to an electrode and providing a space between the ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5622872 | Analyte detection through observed optical modulation of polymerized lipid layers Bioelectronic sensors are provided employing a thin surfactant polymeric electrically conducting layer to which may be bound members of specific binding pairs. Binding of an analyte or a reagent to the specific binding pair member layer may change the ele... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5607567 | Protamine-responsive polymeric membrane electrode A polymeric membrane electrode gives potentiometric responses to macromolles, such as protamine, in solution or biological specimens. A protamine-responsive membrane includes a lipophilic cation-exchange material for ionic macromolecules in a specially f... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5565085 | Method for quantifying specific compound A biosensor for quantifying a specific compound has a reaction layer containing at least an enzyme, and an electrode system having a working electrode and a counter electrode formed on an insulating base plate; the biosensor detects the specific compound ... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5556524 | Electron-conducting molecular preparations The invention relates to an electron-conducting molecular preparation designed to act as a conductor by receiving an electron at its one end and conducting the electron along its molecular structure to its other end. The molecule in the preparation has th... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5512159 | Biosensor A biosensor of the present invention is provided with an insulating base plate, an electrode system mainly consisting of a working electrode and a counter electrode formed on the insulating base plate, and a reaction layer on the electrode system. The cou... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5503744 | Biological oscillating device A biological oscillating device comprises a lipid-impregnated membrane which is disposed in an electrolyte solution and in which is buried an ion channel having a selectivity opposite to that of the lipid-impregnated membrane, and an electrode provided fo... | 04/02/1996 |
