Patent ID: 7113069
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: G01N,H01B,H01C

Abstract:
1. A sensor array for detecting an analyte in a fluid, said sensor array comprising: first and second sensors, wherein said first sensor comprises a sensing region of an aligned conductive material and a nonconductive region, each of which sensors provides a different detected response in the presence of said analyte; and means for aligning conductive material within said first sensor to obtain said aligned conductive material; wherein said aligned conductive material comprises aligned distinct particles; wherein said sensor array is electrically connected to a computer comprising a resident algorithm; the computer detecting said response and comparing said response to a known sensor array response profile, and wherein the aligning means is performed by exposure of the conductive material to at least one of the group consisting of: a magnetic field, an electromagnetic field, an electrical field, a thermal field, a photoelectric field, a light field, or combinations thereof, and wherein the respective nonconductive regions of the first and second sensors of the sensor array have a different concentration of a same type of nonconductive organic material with respect to each other.