| NOVA BIOMEDICAL CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20100270175 | Electrochemical biosensors based on NAD(P)-dependent dehydrogenase enzymes - A biosensor for measuring an analyte in a liquid sample includes a working electrode having a dispensed reagent thereon wherein the dispensed reagent contains an enzyme capable of catalyzing a reaction involving the analyte, a mediator that is considered an enzyme inhibitor, and an enzyme co-factor where the working electrode provides a stable and sensitive response even when the biosensor is stored at ambient conditions for a period of time selected from the group consisting of at least 3 months, 12 months and two years or. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100241030 | Modified lancet carrier for single-use lancet sensor assembly - A lancet carrier for an integrated lancet sensor assembly incorporating a lance cover includes an elongated body with a bottom, an open top, a body open end and a body closed end, a lancet-receiving recess with a recess bottom surface, the recess extending between the open end and the closed end, and a trough-forming member forming a trough with a trough open end in communication with the body open end, the trough-forming member longitudinally extending a predefined distance along the bottom from the body open end, the trough replacing a portion of the recess bottom surface at the body open end. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100102264 | SHEAR VALVE APPARATUS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE LEAKAGE AND WEAR - A shear valve assembly includes a stationary valve manifold having a manifold planar surface containing a plurality of manifold input ports and one or more manifold output ports, a movable valve switch having a switch planar surface in slidable, interactive contact with the manifold planar surface forming an interactive contact junction, the switch planar surface having a fluid switching channel capable of connecting one of the plurality of manifold input ports with one of the one or more manifold output ports, a surface modifying component disposed at the interactive contact junction that provides a period of extended useful life of the manifold planar surface and the switch planar surface beyond the useful life of pre-lubricated interactive contact junction, a drive shaft connected to the valve switch, and a valve housing supporting the stationary valve manifold, the movable valve switch, and the drive shaft. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100036407 | SINGLE-USE LANCET SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND METER - A single-use lancet cartridge for inserting into a multi-use lancet driver assembly includes an elongated lancet housing with an open end, a lancet within the lancet housing and movable between a retracted and resting orientation to a piercing orientation through the open end, and a re-use prevention component incorporated within the lancet cartridge and oriented to cooperatively engage with a driver piston of the multi-use lancet driver assembly only one time thereby preventing the lancet from being moved into a piercing orientation a second time. The single-use lancet cartridge is used that contains the multi-use lancet driver assembly. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100010323 | Temperature-compensated in-vivo sensor - A reagent matrix composition disposed on an electrically conductive electrode to form an in-vivo sensor for a predefined analyte includes a first hydrogel layer containing an enzyme that is a substrate for the analyte adjacent the electrically conductive electrode and a composite membrane layer disposed onto the first hydrogel layer where the composite layer includes a membrane hydrogel containing a plurality of microspheres. The plurality of microspheres is made of a material having no or little permeability to the analyte and a substantially high permeability to oxygen. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090275815 | Temperature-compensated in-vivo sensor - An in-vivo sensor assembly includes an assembly body having a body proximal end and a body distal end, a plurality of sensor elements including at least an analyte sensor element containing an enzyme that is a substrate of the analyte to be measured, a reference sensor element and a temperature sensor element disposed at or near the body distal end wherein the at least an analyte sensor element and the reference sensor element are exposed to the sample fluid and the temperature sensor is capable of measuring the temperature of and adjacent to the analyte sensor element, and an electrical coupling means disposed at the body proximal end and configured to couple to the at least an analytical sensor element, the reference sensor element and the temperature sensor element. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090240121 | Intravascular sensor and insertion set combination - An intravascular sensor assembly insertable into an intravenous catheter, the sensor assembly includes a sheath having a sheath proximal end and a sheath distal end wherein an outer diameter of the sheath is sized to be substantially equal to the outer diameter of an insertion needle of the intravenous catheter, a hub sealingly connected to the sheath proximal end, the hub adapted for removably coupling to the intravenous catheter, a sensor disposed within the sheath, the sensor having a sensor shank with a shank distal end and a shank proximal end, a plurality of sensor elements including a working electrode with a reagent matrix disposed thereon, the reagent matrix comprising an enzyme capable of catalyzing a reaction involving a substrate for the enzyme and a reference electrode, the plurality of sensor elements disposed adjacent the shank distal end, a plurality of connector pads disposed at the shank proximal end where the plurality of connector pads are contained within the hub and the plurality of sensor elements are exposed adjacent the sheath distal end, and a plurality of elongated conductive elements where each of the plurality of conductive elements electrically couples one of the plurality of sensor elements to one of the plurality of connector pads, and a cable electrically coupled to the plurality of connector pads. | 09-24-2009 |
