Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Blyth
Jeffrey Blyth 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).
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Publication number: 20230053938Abstract: The present invention relates to sensors for detecting the presence or measuring the concentration of a target analyte, the sensor comprising: (i) a first phase comprising a first crosslinked polymer; (ii) a second phase comprising a second crosslinked polymer; and (ill) a target analyte recognition agent; the first phase and second phase arranged to form an optical grating. The first crosslinked polymer comprises low amounts of a crosslinking agent. The present invention also relates to methods of making a sensor for detecting the presence or measuring the concentration of a target analyte.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: Cambridge Enterprise LimitedInventors: Gita Khalili Moghaddam, Christopher Robin Lowe, Jeffrey Blyth
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Patent number: 9012110Abstract: A method for the production of a holographic sensor which comprises a support medium supporting a reflection hologram wherein the support medium interacts with its physical or chemical environment to create an optical response which is a change in one or more optical properties of the hologram, the method comprising the steps of: a) introducing a colloidal dispersion of a recording material into the support medium; and b) ablating the colloidal particles of the recording material using a pulsed laser to form the holographic element in the support medium. The method of production can be used to introduce a reflection holographic grating into a hydrophobic support medium, in particular, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), which possesses an extraordinary ability to swell in the presence of both liquid and/or gaseous low molecular weight hydrocarbons and organic solvents and thus has many applications as a holographic sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Cambridge Enterprise LimitedInventors: Christopher Robin Lowe, Colin Alexander Bennett Davidson, Jeffrey Blyth
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Publication number: 20140110886Abstract: A method for the production of a holographic sensor which comprises a support medium supporting a reflection hologram wherein the support medium interacts with its physical or chemical environment to create an optical response which is a change in one or more optical properties of the hologram, the method comprising the steps of: a) introducing a colloidal dispersion of a recording material into the support medium; and b) ablating the colloidal particles of the recording material using a pulsed laser to form the holographic element in the support medium. The method of production can be used to introduce a reflection holographic grating into a hydrophobic support medium, in particular, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), which possesses an extraordinary ability to swell in the presence of both liquid and/or gaseous low molecular weight hydrocarbons and organic solvents and thus has many applications as a holographic sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Cambridge Enterprise LimitedInventors: CHRISTOPHER ROBIN LOWE, COLIN ALEXANDER BENNETT DAVIDSON, JEFFREY BLYTH
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Patent number: 8334140Abstract: A sensor comprises respective acceptor and donor compounds immobilised in or on a matrix including a glucose-binding boronate and a cationic species, whereby the spacing between the acceptor and donor compounds is reduced in the presence of glucose. For example a holographic sensor comprises a glucose-binding boronate and a cationic species held within the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2006Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignees: Smart Holograms Limited, Cambridge Enterprise LimitedInventors: Satyamoorthy Kabilan, Mei-Ching Lee, Adrian Martin Horgan, Kathryn Elizabeth Sorrell Medlock, Christopher Robin Lowe, Jeffrey Blyth
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Patent number: 8241574Abstract: An ophthalmic device which comprises a holographic element comprising a medium comprising a phenylboronic acid group and, disposed therein, a hologram, wherein an optical characteristic of the element changes as a result of a variation of a physical property of the medium, and wherein the variation arises as a result of interaction between the medium and an analyte present in an ocular fluid.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Smart Holograms LimitedInventors: Barry Burles, Roger Bradley Millington, Christopher Robin Lowe, Satyamoorthy Kabilan, Jeffrey Blyth
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Patent number: 8241819Abstract: A sensor for the detection of an analyte, comprising a holographic element comprising a medium and a hologram disposed throughout the volume of the medium, wherein an optical characteristic of the hologram changes as a result of a variation of a physical property occurring throughout the volume of the medium, wherein the medium is obtainable by formation in situ in the presence of a pore-forming agent, wherein the agent is not present in the sensor or does not react with the analyte and the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Smart Holograms LimitedInventors: Christopher Robin Lowe, Colin Alexander Bennett Davidson, Jeffrey Blyth, Satyamoorthy Kabilan, Alexander James Marshall, Blanca Madrigal Gonzalez, Anthony Peter James
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Publication number: 20120107944Abstract: A sensor for the detection of an analyte comprising a cis-diol moiety, which comprises a holographic element comprising a medium and a hologram disposed throughout the volume of the medium, wherein an optical characteristic of the element changes as a result of a variation of a physical property occurring throughout the volume of the medium, and wherein the medium is a polymer comprising a group of formula (i) wherein n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; each X (if present) is independently is an atom or group which, via an electronic effect, promotes formation of a tetrahedral geometry about the boron atom; and Y is a spacer which, when n is 0 or otherwise optionally, is an atom or group which, via an electronic effect, promotes formation of a tetrahedral geometry about the boron atom. Such a sensor may be used for the detection of glucose.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Inventors: Christopher Robin Lowe, Jeffrey Blyth, Satyamoorthy Kabilan, Abid Hussain, Xiaoping Yang, Felicity Kate Sartain, Mei-Ching Lee
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Publication number: 20110286064Abstract: An ophthalmic device which comprises a holographic element comprising a medium comprising a phenylboronic acid group and, disposed therein, a hologram, wherein an optical characteristic of the element changes as a result of a variation of a physical property of the medium, and wherein the variation arises as a result of interaction between the medium and an analyte present in an ocular fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Inventors: BARRY BURLES, ROGER BRADLEY MILLINGTON, CHRISTOPHER ROBIN LOWE, SATYAMOORTHY KABILAN, JEFFREY BLYTH
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Patent number: 8048680Abstract: A sensor for the detection of an analyte comprising a cis-diol moiety, which comprises a holographic element comprising a medium and a hologram disposed throughout the volume of the medium, wherein an optical characteristic of the element changes as a result of a variation of a physical property occurring throughout the volume of the medium, and wherein the medium is a polymer comprising a group of formula (I): wherein n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; each X (if present) is independently is an atom or group which, via an electronic effect, promotes formation of a tetrahedral geometry about the boron atom; and Y is a spacer which, when n is 0 or otherwise optionally, is an atom or group which, via an electronic effect, promotes formation of a tetrahedral geometry about the boron atom. Such a sensor may be used for the detection of glucose.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2004Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignees: Smart Holograms Limited, Cambridge Enterprise Ltd.Inventors: Christopher Robin Lowe, Jeffrey Blyth, Satyamoorthy Kabilan, Abid Hussain, Xiaoping Yang, Felicity Kate Sartain, Mei-Ching Lee
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Patent number: 7998412Abstract: An ophthalmic device which comprises a holographic element comprising a medium comprising a phenylboronic acid group and, disposed therein, a hologram, wherein an optical characteristic of the element changes as a result of a variation of a physical property of the medium, and wherein the variation arises as a result of interaction between the medium and an analyte present in an ocular fluid.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Smart Holograms LimitedInventors: Barry Burles, Roger Bradley Millington, Christopher Robin Lowe, Satyamoorthy Kabilan, Jeffrey Blyth
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Publication number: 20110187026Abstract: A method for the production of a holographic sensor which comprises a support medium supporting a reflection hologram wherein the support medium interacts with its physical or chemical environment to create an optical response which is a change in one or more optical properties of the hologram, the method comprising the steps of: a) introducing a colloidal dispersion of a recording material into the support medium; and b) ablating the colloidal particles of the recording material using a pulsed laser to form the holographic element in the support medium. The method of production can be used to introduce a reflection holographic grating into a hydrophobic support medium, in particular, polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), which possesses an extraordinary ability to swell in the presence of both liquid and/or gaseous low molecular weight hydrocarbons and organic solvents and thus has many applications as a holographic sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: Christopher Robin Lowe, Colin Alexander Bennett Davidson, Jeffrey Blyth
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Patent number: 7923678Abstract: A sensing method, which comprises subjecting a holographic sensor to an external physical interaction to which the sensor is sensitive, and observing a change in the holographic image.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2005Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: Cambridge Enterprise LimitedInventors: Christopher Robin Lowe, Jeffrey Blyth, Anthony Peter James
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Publication number: 20100167416Abstract: A sensor comprises respective acceptor and donor compounds immobilised in or on a matrix including a glucose-binding boronate and a cationic species, whereby the spacing between the acceptor and donor compounds is reduced in the presence of glucose. For example a holographic sensor comprises a glucose-binding boronate and a cationic species held within the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2006Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventors: Satyamoorthy Kabilan, Mei-Ching Lee, Adrian Martin Horgan, Kathryn Elizabeth Sorrell Medlock, Christopher Robin Lowe, Jeffrey Blyth
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Publication number: 20090098467Abstract: A sensor for the detection of an analyte, comprising a holographic element comprising a medium and a hologram disposed throughout the volume of the medium, wherein an optical characteristic of the hologram changes as a result of a variation of a physical property occurring throughout the volume of the medium, wherein the medium is obtainable by formation in situ in the presence of a pore-forming agent, wherein the agent is not present in the sensor or does not react with the analyte and the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Inventors: Christopher Robin Lowe, Colin Alexander Bennett Davidson, Jeffrey Blyth, Satyamoorthy Kabilan, Alexander James Marshall, Blanca Madrigal Gonzalez, Anthony Peter James
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Publication number: 20090021697Abstract: An ophthalmic device which comprises a holographic element comprising a medium comprising a phenylboronic acid group and, disposed therein, a hologram, wherein an optical characteristic of the element changes as a result of a variation of a physical property of the medium, and wherein the variation arises as a result of interaction between the medium and an analyte present in an ocular fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2008Publication date: January 22, 2009Inventors: Barry Burles, Roger Bradley Millington, Christopher Robin Lowe, Satyamoorthy Kabilan, Jeffrey Blyth
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Patent number: 7443553Abstract: An array of discrete sensors disposed on a substrate, each sensor comprising a holographic support medium and a hologram disposed throughout the volume of the medium, whereby interaction with an analyte results in a variation of a property of the medium.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2004Date of Patent: October 28, 2008Assignee: Smart Holograms LimitedInventors: Christopher Robin Lowe, Colin Alexander Bennett Davidson, Jeffrey Blyth, Alexander James Marshall, Anthony Peter James
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Patent number: 7402441Abstract: A method for the detection of an analyte in a fluid, comprising contacting the fluid with a holographic element comprising a medium and a hologram disposed throughout the volume of the medium, wherein an optical characteristic of the element changes as a result of a variation of a physical property occurring throughout the volume of the medium, wherein the variation arises as a result of interaction between the medium and the analyte, and wherein the reaction and the variation are reversible; and detecting any change of the optical characteristic.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2003Date of Patent: July 22, 2008Assignee: Smart Holograms LimitedInventors: Christopher Robin Lowe, Colin Alexander Bennett Davidson, Jeffrey Blyth, Satyamoorthy Kabilan, Alexander James Marshall, Blanca Madrigal Gonzalez, Anthony Peter James
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Publication number: 20080094635Abstract: A sensing method, which comprises subjecting a holographic sensor to an external physical interaction to which the sensor is sensitive, and observing a change in the holographic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2005Publication date: April 24, 2008Inventors: Christopher Robin Lowe, Jeffrey Blyth, Anthony Peter James
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Publication number: 20070153343Abstract: A sensor (8) comprises a medium and a hologram disposed throughout the volume of the medium, wherein an optical characteristic of the hologram changes as a result of a variation of a physical property of the medium, and wherein the hologram is formed as a non-planar mirror.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2004Publication date: July 5, 2007Inventors: Jeffrey Blyth, Christopher Lowe, Colin Alexander Davidson, Satyamoorthy Kabilan, Catherine Dobson
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Publication number: 20060234132Abstract: A sensor comprising a medium and, disposed throughout the volume thereof, a holographic element whose fringes are defined by different degrees of swellability in a liquid.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2004Publication date: October 19, 2006Applicant: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL SERVICES LTDInventors: Colin Alexander Davidson, Jeffrey Blyth, Blanca Gonzalez