Patents by Inventor Theresa A. Rey

Theresa A. Rey 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).

  • Test-sensor production monitoring using XRF spectrometry
    Patent number: 8005188
    Abstract: A method for monitoring test sensors comprising the steps of, providing a test sensor comprising a reagent including an enzyme and a metal mediator; monitoring the amount of metal in the mediator of the reagent using X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and determining from the amount of metal in the mediator an amount of the reagent on the test sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Bayer Healthcare LLC
    Inventors: Scott E. Carpenter, Theresa A. Rey, Huan-Ping Wu
  • Test-Sensor Production Monitoring Using XRF Spectrometry
    Publication number: 20090310743
    Abstract: A sensor for determining the presence of an analyte in a test sample, said sensor comprising a nanoparticulate membrane comprising nanoparticles of at least one inorganic oxide of an element selected from Group IA, IIA, IIIA, IVA, IB, IIB, IIIB, IVAB, VB, VIB, VIII3 or V11113 of the Periodic Table, and wherein an oxidoreductase and an electrochemical activator are diffusibly dispersed in said nanoparticulate membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Scott E. Carpenter, Theresa A. Rey, Huan-Ping Wu