Patent ID: 8236243
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: B82Y,G01N

Abstract:
1. A nano-structured device for detecting a chemical or biological analyte, the device comprising: a carrier substrate; a transducer film disposed over a surface of the carrier substrate, the transducer film for generating a first signal in response to a mechanical stress applied thereto, the first signal indicating the detection of the chemical or biological analyte; and a dendrimer structure tethered to the transducer film, the dendrimer structure including a plurality of receptors for binding molecules of the chemical or biological analyte to the dendrimer structure, the dendrimer structure applying the mechanical stress to the transducer film, the mechanical stress being proportional to the strain induced into the dendrimer by the molecules of the chemical or biological analyte binding to the receptors, the transducer film generating the first signal indicating the detection of the chemical or biological analyte, the nano-structured device made of materials for in vivo use.