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US 12,360,069 · App. 17/856,438 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Sensor system and methods of making

Inventors: Farhad Khosravi (Santa Fe, NM); David Bastable (Santa Fe, NM); Sergey A. Dryga (Rio Rancho, NM)
Assignee: NanoDX, Inc.
G01N27/04A61B5/1477G01N27/327G01N27/3278G01N27/403G01N27/414G01N33/48707H10D62/122
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Patent No.
US 12,360,069
App. No.
17/856,438
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Sensors having an advantageous design and methods for fabricating such sensors are generally provided. Some sensors described herein comprise pairs of electrodes having radial symmetry, pairs of nested electrodes, and/or nanowires. Some embodiments relate to fabricating electrodes by methods in which nanowires are deposited from a fluid contacted with a substrate in a manner such that it evaporates and is replenished.

Claims (31)

1. A sensor, comprising:

a plurality of pairs of electrodes; and

a plurality of nanowires,

wherein for greater than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 90% of the pairs of electrodes making up the plurality of pairs of electrodes, the pair of electrodes are in electrical communication with each other by exactly one nanowire in the plurality of nanowires.

2. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of nanowires comprises nanowires having a length of greater than or equal to 5 microns and less than or equal to 50 microns.

3. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of nanowires comprises nanowires comprising single-crystalline silicon.

4. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of nanowires comprises nanowires having charged surfaces and/or comprises a binding entity.

5. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of nanowires comprises nanowires comprising a binding entity for a biomarker for brain injury.

6. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of nanowires comprises nanowires comprising a binding entity for a small-molecule biomarker, lipids, and/or a viral protein.

7. The sensor of claim 6 , wherein the viral protein is a human viral protein, a non-human animal viral protein, and/or a plant viral protein.

8. The sensor of claim 6 , wherein the viral protein is a SARS-CoV-2 protein, an influenza virus protein, a zika virus protein, a parainfluenza virus protein, a HIV1 virus protein, and/or a HHV virus protein.

9. The sensor of claim 6 , wherein the sensor is configured to output a signal indicative of a concentration of the protein or other biomarker in a fluid.

10. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a blocking layer.

11. The sensor of claim 10 , wherein the blocking layer is disposed on the plurality of nanowires.

12. The sensor of claim 10 , wherein the blocking layer comprises a protein.

13. The sensor of claim 10 , wherein the blocking layer comprises a stabilizer which is removed upon contact with liquid.

14. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein each of the pairs of electrodes in the plurality of pairs of electrodes is equidistant from a center point.

15. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises two or more groups of nanowires that are functionalized with different chemistries.

16. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises greater than or equal to 10 and fewer than or equal to 40 pairs of electrodes.

17. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the exactly one nanowire comprises a nucleic acid, DNA, RNA or peptide-nucleic acid complimentary to a genetic sequence to be detected.

18. The sensor of claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the average length of the nanowires of the plurality of nanowires to the average distance between the pairs of electrodes of the plurality of pairs of electrodes is greater than or equal to 1.5.

19. The sensor of claim 1 , further comprising an external layer disposed on an external surface of the sensor and configured to be removed by dissolution in a fluid during sensing.

20. A fluidic device comprising a plurality of the sensor of claim 1 .

21. A sensor, comprising:

a plurality of pairs of electrodes;

a plurality of nanowires; and

a layer disposed on one or more electrodes of the plurality of electrodes that does not cover a portion of the nanowires making up the plurality of nanowires,

wherein for greater than or equal to 10% and less than or equal to 90% of the pairs of electrodes making up the plurality of pairs of electrodes, the pair of electrodes are in electrical communication with each other by exactly one nanowire in the plurality of nanowires.

22. A method comprising exposing the sensor of claim 1 to a fluid.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein the fluid comprises a bodily fluid.

24. The method of claim 23 , wherein the bodily fluid is blood, is plasma, is saliva, is tears, is urine, is a nasal fluid, is a nasopharyngeal fluid, was obtained through finger stick, was collected using a swab, and/or comprises a solid or viscous sample resuspended in another fluid.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2022
From: KHOSRAVI, FARHAD; BASTABLE, DAVID; DRYGA, SERGEY A.
To: NANODX, INC.
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Continuity (6)
Continuation 17330216 · May 25, 2021
Division 17131677 · Dec 22, 2020
Provisional Application 62953148 · Dec 23, 2019
Provisional Application 62953140 · Dec 23, 2019
Provisional Application 62953143 · Dec 23, 2019
Related Publication 20220390402A1 · Dec 8, 2022
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