Sample discriminating method
First Claim
1. A method of discriminating a sample for a sensor system which quantitates the concentration of a target substance contained in the sample by measuring electric current, said method comprising the steps of:
- using a ratio of a measured current value to a time-differential value of the current value as a discriminating parameter;
defining a discrimination function for discriminating kinds of a plurality of objective samples using a plurality of said discriminating parameters, said discrimination function using said discriminating parameters as independent variables, and said independent variables being multiplied by respective constants which are different from one another;
using a numeric value obtained by substituting the values of said discriminating parameters into said discrimination function, as a discriminating index; and
discriminating the kind of any sample based on said discriminating index.
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Abstract
A glucose sensor system comprising the steps of using as a sample discriminating parameter a ratio (I/ΔI) of a measured current value I to the time-differential value of the current value ΔI, defining a discrimination function that discriminates whether a sample is blood or control fluid and uses the discriminating parameter as an independent variable, quantitating as a discriminating index a numeric value obtained by substituting a discriminating parameter value into this discrimination function, and automatically discriminating, based on this index, whether the sample is blood or a control fluid, whereby a kind of the sample can be automatically quantitated by measuring electric current when a sensor system is used for quantitating the concentration of an analysis object in the sample.
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7 Claims
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1. A method of discriminating a sample for a sensor system which quantitates the concentration of a target substance contained in the sample by measuring electric current, said method comprising the steps of:
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using a ratio of a measured current value to a time-differential value of the current value as a discriminating parameter;
defining a discrimination function for discriminating kinds of a plurality of objective samples using a plurality of said discriminating parameters, said discrimination function using said discriminating parameters as independent variables, and said independent variables being multiplied by respective constants which are different from one another;
using a numeric value obtained by substituting the values of said discriminating parameters into said discrimination function, as a discriminating index; and
discriminating the kind of any sample based on said discriminating index. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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