| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6900891 |
Optical sensors for the detection of nitric oxide |
May 31, 2005 |
| Optical fiber sensors and fiberless optical sensors for measuring analytes, and in particular nitric oxide, are described utilizing metals, and more particularly, metal colloids. Proteins (or fragments thereof) with selective binding are immobilized on metal particles. The proteins may b |
| 6636652 |
Optical sensors for the detection of nitric oxide |
October 21, 2003 |
| Optical fiber sensors and fiberless optical sensors for measuring analytes, and in particular nitric oxide, are described utilizing metals, and more particularly, metal colloids. Proteins (or fragments thereof) with selective binding are immobilized on metal particles. The proteins may b |
| 6379955 |
Optical fiberless sensors |
April 30, 2002 |
| Fiberless optical sensors (plasticized PVC, acrylamide or gold particles) are described having a size ranging from between approximately 1 micrometer and 1 nanometer in diameter. The sensors comprise ionophores useful for the detection of intracellular analytes. |
| 6331438 |
Optical sensors and multisensor arrays containing thin film electroluminescent devices |
December 18, 2001 |
| Optical sensor, probe and array devices for detecting chemical biological, and physical analytes. The devices include an analyte-sensitive layer optically coupled to a thin film electroluminescent layer which activates the analyte-sensitive layer to provide an optical response. The optic |
| 6272262 |
Optical fiber having dye-labeled cytochrome C' immobilized on a fiber tip |
August 7, 2001 |
| Fiber-optic sensors and fiberless sensors are made for measuring analytes, in particular nitric oxide. The sensors contain a compound specific for the analyte such a nitric oxide-binding compound. Fiber-optic sensors contain the compound immobilized on the tip of the fiber. The tip may b |
| 6143558 |
Optical fiberless sensors for analyzing cellular analytes |
November 7, 2000 |
| Fiberless optical sensors (plasticized PVC, acrylamide or gold particles) are described having a size ranging from between approximately 1 micrometer and 1 nanometer in diameter. The sensors comprise ionophores useful for the detection of intracellular analytes. |
| 6002817 |
Optical sensors for the detection of nitric oxide |
December 14, 1999 |
| Optical fiber sensors and fiberless optical sensors for measuring analytes, and in particular nitric oxide, are described utilizing metals, and more particularly, metal colloids. Proteins (or fragments thereof) with selective binding are immobilized on metal particles. The proteins may b |
| 5627922 |
Micro optical fiber light source and sensor and method of fabrication thereof |
May 6, 1997 |
| This invention relates generally to the development of and a method of fabricating a fiber optic micro-light source and sensor (50). An optical fiber micro-light source (50) is presented whose aperture is extremely small yet able to act as an intense light source. Light sources of this |
| 5362963 |
Nanometer dimension optical device with microimaging and nanoillumination capabilities |
November 8, 1994 |
| A nanometer dimension light source includes a source of excitation and an active, electrooptic or chemilluminescent material such as crystalline anthracene. The material is introduced into a confined space having molecular dimensions or is shaped to a point of molecular dimensions. The |
| 5361314 |
Micro optical fiber light source and sensor and method of fabrication thereof |
November 1, 1994 |
| This invention relates generally to the development of and a method of fabricating a micro optical fiber light source. An optical fiber micro-light source is presented whose aperture is extremely small yet able to act as an intense light source. Light sources of this type have wide r |
| 5264698 |
Nanometer dimension optical device with microimaging and nanoillumination capabilities |
November 23, 1993 |
| A nanometer dimension light source includes a source of excitation and an active, electrooptic or chemilluminescent material such as crystalline anthracene. The material is introduced into a confined space having molecular dimensions or is shaped to a point of molecular dimensions. The |
| 5148307 |
Nanometer dimension optical device with microimaging and nanoillumination capabilities |
September 15, 1992 |
| A nanometer dimension light source includes a source of excitation and an active, electrooptic or chemilluminescent material such as crystalline anthracene. The material is introduced into a confined space having molecular dimensions or is shaped to a point of molecular dimensions. The |
