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Title: Nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry biometrics

Abstract

Several embodiments described herein are drawn to methods of identifying an analyte on a subject's skin, methods of generating a fingerprint, methods of determining a physiological change in a subject, methods of diagnosing health status of a subject, and assay systems for detecting an analyte and generating a fingerprint, by nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry (NIMS).

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1214154
Patent Number(s):
9125596
Application Number:
13/631,687
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS
G - PHYSICS G16 - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS G16H - HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2012 Sep 28
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Leclerc, Marion, Bowen, Benjamin, and Northen, Trent. Nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry biometrics. United States: N. p., 2015. Web.
Leclerc, Marion, Bowen, Benjamin, & Northen, Trent. Nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry biometrics. United States.
Leclerc, Marion, Bowen, Benjamin, and Northen, Trent. Tue . "Nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry biometrics". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1214154.
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