Patents by Inventor Mohammed Zourob

Mohammed Zourob 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).

  • PHAGE-BASED METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF BACTERIA
    Publication number: 20090068638
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of biosensors useful for detecting bacteria. More particularly, the present invention relates to an electrochemical cell or biosensor and its use in a phage-based method and kit for the detection of bacteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: BIOPHAGE INC.
    Inventors: Arghavan SHABANI, Mohammed ZOUROB, Beatrice ALLAIN, Rosemonde MANDEVILLE
  • Waveguide structure
    Patent number: 7492978
    Abstract: A novel single point leaky waveguide structure and its use as an optical sensor for the detection of particles is disclosed. The waveguide structure is fabricated to increase the overlap of the evanescent field extension from the sensor surface with particles in the bulk solution of a flowing system so as to place most of the volume of the particles within the evanescent field. Increasing the overlap of the evanescent field with the particles and permitting mode propagation along the direction of flow for a few millimetres provides an effective interrogation approach for multiple particle detection in a single flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventors: Mohammed Zourob, Stephan Mohr, Bernard James Treves Brown, Peter Robert Fielden, Nicholas John Goddard
  • Apparatus for detecting particles
    Publication number: 20060228257
    Abstract: Apparatus for detecting particles in a liquid, comprises an evanescent optical sensor having an electrically conducting layer, and means associated therewith for providing an electric field at or adjacent the sensor surface. Preferably, the optical sensor is a surface bound sensor based on a metal-clad leaky waveguide structure. A DC potential applied to the metal layer and a parallel counter electrode provides a uniform electric field, which drives deposition of the particles on the sensor surface. Alternatively, an alternating potential applied to a electrically conducting layer configured as an electrode and counter electrode induces an electro-osmotic bulk flow in the liquid which drives deposition of the particles on the sensor surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Hughes, Kai Hoettges, Martin McDonnell, Nicholas Goddard, Mohammed Zourob
  • Waveguide structure
    Publication number: 20060147147
    Abstract: A novel single point leaky waveguide structure and its use as an optical sensor for the detection of particles is disclosed. The waveguide structure is fabricated to increase the overlap of the evanescent field extension from the sensor surface with particles in the bulk solution of a flowing system so as to place most of the volume of the particles within the evanescent field. Increasing the overlap of the evanescent field with the particles and permitting mode propagation along the direction of flow for a few millimetres provides an effective interrogation approach for multiple particle detection in a single flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Mohammed Zourob, Stephan Mohr, Bernard Treves Brown, Peter Fielden, Micholas Goddard