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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:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nathan S. Lewis, La Canada, CA (US);
Erik J. Severin, San Marino, CA (US);
Bernard Wong, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ; A61B 5/08 ; G01N 2/900 ; G01N 3/106 ; G01N 2/712 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/900 ; A61B 5/08 ; G01N 2/900 ; G01N 3/106 ; G01N 2/712 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a device for detecting the presence of an analyte, such as for example, a lightweight device, including: a sample chamber having a fluid inlet port for the influx of the analyte; a fluid concentrator in flow communication with the sample chamber wherein the fluid concentrator has an absorbent material capable of absorbing the analyte and capable of desorbing a concentrated analyte; and an array of sensors in fluid communication with the concentrated analyte to be released from the fluid concentrator.