Patents by Inventor Martin Hajnsek

Martin Hajnsek has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210148888
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement for detecting information indicative of a physiological substance in blood of a physiological subject, wherein the sensor arrangement has a first sensor structure configured for electrochemically sensing the physiological substance in at least part of the blood, wherein detecting the physiological substance is influenceable by hemolysis of the blood, a second sensor structure configured for electrochemically sensing a parameter in at least part of the blood, which parameter is indicative of hemolysis of the blood, and a plasma separation unit configured for separating plasma from the blood and arranged so that the separated plasma is supplied to the first sensor structure and the second sensor structure, whereas a rest of the blood is kept apart from the first sensor structure and the second sensor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Bruna Pekec, Martin Hajnsek
  • Patent number: 9993187
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement for detecting information indicative of a physiological substance in a body material of a physiological subject, wherein the sensor arrangement comprises a substrate, a first sensor structure connected to the substrate and being configured for sensing the physiological substance electrochemically, and a second sensor structure connected to the substrate and being configured for sensing the physiological substance by a luminescence detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Martin Hajnsek
  • Publication number: 20170290538
    Abstract: An in vivo amperometric sensor is provided for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a body fluid. The sensor comprises a counter electrode and a working electrode, and the working electrode comprises a sensing layer which is generally water permeable and arranged on a support member adjacent to a contact pad. The sensing layer comprises an immobilized enzyme capable of acting catalytically in the presence of the analyte to cause an electrical signal. The sensing layer has an upper surface facing the body fluid and a lower surface facing away from the body fluid, and the immobilized enzyme is distributed within the sensing layer in such a way that the enzyme concentration in the middle between the upper and lower surfaces is at least as high as on the upper surface of the sensing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Arnulf Staib, Reinhold Mischler, Martin Hajnsek, Harvey Buck, Walter Jernigan
  • Patent number: 9700252
    Abstract: An in vivo amperometric sensor is provided for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a body fluid. The sensor comprises a counter electrode and a working electrode, and the working electrode comprises a sensing layer which is generally water permeable and arranged on a support member adjacent to a contact pad. The sensing layer comprises an immobilized enzyme capable of acting catalytically in the presence of the analyte to cause an electrical signal. The sensing layer has an upper surface facing the body fluid and a lower surface facing away from the body fluid, and the immobilized enzyme is distributed within the sensing layer in such a way that the enzyme concentration in the middle between the upper and lower surfaces is at least as high as on the upper surface of the sensing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnulf Staib, Reinhold Mischler, Martin Hajnsek, Harvey Buck, Walter Jernigan
  • Publication number: 20170000396
    Abstract: An in vivo amperometric sensor is provided for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a body fluid. The sensor comprises a counter electrode and a working electrode, and the working electrode comprises a sensing layer which is generally water permeable and arranged on a support member adjacent to a contact pad. The sensing layer comprises an immobilized enzyme capable of acting catalytically in the presence of the analyte to cause an electrical signal. The sensing layer has an upper surface facing the body fluid and a lower surface facing away from the body fluid, and the immobilized enzyme is distributed within the sensing layer in such a way that the enzyme concentration in the middle between the upper and lower surfaces is at least as high as on the upper surface of the sensing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnulf Staib, Reinhold Mischler, Martin Hajnsek, Harvey Buck, Walter Jernigan
  • Publication number: 20150223742
    Abstract: A sensor arrangement for detecting information indicative of a physiological substance in a body material of a physiological subject, wherein the sensor arrangement comprises a substrate a first sensor structure connected to the substrate and being configured for sensing the physiological substance electrochemically, and a second sensor structure connected to the substrate and being configured for sensing the physiological substance by a luminescence detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventor: Martin Hajnsek
  • Publication number: 20150038814
    Abstract: An in vivo amperometric sensor is provided for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a body fluid. The sensor comprises a counter electrode and a working electrode, and the working electrode comprises a sensing layer which is generally water permeable and arranged on a support member adjacent to a contact pad. The sensing layer comprises an immobilized enzyme capable of acting catalytically in the presence of the analyte to cause an electrical signal. The sensing layer has an upper surface facing the body fluid and a lower surface facing away from the body fluid, and the immobilized enzyme is distributed within the sensing layer in such a way that the enzyme concentration in the middle between the upper and lower surfaces is at least as high as on the upper surface of the sensing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnulf Staib, Reinhold Mischler, Martin Hajnsek, Harvey Buck, Walter Jernigan
  • Patent number: 8871068
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a high efficiency electrochemical sensor with high signal yield for determining an analyte in a fluid medium comprising, at least one reference electrode, at least one working electrode having particles of an electrocatalyst in an electrode matrix, and an enzyme that is suitable for determining an analyte is selectively covalently bound to the particles of the electrocatalyst. The disclosure also describes a process for producing the electrochemical sensor and a method for determining an analyte in a fluid medium using the electrochemical sensor. have a high efficiency and thus achieve a high signal yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnulf Staib, Thomas Meier, Reinhold Mischler, Harald Peschel, Martin Hajnsek
  • Patent number: 8527024
    Abstract: An in vivo amperometric sensor is provided for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a body fluid. The sensor comprises a counter electrode and a working electrode, and the working electrode comprises a sensing layer which is generally water permeable and arranged on a support member adjacent to a contact pad. The sensing layer comprises an immobilized enzyme capable of acting catalytically in the presence of the analyte to cause an electrical signal. The sensing layer has an upper surface facing the body fluid and a lower surface facing away from the body fluid, and the immobilized enzyme is distributed within the sensing layer in such a way that the enzyme concentration in the middle between the upper and lower surfaces is at least as high as on the upper surface of the sensing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Arnulf Staib, Reinhold Mischler, Martin Hajnsek, Harvey Buck, Walter Jernigan
  • Publication number: 20090099433
    Abstract: An in vivo amperometric sensor is provided for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a body fluid. The sensor comprises a counter electrode and a working electrode, and the working electrode comprises a sensing layer which is generally water permeable and arranged on a support member adjacent to a contact pad. The sensing layer comprises an immobilized enzyme capable of acting catalytically in the presence of the analyte to cause an electrical signal. The sensing layer has an upper surface facing the body fluid and a lower surface facing away from the body fluid, and the immobilized enzyme is distributed within the sensing layer in such a way that the enzyme concentration in the middle between the upper and lower surfaces is at least as high as on the upper surface of the sensing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Arnulf Staib, Reinhold Mischler, Martin Hajnsek, Harvey Buck, Walter Jernigan
  • Publication number: 20090071846
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a high efficiency electrochemical sensor with high signal yield for determining an analyte in a fluid medium comprising, at least one reference electrode, at least one working electrode having particles of an electrocatalyst in an electrode matrix, and an enzyme that is suitable for determining an analyte is selectively covalently bound to the particles of the electrocatalyst. The disclosure also describes a process for producing the electrochemical sensor and a method for determining an analyte in a fluid medium using the electrochemical sensor. have a high efficiency and thus achieve a high signal yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Inventors: Arnulf Staib, Thomas Meier, Reinhold Mischler, Harald Peschel, Martin Hajnsek
  • Patent number: 7297241
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for the monitoring of a medical microsample in the flow measuring cell of an analyzer with regard to position and absence of bubbles by means of an alternating voltage applied to the measuring cell, the measuring cell being provided with a multitude of electrode systems placed one behind the other, each system comprising a number of single electrodes for measuring a substance contained in the microsample by means of a measurement voltage which essentially is a DC voltage. To monitor the exact position of the microsample and/or to detect air bubbles in the area of each electrode system, the alternating voltage and the measurement voltage are simultaneously and directly applied to the single electrodes of the corresponding electrode system, and the measured AC component respectively the measured impedance gives a measure for the position of the microsample and the absence of bubbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Heinz Kontschieder, Herfried Huemer, Martin Hajnsek
  • Publication number: 20060011493
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for the monitoring of a medical microsample (P) in the flow measuring cell (1) of an analyzer with regard to position and absence of bubbles by means of an alternating voltage applied to the measuring cell (1), said measuring cell (1) being provided with a multitude of electrode systems (2, 3) placed one behind the other, each system comprising a number of single electrodes (WE, RE, CE) for measuring a substance contained in the microsample (P) by means of a measurement voltage which essentially is a DC voltage. To monitor the exact position of the microsample (P) and/or to detect air bubbles in the area of each electrode system, the alternating voltage and the measurement voltage are simultaneously and directly applied to the single electrodes (WE, RE, CE) of the corresponding electrode system (2, 3), and the measured AC component respectively the measured impedance gives a measure for the position of the microsample (P) and the absence of bubbles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2003
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventors: Heinz Kontschieder, Herfried Huemer, Martin Hajnsek