Polymer based biosensor
OwnerKeith Warriner, Asadeh Namvarinventors
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Abstract
A biosensor comprising a conducting polymer and a facilitating agent that combine to form a polymeric matrix that interacts with electrophilic compounds, wherein an electrochemical property of the polymer is altered in the presence of an electrophilic compound.
Claims19
A biosensor for detecting one or more electrophilic compounds, comprising a conducting polymer and a facilitating agent that combine to form a polymeric matrix that interacts with electrophilic compounds, wherein the interaction with an electrophilic compound induces a change in an electrochemical property of the polymer.
A biosensor as defined in claiml, wherein the electrochemical property is conductivity.
A method of detecting a target electrophilic compound in a sample comprising the steps of:
- 1) contacting the sample with a biosensor comprising a conducting polymer and a facilitating agent that combine to form a polymeric matrix that interacts with electrophilic compounds to induce a change in an electrochemical property of the polymer;
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- 2) determining whether an electrochemical property of the polymer is altered, wherein a change in an electrochemical property of the polymer is indicative of the presence of an electrophilic compound in the sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.