Patents Assigned to I-SEN, INC.
  • Publication number: 20160010241
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing nanofibers storing and transferring nitric oxide, and nanofibers produced thereby. The present invention may include: a filling step for filling a first material with nitric oxide; a synthesis step for synthesizing a second material having a functional group capable of covalently bonding to the first material; a sol-gel reaction step for carrying out a sol-gel reaction of the first material filled with nitric oxide with the second material to produce a gel; and an electrospinning step for electrospinning the gel to produce a nanofiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: I-SENS, INC.
    Inventors: Jae Ho Shin, Woo-Young Jung, Mingoo Kim, Jonghae Youn
  • Patent number: 9192331
    Abstract: A releasing structure for a lancing device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include: a lancet body with a lancet at the front; a lancet holder mounted with the lancet body with the lancet at the front; a stem disposed behind the lancet holder and moving the lancet holder forward/backward; a rotary housing pushing/pulling the stem while turning forward at a predetermined angle about a rotational axis defined in the movement direction of the lancet; a torsion spring storing torque for turning the rotary housing forward at a predetermined angle; and a loading handle transmitting torque to the torsion spring while turning forward at a predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: I-SENS, INC.
    Inventors: Geun Sig Cha, Hakhyun Nam, Eun-Jong Cha, Kyung-Ah Kim
  • Patent number: 9143250
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a blood sugar meter system with a wireless communication module, and more particularly, to a time synchronization method between a blood sugar meter system with a wireless communication module synchronized with a cellular network such as a global system for mobile communication (GSM)/code division multiple access (CDMA) network and the cellular network. The present invention provides a blood sugar meter system with a wireless communication module applying a time synchronization scheme including: a global system for mobile communication (GSM)/code division multiple access (CDMA) network transmitting network identity and time zone (NITZ) information; and a blood sugar meter metering user's blood sugar data, wherein the blood sugar meter synchronizes a network time according to the NITZ information with an internal time of the metered data and transmits the metered blood sugar data to a server connected to the GSM/CDMA network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: I-SENS, INC.
    Inventors: Chang Woo Ryu, Dae Kag Choi, Geun Sig Cha, Hakhyun Nam
  • Publication number: 20150083613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrochemical biosensor with improved hematocrit measurement accuracy for measuring blood glucose. According to the present invention, an electrochemical biosensor including a first electrode part for correcting a measured hematocrit value and a second electrode part for measuring a glucose concentration is effective in improving accuracy of a measured hematocrit value and in more improving accuracy of a measured blood glucose concentration using the measured hematocrit values for correction, because an insulation cover is made thinner than a working electrode and an auxiliary electrode, so that areas of a first working electrode and a first auxiliary electrode of the first electrode part exposed to a blood sample become equal; a distance between the first working electrode and the second working electrode becomes constant; and electrode areas are maintained constantly by the insulation cover even when a positioning error occurs during printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: I-SENS, INC.
    Inventors: Myeong Ho LEE, Moon Hwan KIM, Ung Ki LEE, Han Be PARK, Sung-Kwon JUNG, Hakhyun NAM, Geun Sig CHA
  • Patent number: 8940233
    Abstract: A cartridge for an apparatus for analyzing blood chemistry includes an apparatus frame having a compartment; a cartridge that is inserted into the compartment of the apparatus frame and includes a sensor card, a solution valve unit, and a blood introducing unit; a controller that receives a signal generated from the sensor card and processes the signal; a lever for the blood introducing unit connected to the apparatus frame; a power transmitting unit that is provided to the apparatus frame and transmits power of the lever for the blood introducing unit to open/close the blood introducing unit of the cartridge; a solution transporting unit that is provided to the apparatus frame and transports the solutions; and a driving unit that actuates the solution valve unit of the cartridge by the controller and opens or closes the tubing flowing of the solutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: I-Sens, Inc.
    Inventors: Tae Young Kang, Heejun Lee, Jeonghan Ha, Jungwon Shin, Hakhyun Nam, Geun Sig Cha
  • Publication number: 20140299487
    Abstract: A personal blood glucose meter and a method for sensing abnormal measurement using the same are disclosed. A personal blood glucose meter includes: a sensor strip for collecting and applying a blood sample, wherein the sensor strip includes a reagent; an electrode unit including a plurality of electrodes for receiving the blood sample from the sensor strip to generate electric current based on potential differences; an MCU for measuring currents value generated from the electrode unit to determine whether a glucose value of the blood sample is normal or abnormal; a potential supply unit for applying a predetermined potential to the electrode unit; and a display unit displaying resultant output from the MCU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: I-SENS, INC.
    Inventors: Tae Eun Kim, Myeong-Ho Lee, Min Woo Suh, Geun Sig Cha, Hakhyum Nam
  • Publication number: 20140241338
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a blood sugar meter system with a wireless communication module, and more particularly, to a time synchronization method between a blood sugar meter system with a wireless communication module synchronized with a cellular network such as a global system for mobile communication (GSM)/code division multiple access (CDMA) network and the cellular network. The present invention provides a blood sugar meter system with a wireless communication module applying a time synchronization scheme including: a global system for mobile communication (GSM)/code division multiple access (CDMA) network transmitting network identity and time zone (NITZ) information; and a blood sugar meter metering user's blood sugar data, wherein the blood sugar meter synchronizes a network time according to the NITZ information with an internal time of the metered data and transmits the metered blood sugar data to a server connected to the GSM/CDMA network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: i-SENS, Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Woo Ryu, Dae Kag Choi, Geun Sig Cha, Hakhyun Nam
  • Publication number: 20140014512
    Abstract: Provided are an amperometric sensor and device for electrochemically quantifying nitrosothiol (RSNO), which is associated with storage and delivery of nitric oxide (NO) in the human body. The amperometric sensor for measuring a concentration of RSNO includes an electrode configured to measure an electric current generated by an oxidation reaction of NO, and a means configured to start and stop photo-induced decomposition of RSNO. Here, the electric current is measured by the oxidation reaction of NO before and after the photo-induced decomposition of RSNO. The amperometric sensor may measure separate signals of RSNO and NO, which are present in the sample at the same time, using one electrode, thereby preventing an inhibition action caused by NO during the measurement of RSNO. Also, the amperometric sensor is simple in structure and easy to manufacture and may be applied to manufacture of a small electrode, and thus may be developed as a sensor for in vivo measurements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: I-SENS, INC.
    Inventors: Sung A Hong, Da Yeon Sung, Jun Hee Han, Jea Hun Song, Hakhyun Nam, Geun Sig Cha, Jae Ho Shin
  • Publication number: 20130281882
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lancet device that can solve the problem of falling or losing a cover when mounting or separating a lancet and reduce the pain that accompanies blood-taking. A lancet device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a lancet holder having a lancet seat to mount a lancet at one end; an operating mechanism disposed at the other end of the lancet holder and loading and releasing the lancet holder along a predetermined path; and an a housing receiving the operating mechanism and having one end coupled to the lancet holder, and further includes a cover that covers the housing so that the lancet holder is received in the housing, is at least partially connected with the housing in order not to separate from the housing in use, and has protrusions on the front part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: I-SENS, INC.
    Inventors: Geun Sig Cha, Hakhyun Nam, Eun-Jong Cha, Kyung-Ah Kim
  • Publication number: 20130274781
    Abstract: A releasing structure for a lancing device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include: a lancet body with a lancet at the front; a lancet holder mounted with the lancet body with the lancet at the front; a stem disposed behind the lancet holder and moving the lancet holder forward/backward; a rotary housing pushing/pulling the stem while turning forward at a predetermined angle about a rotational axis defined in the movement direction of the lancet; a torsion spring storing torque for turning the rotary housing forward at a predetermined angle; and a loading handle transmitting torque to the torsion spring while turning forward at a predetermined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: I-SENS, INC.
    Inventors: Geun Sig Cha, Hakhyun Nam, Eun-Jong Cha, Kyung-Ah Kim
  • Publication number: 20130267977
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lancet holder that can smoothly and accurately hold all of lancets with different cross-sections and diameters and can keep them vertical, and a lancet device including the lancet holder. To this end, a lancet holder according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a holder body having a lancet seat at one end to mount a lancet and receiving the lancet and elastic fixing portions arranged in pairs to face each other on the inner side of the holder body so that the lancet received in the holder body is vertically held, and elastically fixing the lancet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: I-SENS, INC.
    Inventors: Geun Sig Cha, Hakhyun Nam, Eun-Jong Cha, Kyung-Ah Kim
  • Publication number: 20130267976
    Abstract: A lancet-separable lancet device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a lancet holder having a lancet seat to mount a lancet at one end and a separation hole at the other end; an operating mechanism disposed at the other end of the lancet holder so that the lancet holder is loaded and released by traveling along a predetermined path; a housing receiving the operating mechanism and having one end coupled to the lancet holder; an operation switch connected to the operating mechanism and operating the operating mechanism by pressing it; a cover covering one end of the housing and having a through-hole at the center through which a lancet needle of the lancet instantaneously protrudes; and a lancet separation mechanism disposed at the other side of the lancet holder and separating the lancet from the lancet holder by being inserted into the separation hole of the lancet holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: I-SENS, INC.
    Inventors: Geun Sig Cha, Hakhyun Nam, Eun-Jong Cha, Kyung-Ah Kim
  • Publication number: 20130267979
    Abstract: A lancet device with an adjustable hypodermic penetration depth according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a lancet holder having a lancet seat to mount a lancet at one end; an operating mechanism disposed at the other end of the lancet holder and loading and releasing the lancet holder along a predetermined path; a depth adjusting member receiving the lancet holder and having at least two grooves formed at a predetermined angle on the circumferential surface of one end to form inclined passages clockwise or counterclockwise; and a housing receiving the lancet holder and the operating mechanism and having a protrusion that is formed on the inner side of an end and fitted step by step in the grooves when the depth adjusting member turns at a predetermined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: I-SENS, INC.
    Inventors: Geun Sig Cha, Hakhyun Nam, Eun-Jong Cha, Kyung-Ah Kim
  • Patent number: 8475744
    Abstract: The present invention provides a solution bag that is used for medical treatment and stores solution used for an apparatus for analyzing blood chemistry that measures and analyzes the concentrations of electrolytes, the partial pressures of gases, and the concentrations of metabolites or the volume ratio of red blood cells contained in blood. The solution bag for an apparatus for analyzing blood chemistry of the present invention includes: a receptacle that contains a solution; a valve body that is attached to the receptacle and has a through-hole longitudinally formed therein; a valve spool that is disposed in the through-hole of the valve body; and a solution leakage preventing unit that is disposed in the valve spool, in which the valve body has a flow channel and a solution discharging pipe spaced at a predetermined distance from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: I-SENS, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeonghan Ha, Heejun Lee, Tae Young Kang, Jungwon Shin, Hakhyun Nam, Geun Sig Cha
  • Publication number: 20130081958
    Abstract: A composition of redox-reagent containing metal-containing complex and thionine or its derivative as electron transfer mediator for use in an electrochemical biosensor, and a biosensor containing the same are provided. With the increase in reaction rate between redox enzyme-thionine (or its derivative)-metal-containing complex in the composition of redox-reagent containing metal-containing complex and thionine or its derivative, glucose detection efficiency markedly increases, and the composition is hardly influenced from high humidity and interfering substances. Accordingly, the composition of redox-reagent is useful in fabricating an electrochemical biosensor for detecting glucose in blood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: I-SENS, INC.
    Inventors: Sung-kwon Jung, Moon Hwan Kim, Myeong-Ho Lee, Ung-Ki Lee, Yeon-Ho Jung, Han-Be Park, Hakhyun Nam, Geun Sig Cha
  • Patent number: 8377272
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochemical biosensor measuring device which can be used together with an electrochemical biosensor. The biosensor measuring device comprises an electrical connection portion which is electrically connected with the electrodes of the biosensor upon the insertion of the biosensor there into, and a connector having a structure in which at least one light absorption or reflection path sequentially comprising a light emitter-production lot information identification portion-detector unit is provided to identify the production lot information recorded in the biosensor. The electrochemical biosensor measuring device can automatically identify the production lot information of the biosensor, encoded in the form of a hue or hole marks, upon the insertion of the electrochemical biosensor into the measuring device, thereby obviating the need to manually input the production lot information of the biosensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: i-SENS, Inc.
    Inventors: Keun Ki Kim, Moon Hwan Kim, Jae Hyun Yoo, Gang Cui, Hakhyun Nam, Geun Sig Cha
  • Patent number: 8338183
    Abstract: Disclosed relates to an electrochemical determination system of glycated proteins, the system comprising: a filtering means for filtering labeled compounds bound to glycated proteins and non-glycated proteins after adding labeling compounds, capable of selectively binding to the glycated proteins to a solution, in which glycated/non-glycated proteins coexist, to be bound all to the glycated proteins; and a quantifying means for quantifying the filtered labeling compounds, not bound to the glycated proteins. The system of the present invention filters the residual labeled compounds left after binding to glycated proteins to quantify, instead of directly quantifying glycated proteins via the known glycated protein determination methods, thus simplifying the configuration of the system that can provide exact determinations with a low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: i-SENS, Inc.
    Inventors: Hakhyun Nam, Fenghua Zhang, Soon Hye Yang, Bo Kyeong Kang, Gang Cui, Moon Hee Choi, Joung Su Lee, Geun Sig Cha
  • Patent number: 8337683
    Abstract: Disclosed is a microfluidic sensor complex structure comprising a lower plate, a middle plate and an upper plate. A reference electrode, a working electrode and an electrode connection are formed on the lower plate. The middle plate comprises a microfluidic channel passage therein. The upper plate is overlaid on the middle plate so as to induce a capillary phenomenon on the microfluidic channel passage formed on in the middle plate. The microfluidic sensor complex structure allows the motion of a sample to be driven only by a capillary phenomenon, without additional operation, and allows an immune response, washing, and electrochemical analysis in one round once a sample is introduced thereinto. Hence, it requires only a short time period for measurement, is convenient to handle, and shows sensitivity and selectivity. Also, it can be produced on a mass scale because it can be formed of typical organic polymers using a simple method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignees: i-Sens, Inc., Nano-Ditech Corporation
    Inventors: Moon Hee Choi, Seung Hyeun Jung, Young Hoon Kim, Joo-Heon Park, Hakhyun Nam, Geun Sig Cha
  • Patent number: 8314613
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrochemical biosensor which comprises a production lot information identification portion, on which information is recorded in a magnetization mark, and a measuring device which can automatically identify the production lot information of the biosensor with the insertion of the electrochemical biosensor into the measuring device. The electrochemical biosensor and the measuring device thereof can record production lot information in the form of magnetization marks on an electrochemical biosensor strip and read the information as digital signals through a magnetoresistance sensor device, which can be mounted on the surface of a circuit board using Surface Mounted Technology (SMT). Without the need for a high-priced filter or a complicated calculation system, the magnetic detector system has a simple construction and realizes economic efficiency in the construction of the measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: i-SENS, Inc.
    Inventors: Gang Cui, Keun Ki Kim, Dong Hoon Han, Moon Hwan Kim, Hakhyun Nam, Geun Sig Cha
  • Patent number: 8277635
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrochemical biosensor measuring device which comprises at least two photodiodes for emitting light beams at regular time intervals in a sequential manner, with the insertion of an electrochemical biosensor thereto, and a detector for sensing the emitted light beams, thereby identifying the production lot information recorded on a production lot information identification portion on the electrochemical biosensor. Thus, the device enjoys economic advantages of not requiring a high-priced optical filter in detecting the light absorbed through or reflected from the production identification information recorded in biosensor and a complicated software algorithm to recover the production lot information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: I-Sens, Inc.
    Inventors: Moon Hwan Kim, Keun Ki Kim, Gang Cui, Hakhyun Nam, Geun Sig Cha