Gideon WACKERS 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).
Abstract: A device suitable for the detection and/or characterization of target particles in a fluid is disclosed. The device comprises: at least one heating element for heating and/or measuring a temperature, the heating element comprising a core comprising at least one electrically conducting portion, an electric isolating layer provided at a surface of the core and electrically isolates the core from the sample, and a plurality of binding sites at/to which target particles can bind. The device further comprising a processing means configured to measure an electric output of the least one heating element, a change of the electric output of the at least one heating element and/or its heating power and for deriving, based thereon, a characteristic of the target particles.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 26, 2018
Date of Patent:
September 27, 2022
Assignee:
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Inventors:
Peter Cornelis, Mehran Khorshid, Gideon Wackers, Patrick Wagner
Abstract: A device suitable for the detection and/or characterization of target particles in a fluid is disclosed. The device comprises: at least one heating element for heating and/or measuring a temperature, the heating element comprising a core comprising at least one electrically conducting portion, an electric isolating layer provided at a surface of the core and electrically isolates the core from the sample, and a plurality of binding sites at/to which target particles can bind. The device further comprising a processing means configured to measure an electric output of the least one heating element, a change of the electric output of the at least one heating element and/or its heating power and for deriving, based thereon, a characteristic of the target particles.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 26, 2018
Publication date:
September 10, 2020
Inventors:
Peter CORNELIS, Mehran KHORSHID, Gideon WACKERS, Patrick WAGNER