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Oxygen sensor
Assignee: Terumo Corp
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Filing: 1988-09-12
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Granted: 1989-08-29
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Expires: 2008-09-12
Abstract
Abstract An oxygen sensor includes an electrically conductive substrate directly coated with an electrolytic oxidative polmeric membrane, which contains a porphyrin compound and a metal complex thereof. Also provided is an oxygen sensor capable of being subjected to a temperature calibration and including an oxygen electrode consisting of an electrically conductive substrate directly coated with a porphyrin derivative compound and a metal complex compound thereof, a reference electrode, a gelled polymeric electrolyte in which the oxygen electrode and reference electrode are immersed, and an oxygen-selective permeable membrane coating the gelled polymer electrolyte.
Inventors
- 👤 Norihiko Ushizawa
- 👤 Takeshi Shimomura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 14:28
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N27/00; G01N27/02; G01N27/04; G01N27/12; G01N27/26; G01N27/403; G01N27/404
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
70 words
An oxygen sensor comprising an electrically conductive carbon substrate and an electrolytic oxidation polymeric membrane formed by electrolytic polymerization coating a surface of said electrically conductive substrate, said electrolytic oxidative polymeric membrane comprising at least one substance selected from porphyrin compounds in which a hydroxy aromatic derivative is substituted at the meso-position and porphyrin compounds in which an amino aromatic derivative is substituted at the meso-position, and metal complexes thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
70 words
An oxygen sensor comprising an electrically conductive carbon substrate and an electrolytic oxidation polymeric membrane formed by electrolytic polymerization coating a surface of said electrically conductive substrate, said electrolytic oxidative polymeric membrane comprising at least one substance selected from porphyrin compounds in which a hydroxy aromatic derivative is substituted at the meso-position and porphyrin compounds in which an amino aromatic derivative is substituted at the meso-position, and metal complexes thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The oxygen sensor according to claim 1, wherein said complex-forming metal of porphyrin complex is a metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The oxygen sensor according to claim 1, wherein said complex-forming metal of porphyrin complex is transition metal or a metal selected from the group consisting of zinc and tin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
43 words
The oxygen sensor of claim 1, wherein the electrolytic oxidative polymer membrane comprises the metal complex of a porphyrin compound and the complex-forming metal is a transition metal selected from titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, copper, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium, platinum, silver or gold.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
84 words
An oxygen sensor comprising: an oxygen electrode consisting of an electrically conductive carbon substrate directly coated with an electrolytic oxidative polymeric membrane, said membrane being formed by electrolytic polymerization and comprising at least one substance selected from porphyrin derivative compounds and metal complex compounds thereof; a reference electrode wound around said oxygen electrode and having an insulator formed therebetween; a gelled polymeric electrolyte in which said oxygen electrode and said reference electrode are immersed; and an oxygen-selective permeable membrane coating said gelled polymeric electrolyte.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
84 words
An oxygen sensor comprising: an oxygen electrode consisting of an electrically conductive carbon substrate directly coated with an electrolytic oxidative polymeric membrane, said membrane being formed by electrolytic polymerization and comprising at least one substance selected from porphyrin derivative compounds and metal complex compounds thereof; a reference electrode wound around said oxygen electrode and having an insulator formed therebetween; a gelled polymeric electrolyte in which said oxygen electrode and said reference electrode are immersed; and an oxygen-selective permeable membrane coating said gelled polymeric electrolyte.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The oxygen sensor according to claim 5, wherein said porphyrin derivative is a meso-type phenyl derivative.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The oxygen sensor according to claim 6, wherein said complex-forming metal of porphyrin complex is a metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co and Ni.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The oxygen sensor according to claim 6, wherein said complex-forming metal of porphyrin complex is transition metal or a metal selected from the group consisting of zinc and tin.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
The oxygen sensor of claim 8, wherein said transition metal is selected from titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, copper, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium, platinum, silver or gold.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
43 words
The oxygen sensor according to claim 5, wherein said porphyrin compound is selected from a porphyrin compound in which a hydroxy aromatic derivative is substituted at the meso-position and a porphyrin compound in which an amino aromatic derivative is substituted at the meso-position.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
45 words
The oxygen sensor according to claim 5, wherein said metal complex of the porphyrin compound is selected from metallo-porphyrin complexes in which a hydroxy aromatic derivative is substituted at the meso-position and metallo-porphyrin complexes in which an amino aromatic derivative is substituted at the meso-position.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The oxygen sensor according to claim 5, wherein said reference electrode is a silver/silver chloride electrode.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
The oxygen sensor according to claim 5, wherein said gelled polymeric electrolyte is an aqueous solution of polyvinyl alcohol containing a phosphate buffer solution and sodium chloride.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
The oxygen sensor according to claim 5, wherein said oxygen-selective permeable membrane is a hydrophobic polymeric membrane.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
20 words
The oxygen sensor according to claim 14, wherein said hydrophobic polymeric membrane comprises a silicone tube, polypropylene, polyethylene or polytetrafluoroethylene.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
64 words
The oxygen sensor comprising an electrically conductive carbon substrate and an electrolytic oxidative polymer membrane coating a surface of said electrically conductive substrate, said electrolytic oxidative polymeric membrane comprising at least one substance selected from porphyrin compounds and metal complexes thereof, wherein the complex-forming metal is a transition metal selected from titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, copper, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium, platinum, silver or gold.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
64 words
The oxygen sensor comprising an electrically conductive carbon substrate and an electrolytic oxidative polymer membrane coating a surface of said electrically conductive substrate, said electrolytic oxidative polymeric membrane comprising at least one substance selected from porphyrin compounds and metal complexes thereof, wherein the complex-forming metal is a transition metal selected from titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese, copper, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium, platinum, silver or gold.
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