Spreading layer and humidity control layer for enhancing sensor performance
US8158259B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 6, 2007 |
| Grant date | Apr 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31504
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention is directed to optical sensors for measuring clinically relevant analytes, their methods of manufacture, and their various uses. In an effort to develop a dry calibration method for the optical sensors of the invention it is discovered that water content inside or in the immediate vicinity of a such a sensor can have a major impact on fluorescence intensity (i.e., a sensor's response in the dry state). Thus, one of the objectives of the invention is the elimination of the bias of sensor responses measured at different humidity environments.
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