US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on March 17 for "High throughput stochastic bio-molecular sensor" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,328, issued on March 17, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"High throughput stochastic bio-molecular sensor" was invented by Swathi Manda (Cambridge, Mass.) and Ashwin Gopinath (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "What is described herein is a device for sensing a target, comprising a planar array of unique stochastic sensors, wherein each sensor is weakly cross-reactive with a unique determinant on the target; a means for capturing electrical signals from each sensor and the temporal duration of each signal; and a means for analyzing the cumulative signals from the array of stochastic senso...