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Electrochemical measuring apparatus provided with an enzyme electrode
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1982-05-15
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Granted: 1983-06-14
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Expires: 2002-05-15
Abstract
Abstract An electrochemical measuring apparatus which essemtially comprises an asymmetric semipermeable membrane mounted on an immobilized enzyme membrane of an enzyme electrode, said asymmetric semipermeable membrane being essentially formed of a thin semipermeable layer exposed to the outside for contact with a liquid to be measured and an inner adjacent thick porous layers, and can measure an organic ingredient such as glucose contained in blood or serum with high sensitivity in a short time and moreover has a prominent durability.
Inventors
- 👤 Shuichi Suzuki
- 👤 Masuo Aizawa
- 👤 Masao Koyama
- 👤 Yuichi Sato
- 👤 Junji Koezuka
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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CPC Classifications
C; C12; C12Q; C12Q1/00; C12Q1/001; C12Q1/002; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S435/00; Y10S435/817
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
An electrochemical measuring apparatus provided with an enzyme electrode which comprises an electrode having adjacent thereto a filter membrane which is permeable to a material to be detected but impervious to a material of larger particle size than the material to be detected, a separate immobilized enzyme membrane deposited on said filter membrane, and an asymmetric semipermeable membrane mounted on the immobilized enzyme membrane, said asymmetric semipermeable membrane being essentially formed of an outer thin semipermeable layer of a thickness less than 1 micron exposed to contact with a liquid to be measured and an inner thick porous layer within said thin semipermeable layer, whereby the concentration of an organic ingredient contained in said liquid to be measured is determined by utilizing the reaction of the enzyme set in said immobilized enzyme membrane.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
An electrochemical measuring apparatus provided with an enzyme electrode which comprises an electrode having adjacent thereto a filter membrane which is permeable to a material to be detected but impervious to a material of larger particle size than the material to be detected, a separate immobilized enzyme membrane deposited on said filter membrane, and an asymmetric semipermeable membrane mounted on the immobilized enzyme membrane, said asymmetric semipermeable membrane being essentially formed of an outer thin semipermeable layer of a thickness less than 1 micron exposed to contact with a liquid to be measured and an inner thick porous layer within said thin semipermeable layer, whereby the concentration of an organic ingredient contained in said liquid to be measured is determined by utilizing the reaction of the enzyme set in said immobilized enzyme membrane.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the asymmetric semipermeable membrane is impervious to more than 80% of a material having a molecular weight of 20,000 and permeable to more than 70% of a material having a molecular weight of 1,000.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the asymmetric semipermeable membrane has a thickness of 10 to 50 microns.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the asymmetric semipermeable membrane is an integral material in which the fine pores of the thin semipermeable layer are arranged adjacent to the coarse pores of the thick porous layer in the direction through the thickness of said asymmetric semipermeable membrane.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
42 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the asymmetric semipermeable membrane is formed by laminating a separate thick porous layer having coarse pores with a separate thin semipermeable layer having fine pores, such that the latter layer is exposed to the outside.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electrode is an oxygen electrode which essentially comprises: an electrode cylinder; a cathode and anode received in said electrode cylinder; an electrolyte filled in a space defined between said cathode and anode; and a filter membrane disposed near the cathode to constitute the sensitized plane of the electrode.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the immobilized enzyme membrane is formed by physically or chemically depositing glucose oxidase on a substrate.
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