Chemochromic medical articles
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsNathan Zamarripa, Jeff Gray
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to medical articles which exhibit a color change upon exposure to an analyte of interest and to methods of detecting analytes in bodily fluid using the same.
Claims20
A medical article configured for exposure to a bodily fluid, said medical article comprising a chemochromic material that exhibits a color change upon exposure to an analyte present in the bodily fluid.
A method of detecting an analyte comprising (a) contacting a medical article that comprises a chemochromic material that exhibits a color change upon exposure to said analyte with a bodily fluid being tested for the presence of said analyte and (b) observing a color change, if any, in the chemochromic material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.