ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,705, issued on April 14, was assigned to Instrumentation Laboratory Co. (Bedford, Mass.).
"Sensor for measuring ionized magnesium" was invented by Anahita Karimi (Westwood, Mass.) and Sohrab Mansouri (Sudbury, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example sensor includes a conductive electrode and an ion-selective membrane over the conductive electrode. The ion-selective membrane includes an ionophore that is selective for ionized magnesium (iMg) and at least two types of anionic lipophilic salts. The at least two types of anionic lipophilic salts may include one or more fluorinated borate salts and one or more chlorinated borate ...