Nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry biometrics

US9125596B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Marion Leclerc · Berkeley, US
• Benjamin P. Bowen · Tempe, US
• Trent R. Northen · Walnut Creek, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 28, 2012
• Grant date: Sep 8, 2015
• Expiry date: Mar 22, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H30/40
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Several embodiments described herein are drawn to methods of identifying an analyte on a subject's skin, methods of generating a fingerprint, methods of determining a physiological change in a subject, methods of diagnosing health status of a subject, and assay systems for detecting an analyte and generating a fingerprint, by nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry (NIMS).