Sensor system
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Abstract
A sensor strip comprises an electrode substrate, an electrode set, on the electrode substrate, and a heat conducting layer, on the electrode substrate opposite the electrode set. A sensor instrument for use with this sensor strip comprises a temperature sensor, at a side of a gap for accepting the sensor strip, opposite electrical contacts. The invention provides an accurate determination of the temperature of a sample.
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67 Claims
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16. A sensor instrument for accepting a sensor strip, said sensor instrument comprising:
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a housing defining a gap, electrical contacts at a first side of said gap, and a temperature sensor, at a second side of said gap, opposite said electrical contacts.
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42. A sensor system for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a biological sample, said sensor system comprising:
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a sensor instrument, said sensor instrument comprising a housing having a gap formed therein, said sensor instrument further comprising electrical contacts at a first side of said gap and a temperature sensor at a second side of said gap opposite said first side; and
a sensor strip, said sensor strip comprising an electrode substrate, an electrode set on a first side of said electrode substrate, and a heat conducting layer on a second side of said electrode substrate opposite said first side, said sensor strip receivable in said gap such that said electrode set electrically communicates with said electrical contacts, and said heat conducting layer communicates with said temperature sensor. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A method for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a sample, comprising:
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providing an electrochemical sensor system, said electrochemical sensor system comprising a sensor instrument and a sensor strip, said sensor instrument comprising a housing having a gap formed therein for receiving said sensor strip, electrical contacts at a first side of said gap, and a temperature sensor at a second side of said gap;
said sensor strip comprising an electrode substrate, an electrode set on a first side of said electrode substrate, and a conducting portion on a second side of said electrode substrate, said electrode set comprising at least two electrodes, said sensor strip further comprising a sensing region for receiving said sample;
inserting said sensor strip into said sensor instrument gap such that said electrodes electrically communicate with said electrical contacts, and said conducting portion thermally communicates with said temperature sensor;
applying said sample to said sensing region of said sensing strip; and
electrochemically reacting said analyte in said sample with a reagent to provide an electrochemical signal corresponding to a concentration of the analyte in the sample at a temperature of said conducting portion. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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