Patents by Inventor Piia Vainio

Piia Vainio 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: 7513983
    Abstract: Methods and insulator electrode devices for performing electrochemical reactions are disclosed. The devices consist of high specific surface area electrodes based on a channeled conducting base material that has been coated with an organic or inorganic insulating film or multiple layers of such films. The chemical reactions are exemplified by exciting one or several label compounds into an excited state which is spontaneously de-excited by emission of ultraviolet, visible or infrared light, in aqueous solution. This provides the basis for reproducible analytical applications in bioaffinity assays such as immunoassays and DNA-probing assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: Labmaster Ltd.
    Inventors: Timo Ala-Kleme, Philip Canty, Jarkko Eskola, Timo Korpela, Sakari Kulmala, Piia Vainio
  • Publication number: 20060096866
    Abstract: Methods and insulator electrode devices for performing electrochemical reactions are disclosed. The devices consist of high specific surface area electrodes based on a channeled conducting base material that has been coated with an organic or inorganic insulating film or multiple layers of such films. The chemical reactions are exemplified by exciting one or several label compounds into an excited state which is spontaneously de-excited by emission of ultraviolet, visible or infrared light, in aqueous solution. This provides the basis for reproducible analytical applications in bioaffinity assays such as immunoassays and DNA-probing assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: LABMASTER LTD.
    Inventors: Timo Ala-Kleme, Philip Canty, Jarkko Eskola, Timo Korpela, Sakari Kulmala, Piia Vainio
  • Patent number: 7005108
    Abstract: Methods and insulator electrode devices for performing electrochemical reactions are disclosed. The devices consist of high specific surface area electrodes based on a channeled conducting base material that has been coated with an organic or inorganic insulating film or multiple layers of such films. The chemical reactions are exemplified by exciting one or several label compounds into an excited state which is spontaneously de-excited by emission of ultraviolet, visible or infrared light, in aqueous solution. This provides the basis for reproducible analytical applications in bioaffinity assays such as immunoassays and DNA-probing assays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Labmaster Ltd.
    Inventors: Timo Ala-Kleme, Philip Canty, Jarkko Eskola, Timo Korpela, Sakari Kulmala, Piia Vainio
  • Publication number: 20030192780
    Abstract: Methods and insulator electrode devices for performing electrochemical reactions are disclosed. The devices consist of high specific surface area electrodes based on a channeled conducting base material that has been coated with an organic or inorganic insulating film or multiple layers of such films. The chemical reactions are exemplified by exciting one or several label compounds into an excited state which is spontaneously de-excited by emission of ultraviolet, visible or infrared light, in aqueous solution. This provides the basis for reproducible analytical applications in bioaffinity assays such as immunoassays and DNA-probing assays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2002
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Inventors: Timo Ala-Kleme, Philip Canty, Jarkko Eskola, Timo Korpela, Sakari Kulmala, Piia Vainio