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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2005
Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Guy Morris, Rexford, NY (US);
Kenneth Brakeley Welles, Ii, Scotia, NY (US);
Andrew Michael Leach, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Andrew David Pris, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Radislav Alexandrovich Potyrailo, Niskayuna, NY (US);
William Guy Morris, Rexford, NY (US);
Kenneth Brakeley Welles, II, Scotia, NY (US);
Andrew Michael Leach, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Andrew David Pris, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a wireless sensor, such as an RFID tag, that includes a substrate, an antenna disposed on the substrate, and an environmentally sensitive sensor material disposed over at least a portion of said substrate. Other embodiments an RFID tag and at least one antibody coupled to the RFID tag. The RFID tag includes a substrate, circuitry disposed on the substrate, and an antenna coupled to the substrate. The at least one antibody is capable of affecting the signals emanating from the RFID tag. Further embodiments include a detection system that includes a reader. Yet other embodiments include a method for detecting specific analytes. The method includes providing an RFID tag which emanates a first signal having a first frequency, and enabling the REID tag to emanate a second signal having a second frequency upon attraction of a specific analyte to the RFID tag.