Nanoparticles for optical sensors

US7427491B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Valerie Desprez · Heidelberg, DE
• Norbert Oranth · Vaterstetten, DE
• Jurgen Spinke · Lorsch, DE
• James Kenneth Tusa · Roswell, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 2004
• Grant date: Sep 23, 2008
• Expiry date: May 17, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Q1/001
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present invention concerns a polymer layer for a sensor, wherein the polymer layer has nanoparticles embedded therein which impart to the polymer layer recognizing properties as well as transducer properties, a sensor comprising such layer and the use of the sensor for detecting and/or quantifying a target analyte.