Patents by Inventor Ben G. Szaro

Ben G. Szaro 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).

  • Biosensor using living cells on silicon-based microarrays
    Patent number: 7776794
    Abstract: The invention relates to a biosensor comprising living cells that express a chemosensor, or receptor, on their surface. When grown on a microarray comprising electrodes, the cells can be induced, by binding of a ligand to the receptor, to secrete a molecule. This secretion event is detected with millisecond temporal resolution via electrochemical oxidation of the secreted molecule on the electrode which is voltage-clamped slightly above its redox potential. The current so generated is indicative of the amount of the ligand bound to the receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Ben G. Szaro, James Castracane, Xiaojun Feng