Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Mara P. Narasimhan
  • Patent number: 6652807
    Abstract: A device for rapidly collecting tissue samples from organisms serves as a reaction chamber. It includes a solvent used to extract the analyte, a filter, and optional bioconcentrators. The filtered suspension is irradiated with a predetermined wavelength and the emitted, scattered, or reflected photons transmitted to a detector that identifies and quantifies the analyte. The bioconcentrators may consist of antibodies and colloidal metal nanoparticles that enhance emission of Raman signal frequencies by analytes bound to the antibodies. Alternatively, the device may contain only the extraction solvent and a filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Oceanit Test Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Joanne S. M. Ebesu, Paul Pernambuco-Wise