US Patent Issued to NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA on Aug. 11 for "Biosensor for water toxicity monitoring" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,493, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA (Ottawa).

"Biosensor for water toxicity monitoring" was invented by Ademola Adekunle (Airdrie, Canada), Boris Tartakovsky (Cote St. Luc, Canada), Andre Moreau (Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada) and Yehuda Kleiner (Thornhill, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a biosensor for detecting water contaminants. The biosensor has a microbial fuel cell compartment, having (i) at least one opening to allow water into and out of the microbial fuel cell compartment, (ii) an anode comprising electroactive microorganisms, and (iii) a cathode. The ano...