Who We Are
Engineers and innovators focused on bringing novel, patented pathogen detection and identification technology to market, fulfilling the urgent need for rapid, on-site pathogen diagnostics.
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BiSen Tech LLC is developing a fundamentally different technology that will provide continuous, point-of-need monitoring for pathogens, including protozoa, bacteria, and viruses, with unprecedented single-cell or single-virus sensitivity and pathogen detection occurring within seconds, at a low operating cost and with no need for human intervention.
Our Mission
Our Journey
BiSen Tech is seeking partners to bring our breakthrough pathogen detection system to life.
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We are looking to build a proof-of-concept prototype that will then lead to rapid commercialization through licensing our technology to multiple manufacturers of pathogen detection equipment serving a variety of markets with high-need and high-demand.
Patent Application Filed
2013
BiSen Tech LLC is pleased to announce that a Patent Application was filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office on August 20, 2013, for the real-time detection of air-borne pathogens.
2015
BiSen Tech LLC is pleased to announce that on February 12, 2015 the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent for BiSen's seminal technology with all 40 patent application claims allowed.
Groundbreaking Sensor Technology Launched
Critical Needs
The accelerated, autonomous pathogen detection and identification capabilities of BiSen Tech’s biosensors will help protect against biowarfare, stop the spread of foodborne and infectious disease, and improve water quality. Learn more about these areas of critical need and high demand.
Meet the Team
John S. Herbrand
President & Managing Member
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John Herbrand has deep expertise in both engineering and law and is a seasoned entrepreneurial leader. John has over 3 decades of experience as an engineer and attorney working for government and small, mid-size, and large businesses where he honed his skills in technology development and manufacturing. After serving as in-house counsel for a small electronic manufacturer, an aircraft service business, and a Fortune 500 company, he founded his own law firm, representing primarily high-technology start-up companies and playing a key role in helping to bring innovative products to market. John also is the co-founder of several successful enterprises, including Genesee Valley Transportation Co., Inc., a short-line railroad, and Third Eye Design, Inc., a consumer products manufacturer. John has a Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, from Pennsylvania State University, and received a Juris Doctor, with Honors, from George Washington University.
Michael D. Potter
Chief Science Officer & Managing Member
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Michael Potter is both a skilled engineer and an innovator. Michael worked for IBM Corporation for 27 years, with 10 years in semiconductor device engineering development for both bipolar and field effect transistors and 17 years in technical management with responsibilities for device design manuals and device electrical characterization. From 1994 until 2000 he was Vice President and Chief Technical Officer for Advanced Vision Technologies, Inc., Rochester, NY, and also served for eight years at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY, as a Visiting Scholar and as a Distinguished Researcher in the College of Engineering. Adept at driving innovation, Michael has 67 issued patents and 19 inventions published in IBM’s Technical Disclosure Bulletin, along with more than 25 publications and symposium/conference presentations. He has received numerous awards and in 2002 he was selected as a participant for "Scientists Helping America," DARPA DOD in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
NASA
BiSen Tech's recent proposal to NASA elicited the following comments:
"BiSen's sensor technology is the next-generation technology for the detection of microbes."
"This technology can fundamentally change how pathogen protection is conducted."
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