... on the sensor surface. An optically based pH sensor is fabricated as a first step to show that nitric oxide can be used with blood gas sensors to reduce thrombosis and not interfere with the measurements. pH sensors fabricated using glass microscope slides suffered from leaching of the dye from the sol-gel...

...Robb M. Gavalis; Hua Xing; Peter Y. Wong; Lothar Lilge; Caroline G. L. Cao 12 06 2008 dyes endoscopes fluorescence laser applications in medicine optical fibres patient diagnosis Colonoscopy, the gold-standard for screening colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease...