# US 8,788,010 B2 · Sensor for detecting biological electro-magnetic signal and the diagnostic device using the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,788,010 B2 - Document ID: US8788010B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/278,772 - Filed: 2007-02-09 - Published: 2009-07-16 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2006-02-10 - Assignees: Uni Bio-Tech., Inc. - Applicants: Sang-Moon Lee - Inventors: Sang-Moon Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8788010B2 ## CPC - G01N 33/4833: {of solid biological material, e.g. tissue samples, cell cultures (tissue in vivo A61B5/00; cell suspensions G01N33/48735)} - A61B 5/05: Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fields; Measuring using microwaves or radio waves (measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof A61B5/11; detecting, measuring or recording bioelectric or biomagnetic signals of the body or parts thereof A61B5/24) - A61B 5/24: Detecting, measuring or recording bioelectric or biomagnetic signals of the body or parts thereof - A61B 5/415: {the glands, e.g. tonsils, adenoids or thymus} - A61B 5/742: {using visual displays (displays for heart-related electrical signals, e.g. ECG, A61B5/339)} - A61K 49/00: Preparations for testing in vivo - F26B 1/00: Preliminary treatment of solid materials or objects to facilitate drying {, e.g. mixing or backmixing the materials to be dried with predominantly dry solids (F26B5/005 takes precedence)} - F26B 5/14: by applying pressure, e.g. wringing; by brushing; by wiping - Y10T 29/49002: Electrical device making - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61K: PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES (devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms A61J3/00; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for deodorisation of air, for disinfection or sterilisation, or for bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A61L; soap compositions C11D) - F26B: DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM (drying devices for combines A01D41/133; racks for drying fruit or vegetables A01F25/12; drying foodstuffs A23; drying hair A45D20/00; body-drying implements A47K10/00; drying household articles A47L; drying gases or vapours B01D; chemical or physical processes for dewatering or like separating liquids from solids B01D43/00; centrifugal apparatus B04; drying ceramics C04B33/30; drying yarns or fabrics in association with some other form of treatment D06C; drying frames for laundry without heating or positive air circulation, domestic laundry-or spin-driers, wringing or hot pressing laundry D06F; furnaces, kilns, ovens F27) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract The invention relates to a material for the detection of biological electro-magnetic signals made of a epidermis of a living organism and a diagnostic device using the same, and more particularly, to a material for the detection of biological electro-magnetic signals made of a epidermis of a living organism, through drying is one stage, also selecting is another stage of production, and a diagnostic device using the same. The material of the invention has an effect of detecting biological electro-magnetic signals. Accordingly, the material for the detection of biological electro-magnetic signals of the invention can be used for manufacturing a diagnostic device for detecting biological electro-magnetic signals non-invasively as well as effectively used in diagnosis in cases where biological electro-magnetic signals are changed by cancer, inflammations due to immunodeficiency and so on. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of manufacturing a material for the detection of biological electro-magnetic signals, comprising steps of: a) drying an epidermis separated from a living organism; b) measuring a capacitance on the dried epidermis to select the epidermis, wherein the epidermis separated from the living organism is selected from a group consisting of a scale of a fish, a scale or horny scale layer of a reptile, a modified skin of a bird, a cuticle of an insect, a cuticle of a mollusk, a cuticle of a shellfish, a feather, and a shell or horny scale layer of a crustacean. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: immersing the epidermis into water. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the step a) comprises drying the epidermis for 1 to 48 hours under a pressure of 0.5 kg/cm2 to 10 kg/cm2 and then drying the epidermis for 1 to 96 hours without pressure. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the step b) comprises of selecting the dried capacitance of the epidermis that is in a range from 0.1 pF to 100 pF. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: measuring a conductivity of the epidermis to select the epidermis. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method according to claim 5, wherein the conductivity of the epidermis is in a range from 0.01 nS to 20 nS. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising: measuring a permittivity of the epidermis to select the epidermis. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the permittivity is in a range from 0.1 F/m to 50 F/m. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the epidermis has a thickness in a range from 0.01 mm to 10 mm and a diameter in a range from 0.1 mm to 100 mm by the step b). ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the epidermis separated from the living organism is a scale of a fish. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method according to claim 10, wherein the fish is selected from a group consisting of carp, a crucian carp, salmon and trout. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the epidermis separated from the living organism is a scale or skin of a reptile. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method according to claim 12, wherein the reptile is selected from a group consisting of a turtle, a snapping turtle, a crocodile and a snake. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the epidermis separated from the living organism is a cuticle of an insect. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, wherein the insect is selected from a group consisting of a beetle, a grasshopper, a gold bug and a ladybug. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the epidermis separated from the living organism is a shell of a crustacea. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method according to claim 16, wherein the crustacea is selected from crab, shrimp and crayfish. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the epidermis is a scale transformed from a dermis, or a retrogressed or cornified scale.