Patents by Inventor Stephen M. Oja

Stephen M. Oja 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).

  • Publication number: 20240328989
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an analyte sensor comprising a working electrode, a sensing layer disposed on at least a portion of the working electrode, and a hydrophilic polyurethane membrane overcoating at least the sensing layer, wherein the hydrophilic polyurethane is aliphatic, aromatic, or both aliphatic and aromatic. The hydrophilic polyurethane membrane limits the transport of mass to the sensing layer without the need to be crosslinked. With such membrane, the analyte sensor can provide consistent analyte measurements over a temperature range of about 22-42° C. The present disclosure is further related to a method of forming an analyte sensor comprising providing a working electrode, disposing a sensing layer on at least a portion of the working electrode, and coating at least the sensing layer with a hydrophilic polyurethane membrane, wherein the hydrophilic polyurethane is aliphatic, aromatic, or both aliphatic and aromatic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan D. McCanless, Tianmei Ouyang, Stephen M. Oja, Yagya Raj Ojha, Rifat Emrah Ozel, Cade B. Fox, Zenghe Liu, Benjamin J. Feldman
  • Publication number: 20240279707
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to sensing composition comprising a pyruvate-responsive enzyme and thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP). In particular, the sensing composition can comprise a pyruvate-responsive enzyme (e.g., pyruvate oxidase), TPP, optionally flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), a stabilizing agent (e.g., an albumin), and a redox mediator. The sensing composition forms a sensing layer on a working electrode to form a sensing electrode. The sensing electrode, along with a circuit, can form part of a system for sensing pyruvate. The present disclosure is further related to a method for sensing pyruvate, which includes accumulating charge derived from pyruvate reacting with the sensing composition for a set period of time and then measuring a signal from the accumulated charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
    Inventors: Tianmei Ouyang, Stephen M. Oja, Benjamin J. Feldman
  • Publication number: 20220260517
    Abstract: A method for sensing an analyte utilizing a sensor, the sensor including a reference electrode and a working electrode including an analyte-specific enzyme and a redox mediator, where the method includes: providing the working electrode to the analyte; accumulating charge derived from the analyte reacting with the analyte-specific enzyme and the redox mediator; measuring a potential drift of the working electrode relative to the reference electrode over a period of time, and correlating a rate of the potential drift to a concentration of the analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen M. Oja, Benjamin Feldman
  • Patent number: 11371957
    Abstract: A method for sensing an analyte utilizing a sensor having a working electrode, the method includes providing the working electrode with an analyte-specific enzyme and a redox mediator, providing the working electrode to the analyte, accumulating charge derived from the analyte reacting with the analyte-specific enzyme and the redox mediator for a set period of time, connecting the working electrode to circuit after the set period of time, and measuring the signal from the accumulated charge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC.
    Inventors: Stephen M. Oja, Benjamin Feldman
  • Publication number: 20190004005
    Abstract: A method for sensing an analyte utilizing a sensor having a working electrode, the method includes providing the working electrode with an analyte-specific enzyme and a redox mediator, providing the working electrode to the analyte, accumulating charge derived from the analyte reacting with the analyte-specific enzyme and the redox mediator for a set period of time, connecting the working electrode to circuit after the set period of time, and measuring the signal from the accumulated charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Stephen M. Oja, Benjamin Feldman