Patent 9891215 was granted and assigned to GenMark Diagnostics on February, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention provides compositions and methods directed to an electrode initialization step for the electrochemical treatment of monolayers used in electrochemical detection of target analytes on the surface of a monolayer. Electrode initialization creates a more stable monolayer, and resolves variability within the electrochemical signal detected on the monolayer.