Patents by Inventor Sara Ann Brazil

Sara Ann Brazil 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: 20020076714
    Abstract: A flow-through microchannel (e.g. capillary) biosensor is described for the for the detection of multiple, different analytes (e.g. nucleic acids, proteins, sugars, etc.) targets in a sample by binding them to “complementary” binding partners (e.g. complementary nucleic acids, ligands, antibodies, etc.). The binding partners are immobilized in different sections of a microchannel (e.g. a fused silica capillary). After fabrication of the biosensor, a sample is flushed through the capillary, and any target analyte(s) contained within the sample are bound to the immobilized binding partner(s) on the microchannel wall forming bound complexes. Finally, the bound complexes are simultaneously denatured along the entire length of the capillary and flushed out past a detector poised downstream, and the analyte concentration is measured (e.g., using sinusoidal voltammetry).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Werner G. Kuhr, Pankaj Singhal, Sara Ann Brazil