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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2013
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Akram Sarwat Sadek, Taunton, GB;
Axel Scherer, Barnard, VT (US);
Muhammad Mujeeb-U-Rahman, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/1486 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/1459 (2006.01); A61B 5/1473 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/6846 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); A61B 5/6876 (2013.01); A61B 5/14503 (2013.01); A61B 5/1459 (2013.01); A61B 5/1473 (2013.01); A61B 5/14865 (2013.01); A61B 2562/028 (2013.01); A61B 2562/14 (2013.01); A61B 2562/164 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable biocompatible biosensor is described herein. The biosensor includes a chip layer including a plurality of holes fabricated vertically there through, a power source, one or more sensors on the chip layer and coupled to the power source and a hydrogel matrix including one or more angiogenesis stimulating factors in contact with the chip layer. The stimulating factors stimulate growth of organic material through the plurality of holes when the biosensor is implanted in a subject.