Patents by Inventor Kaushik Sirkar

Kaushik Sirkar 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).

  • Compositions and methods for analyte detection
    Patent number: 6485703
    Abstract: Provided are a variety of chemically sensitive, stable (insoluble over a specified period of time), nontoxic, and non-antigenic hydrogel particles which undergo a measurable change in at least one electrochemical or optical property as a function of interaction with one or more substance(s) to be detected. Also provided are methods of using these hydrogel particles to detect one or more selected analytes, and in certain aspects detect one or more analytes in vivo. Further provided are devices used to detect and measure the optical or electrochemical changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignees: The Texas A&M University System, The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Gerard L. Coté, Michael V. Pishko, Kaushik Sirkar, Ryan Russell, Richard Rox Anderson