Patent ID: 9404882
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B22F,B29C,C22B,C22C,G01N,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A method of using a multi-microchannel, flow-through element as a transducer or electrode in an electrochemical sensor, comprising: applying a polarization potential between the multi-microchannel, flow-through element as a working electrode and a further, reference electrode; exposing the multi-microchannel, flow-through element to a sample containing an analyte; detecting as a signal a physico-chemical change as a result of interactions between the analyte in the sample and a complementary biorecognition agent, wherein said complementary biorecognition agent is immobilized in real time on at least one surface of the multi-microchannel flow-through element, wherein the multi-microchannel, flow-through element is provided for use in an electrochemical sensor, and wherein the multi-microchannel, flow-through element is provided as a transducer and is an electrically conductive, metallic element, wherein the multi-microchannel, flow-through element includes a body and a plurality of microchannels, wherein each of said microchannels extends completely through the body of the multi-microchannel, flow-through element and provides a direct flow path between opposite faces of said multi-microchannel, flow-through element.