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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Barry Colin Crane, Shennington, GB;
William Paterson, Didcot, GB;
Bruce Culbert, Bucks, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Lightship Medical Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/66 (2006.01); B01D 63/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/1459 (2006.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/66 (2013.01); A61B 5/1459 (2013.01); A61B 5/14532 (2013.01); B01D 63/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/7703 (2013.01); B01L 2200/027 (2013.01); G01N 2021/772 (2013.01); G01N 2021/775 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7786 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
An optical glucose sensor comprising: a sensing region comprising a boronic acid receptor for binding to glucose and a fluorophore associated with said receptor; an optical waveguide for directing incident light onto the sensing region; and a hydrophilic, polymeric, glucose-permeable barrier layer which is provided on at least a part of the sensing region; wherein the sensor is adapted so that glucose enters the sensing region of the sensor through said barrier layer.