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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2017
Undercover Colors, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Nicolas Letourneau, Raleigh, NC (US);
Aly Khalifa, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Gorczynski, Raleigh, NC (US);
Catherina Gomes, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ronald Smith, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sarah Paluskiewicz, Raleigh, NC (US);
Stephen Gray, Raleigh, NC (US);
Tyler Confrey-Maloney, Raleigh, NC (US);
Undercover Colors, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
Described herein are a wearable apparatus and methods for detecting the presence of a targeted substance in a liquid. For example, the wearable apparatus can be a fingernail that detects illicit drugs in a beverage. The wearable apparatus comprises a detection layer comprising an indicator that is configured to display a signal upon the detection of an interaction with the targeted substance. In some examples, the wearable apparatus can include a lateral flow assay.