ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,796, issued on May 5, was assigned to University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati).

"Continuous aptamer sensing devices with improved longevity by gating of sample fluid" was invented by Jason Heikenfeld (Cincinnati).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for continuously sensing at least one target analyte in a sample fluid. The device 100 includes a plurality of electrochemical aptamer sensors 120, 122, 124, 126; and at least one gating component 132, 134, 136 associated with at least one electrochemical aptamer sensor of the plurality of electrochemical aptamer sensors. The method includes bringing a sample fluid 190 into contac...