Patents by Inventor Timo-Jaakko Valta

Timo-Jaakko Valta 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: 11029309
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a detector matrix for detecting at least one analyte in a sample, preferably a sample of a body fluid, comprising at least one enzyme active in the presence of said at least one analyte and at least one indicator reagent changing at least one optical property dependent on the activity of said enzyme, wherein said detector matrix further comprises up-converting phosphor particles, preferably UV-emitting up-converting phosphor particles. The invention further relates to a test element and a test device for detecting at least one analyte in a sample comprising the detector matrix of the invention, as well as to a method for the manufacture of a detector matrix, a method for the manufacture of a test element, and to a method for detecting an analyte in a sample, comprising contacting a detector matrix according to the invention with a sample suspected to comprise said analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Carina Horn, Timo-Jaakko Valta
  • Publication number: 20190113506
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a detector matrix for detecting at least one analyte in a sample, preferably a sample of a body fluid, comprising at least one enzyme active in the presence of said at least one analyte and at least one indicator reagent changing at least one optical property dependent on the activity of said enzyme, wherein said detector matrix further comprises up-converting phosphor particles, preferably UV-emitting up-converting phosphor particles. The invention further relates to a test element and a test device for detecting at least one analyte in a sample comprising the detector matrix of the invention, as well as to a method for the manufacture of a detector matrix, a method for the manufacture of a test element, and to a method for detecting an analyte in a sample, comprising contacting a detector matrix according to the invention with a sample suspected to comprise said analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Carina Horn, Timo-Jaakko Valta
  • Patent number: 10168321
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a detector matrix for detecting at least one analyte in a sample, preferably a sample of a body fluid, comprising at least one enzyme active in the presence of said at least one analyte and at least one indicator reagent changing at least one optical property dependent on the activity of said enzyme, wherein said detector matrix further comprises up-converting phosphor particles, preferably UV-emitting up-converting phosphor particles. The invention further relates to a test element and a test device for detecting at least one analyte in a sample comprising the detector matrix of the invention, as well as to a method for the manufacture of a detector matrix, a method for the manufacture of a test element, and to a method for detecting an analyte in a sample, comprising contacting a detector matrix according to the invention with a sample suspected to comprise said analyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Carina Horn, Timo-Jaakko Valta
  • Publication number: 20160266098
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a detector matrix for detecting at least one analyte in a sample, preferably a sample of a body fluid, comprising at least one enzyme active in the presence of said at least one analyte and at least one indicator reagent changing at least one optical property dependent on the activity of said enzyme, wherein said detector matrix further comprises up-converting phosphor particles, preferably UV-emitting up-converting phosphor particles. The invention further relates to a test element and a test device for detecting at least one analyte in a sample comprising the detector matrix of the invention, as well as to a method for the manufacture of a detector matrix, a method for the manufacture of a test element, and to a method for detecting an analyte in a sample, comprising contacting a detector matrix according to the invention with a sample suspected to comprise said analyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Roche Diabetes Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Carina Horn, Timo-Jaakko Valta