US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on Aug. 25 for "Organic electrochemical transistor as an on-site signal amplifier for electrochemical aptamer-based sensors" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,864, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Organic electrochemical transistor as an on-site signal amplifier for electrochemical aptamer-based sensors" was invented by Jonathan Rivnay (Evanston, Ill.) and Xudong Ji (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Analyte sensing devices that include an electrochemical aptamer-based (E-AB) sensor integrated with an organic electrochemical transistor (OECT) for signal amplification are provided. The E-AB sensor has a three-electrode setup that includes an aptamer-functionalized working electrode, an independent reference electrode, and a counter el...