US Patent Issued to UXN on Sept. 8 for "Non-enzymatic glucose-sensing device with nanoporous structure and conditioning of the nanoporous structure" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,800, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to UXN Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Non-enzymatic glucose-sensing device with nanoporous structure and conditioning of the nanoporous structure" was invented by Hankil Boo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Rae Kyu Chang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a glucose-sensing electrode including a nanoporous metal layer and an electrolyte ion-blocking layer formed over the nanoporous metal layer. The nanoporous metal layer is capable of oxidizing both glucose and maltose without an enzyme specific to glucose in the glucose-sensing electrode. The electrolyt...