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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Oxford University Innovation Limited, Oxford, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED, Oxford, GB;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/30 (2006.01); G01N 27/48 (2006.01); G01N 33/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/308 (2013.01); G01N 27/48 (2013.01); G01N 33/6815 (2013.01);
Abstract
Herein is disclosed a method for detecting a material comprising a thiol group (e.g. homocysteine, cysteine, glutathione) in a sample, the method comprising: •providing an electrode comprising a carbon material; •contacting said electrode with said sample in the presence of catechol or more generally a precursor of ortho-quinone; •performing cyclic or square wave voltammetry to convert catechol to ortho-quinone and wherein said ortho-quinone reacts with the material comprising a thiol group to form an electrochemical reaction product.