Patents by Inventor Lucien Nagels

Lucien Nagels 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).

  • Patent number: 10330677
    Abstract: This invention provides:—an aptamer-based electrochemical sensor, wherein said aptamer is covalently bonded to or chemisorbed on an electrode, said aptamer forming a complex with a target molecule and is encapsulated by a gelatin B matrix;—a method of manufacturing said aptamer-based electrochemical sensor;—the use of the aptamer-based electrochemical sensor for the electrochemical determination of a concentration of a target molecule; and—a composite electrode combining a polymeric material and electrically conducting particles for selective analyte detection, wherein said electrode is coated with gelatin type B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Universiteit Antwerpen
    Inventors: Ronny J. P. Blust, Freddy Dardenne, Karolien De Wael, Lucien Nagels, Guido F. E. Van Camp
  • Publication number: 20180067108
    Abstract: This invention provides:—an aptamer-based electrochemical sensor, wherein said aptamer is covalently bonded to or chemisorbed on an electrode, said aptamer forming a complex with a target molecule and is encapsulated by a gelatin B matrix;—a method of manufacturing said aptamer-based electrochemical sensor;—the use of the aptamer-based electrochemical sensor for the electrochemical determination of a concentration of a target molecule; and—a composite electrode combining a polymeric material and electrically conducting particles for selective analyte detection, wherein said electrode is coated with gelatin type B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Ronny J.P. BLUST, Freddy DARDENNE, Karolien DE WAEL, Lucien NAGELS, Guido F.E. VAN CAMP
  • Patent number: 9791438
    Abstract: This invention provides: —an aptamer-based electrochemical sensor, wherein said aptamer is covalently bonded to or chemisorbed on an electrode, said aptamer forming a complex with a target molecule and is encapsulated by a gelatin B matrix; —a method of manufacturing said aptamer-based electrochemical sensor; —the use of the aptamer-based electrochemical sensor for the electrochemical determination of a concentration of a target molecule; and —a composite electrode combining a polymeric material and electrically conducting particles for selective analyte detection, wherein said electrode is coated with gelatin type B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Universiteit Antwerpen
    Inventors: Ronny J. P. Blust, Freddy Dardenne, Karolien De Wael, Lucien Nagels, Guido F. E. Van Camp
  • Patent number: 9594047
    Abstract: A coated-wire potentiometric sensor comprising an electronically conducting substrate electrode coated with an ionically conductive sensing layer and an outermost surface consisting of or comprising in and/or on a first molecular species which is capable of reversibly adsorbing a second molecular species and a method for measuring the affinity between a first molecular species and a second molecular species comprising the steps of: providing a potentiometric sensor of the coated-wire type having an outermost surface; adapting said outermost surface so that consists of or comprises said first molecular species; placing said sensor in a system for the recording of sensorgrams; recording a sensorgram of the adsorption of a second molecular species on said first molecular species of or comprised in and/or on said adapted outermost surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN
    Inventors: Karolien De Wael, Lucien Nagels, Guido Van Camp
  • Publication number: 20160377606
    Abstract: This invention provides: —an aptamer-based electrochemical sensor, wherein said aptamer is covalently bonded to or chemisorbed on an electrode, said aptamer forming a complex with a target molecule and is encapsulated by a gelatin B matrix; —a method of manufacturing said aptamer-based electrochemical sensor; —the use of the aptamer-based electrochemical sensor for the electrochemical determination of a concentration of a target molecule; and —a composite electrode combining a polymeric material and electrically conducting particles for selective analyte detection, wherein said electrode is coated with gelatin type B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Ronny J.P. BLUST, Freddy DARDENNE, Karolien DE WAEL, Lucien NAGELS, Guido F.E. VAN CAMP
  • Publication number: 20140318985
    Abstract: A coated-wire potentiometric sensor comprising an electronically conducting substrate electrode coated with an ionically conductive sensing layer and an outermost surface consisting of or comprising in and/or on a first molecular species which is capable of reversibly adsorbing a second molecular species and a method for measuring the affinity between a first molecular species and a second molecular species comprising the steps of: providing a potentiometric sensor of the coated-wire type having an outermost surface; adapting said outermost surface so that consists of or comprises said first molecular species; placing said sensor in a system for the recording of sensorgrams; recording a sensorgram of the adsorption of a second molecular species on said first molecular species of or comprised in and/or on said adapted outermost surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Universiteit Antwerpen
    Inventors: Karolien DE WAEL, Lucien Nagels, Guido Van Camp