Method and Apparatus for the Capture of Intra-cellular Activity

A system for monitoring intracellular activity, comprising:

• a first intracellular monitoring device that includes a first semiconductor substrate, wherein the first intracellular monitoring device is located completely inside a first cell, and a longest dimension, of the first substrate, is no more than approximately one micrometer;
• a first P-type layer, manufactured on the first semiconductor substrate;
• a first N-type layer, manufactured on the first semiconductor substrate;
• a first quantum dot layer, manufactured on the first semiconductor substrate, and located between the first P-type layer and first N-type layer, wherein a first level of electric current, at a first voltage, when present, is sufficient to cause the first quantum dot layer to emit near infrared electromagnetic radiation that includes at least a first frequency;
• a first metal layer, manufactured on the first semiconductor substrate, wherein a first side of the first metal layer is in electrical contact with the first N-type layer, and a second side of the first metal layer faces the cytoplasm of the first cell;
• a second metal layer, manufactured on the first semiconductor substrate, wherein a first side of the second metal layer is in electrical contact with the first P-type layer, and a second side of the second metal layer faces the cytoplasm of the first cell;
• a first enzyme layer, coating the second side of the first metal layer with a first enzyme, wherein the first enzyme is activated, to produce electrons, by a first concentration of a first biochemical substance, within the cytoplasm of the first cell, that is at least a first threshold level;
• a second enzyme layer, coating the second side of the second metal layer with a second enzyme, wherein the electrons produced by the first enzyme layer form at least part of the first electric current level, and at least part of the first voltage, when they are received by, and activate, the second enzyme layer;
• a first antenna, located outside the first cell, that collects near infrared from a plurality of intracellular monitoring devices, wherein a first portion of near infrared collected is from the first quantum dot layer;
• and
• an optical domain frequency analyzer, coupled to the first antenna, that detects, at least, a presence of the first frequency in the near infrared collected by the first antenna in order to produce a first frequency specific output.