Osmetech Plc

Paul James Travers

Andrew John Tummon

Amjad Nissar Chaudry

Martin James Henery

John Charles Plant

Janet Elizabeth Manning

Nicholas Neil Payne

David Grindrod

Sean Sydney Aiken

John Vernon Hatfield

Alexander Samuel McNeish

There is disclosed a method for detecting the presence of bacterial vaginosis in a female subject comprising the steps of:

Detection of bacterial vaginosis

A method for determining the presence of an infection in a liquid sample comprising the steps of: lowering the pH of the liquid sample so as to drive short-chain fatty acids present in the liquid sample, acetic acid in particular, to the gaseous phase; detecting short-chain fatty acids, ammonia and, optionally amine species present as gases in a headspace associated with the liquid sample using a detector which is sensitive to the presence of short-chain fatty acids, ammonia and, optionally, amine species, particularly conductive and semi-conductive polymer sensors; and correlating the presence of detected short-chain fatty acids, ammonia and, optionally, amine species with the presence of the infection.

Determining infections in liquid samples by detecting short-chain fatty acids and ammonia in the headspace associated with the liquid sample using polymer sensors

There is disclosed a method for manufacturing a batch of sensors including providing a substrate which has a plurality of conductive tracks formed thereon; electrochemically depositing a first active sensing material layer over the substrate and the conductive tracks in a process in which the conductive tracks are part of a single electrical circuit; removing deposited active sensing material from predetermined portions of the substrate: and sub-dividing the substrate to produce a plurality of sensor units.

Method for batch manufacturing sensor units

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Chorlton, United Kingdom

Paul James Travers