US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on June 30 for "Sensor unit, body fluid monitoring device and method for detecting an analyte" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,283, issued on June 30, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Sensor unit, body fluid monitoring device and method for detecting an analyte" was invented by Lutz Christian Gerhardt (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Ron Martinus Laurentius Van Lieshout (Geldrop, Netherlands) and Mark Thomas Johnson (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a sensor unit (104) for detecting an analyte (128) in an aqueous medium. The sensor unit comprises a surface (124) for receiving the aqueous medium thereon. Capture species (126) immobilized on the surface reversibly bind the analyte. A detector (130) d...