US Patent Issued to The Florida International University Board of Trustees on Oct. 28 for "Immobilization strategies for enhancing sensitivity of electrochemical aptamer-based sensors" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,256, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami).

"Immobilization strategies for enhancing sensitivity of electrochemical aptamer-based sensors" was invented by Yi Xiao (Cary, N.C.), Yingzhu Liu (Wuhan, China) and Juan Canoura (Hialeah Gardens, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The subject invention provides methods for fabricating electrochemical aptamer-based (E-AB) sensors with enhanced sensitivity, signal-to-noise ratios, LOD, and improved stability and reproducibility. The subject invention also provides methods for aptamer immobilization on the surface of the electrode, wh...