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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Bruce B. Doris, Slingerlands, NY (US);
Eugene J. O'Sullivan, Nyack, NY (US);
Sufi Zafar, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a sensor that includes a sensing circuit and a probe communicatively coupled to the sensing circuit. The probe includes a three-dimensional (3D) sensing surface coated with a recognition element and configured to, based at least in part on the 3D sensing surface interacting with a predetermined material, generate a first measurement. In some embodiments, the 3D sensing surface is shaped as a pyramid, a cone, or a cylinder to increase the sensing surface area over a two-dimensional (2D) sensing surface. In some embodiments, the 3D sensing surface facilitates penetration of the 3D sensing surface through the wall of the biological cell.