US Patent 7015045 Cigua-dart method for detection of ciguatera toxins

Patent 7015045 was granted and assigned to Oceanit on March, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Oceanit

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

70150450

Patent Inventor Names

Paul Pernambuco-Wise0

Joanne S. M. Ebesu0

Date of Patent

March 21, 2006

Patent Application Number

107186930

Date Filed

November 24, 2003

Patent Primary Examiner

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Long V. Le

Patent abstract

A device for rapidly collecting tissue samples from organisms serves as a reaction chamber. It includes a solvent used to extract the analyte, a filter, and optional bioconcentrators. The filtered suspension is irradiated with a predetermined wavelength and the emitted, scattered, or reflected photons transmitted to a detector that identifies and quantifies the analyte. The bioconcentrators may consist of antibodies and colloidal metal nanoparticles that enhance emission of Raman signal frequencies by analytes bound to the antibodies. Alternatively, the device may contain only the extraction solvent and a filter.