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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Stc.unm, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
John B. Plumley, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Erin D. Milligan, Placitas, NM (US);
Marek Osinski, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); G01N 33/58 (2006.01); A61B 5/1459 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/1473 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/1455 (2013.01); A61B 5/1459 (2013.01); A61B 5/14735 (2013.01); A61B 5/4058 (2013.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 5/6877 (2013.01); G01N 33/588 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0233 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0285 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a quantum dot (QD) modified optical fiber-based biosensor which characterizes matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) enzyme activity at pain signaling sites in the central nervous system (CNS) in vivo. Related systems and peptide biomarker screening methods are also provided.