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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2007
Mark E. Meyerhoff, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Melissa M. Reynolds, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Megan Frost, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Sangyeul Hwang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yiduo Wu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Mark E. Meyerhoff, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Melissa M. Reynolds, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Megan Frost, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Sangyeul Hwang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Yiduo Wu, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Regents of The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A material includes a surface and a reactive agent that is located at the surface of the material, covalently attached to a backbone of the material, and/or located within the material. The reactive agent has nitrite reductase activity, nitrate reductase activity, and/or nitrosothiol reductase activity. The reactive agent also converts at least one of nitrites, nitrates and nitrosothiols to nitric oxide when in contact with blood. A reproducible nitrosothiol sensor is also disclosed.