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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2003
Alastair Mcindoe Hodges, Blackburn South, AU;
Ronald Chatelier, Bayswater, AU;
Alastair McIndoe Hodges, Blackburn South, AU;
Ronald Chatelier, Bayswater, AU;
LifeScan, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a metal electrode stabilized by a coating, the coating comprising a sulfur containing moiety in its molecular structure. The coating may also include a hydrophilic group and a spacer between the sulfur containing moiety and the hydrophilic group. Preferably, the sulphur-containing moiety is selected from the group comprising thiol, disulphide and SOx, and the hydrophilic group is selected from the group comprising hydroxyl, amine, carboxyl, carbonyl, oligo (ethylene oxide) chain, and zwitterionic species. Compounds useful in the present invention include 2-mercaptoethanol, 2-mercaptoethylamine, 3-mercaptopropionic acid, thiophene, 4-carboxythiophene, cysteine, homocysteine, and cystine.