Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
111 words
An analytical unit comprising an analytical element having at least one reagent layer provided on a transparent support and capable of causing a change in optical density when a specimen to be assayed is drip-applied thereon, and a photometric means capable of catching reflected light of the light incident from the side of said transparent support, wherein said analytical unit contains a conversion processing means in which a conversion equation for converting the optical reflection density of the light caught by said photometric means into at least one of the density of, and the value of enzymatic activity of, a component detected in a specimen to be assayed comprises a hyperbola.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
111 words
An analytical unit comprising an analytical element having at least one reagent layer provided on a transparent support and capable of causing a change in optical density when a specimen to be assayed is drip-applied thereon, and a photometric means capable of catching reflected light of the light incident from the side of said transparent support, wherein said analytical unit contains a conversion processing means in which a conversion equation for converting the optical reflection density of the light caught by said photometric means into at least one of the density of, and the value of enzymatic activity of, a component detected in a specimen to be assayed comprises a hyperbola.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The analitical unit according to Claim 1, wherein the conversion equation is: where X denotes the optical reflection density, Y denotes the density of, or the value of enzymatic activity of, a component detected.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
The analytical unit according to Claim 1, wherein the conversion equation used when the density of, and the value of enzymatic activity of, said component detected is determined according to an end point assay and a rate assay is based on the hyperbola in both the methods.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The analitical unit according to the Claim 1, wherein the conversion processing means comprising a measuring device containing an arithmetic unit, a timing generator and an AD converter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The analytical unit according to Claim 1, wherein a transparent member for preventing dust to protect the photometric means is interposed between said analytical element and said photometric means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The analytical unit according to Claim 1, wherein the light incident on the analitical element is the light that passes through a filter adapted to the measurement wavelength.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
13 words
The analytical unit according to Claim 1, wherein the transparent support is light-transmissive.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
The analytical unit according to Claim 1, wherein said analytical unit contains a read-out sensor which read indications attached to the analytical element.