Device for the measurement of glucose concentrations
First Claim
1. A device for the measurement of glucose levels characterized by at least one ring (1), a coil assembly (4, 5) comprising at least one coil wound around said ring (1), having said ring (1) as a core and generating a magnetic field extending along said ring (1), a current source (11) generating an AC current in said coil (4, 5) and thereby generating said magnetic field and an alternating electric field, a detector (12) for measuring a parameter depending on an inductance of said coil assembly (4, 5) and generating a measured signal, and a converter (13) for converting the measured signal to a glucose level of a specimen located in said alternating electric field.
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Abstract
The device of the present invention comprises a ring (1) of a ferrite material and two coils (4, 5) wound around it. A alternating current is fed to one of the coils (4). This current gives rise to an alternating magnetic field within and along the ring, which in turn generates an alternating electric field. A specimen (3) is placed in the alternating electric field. The dielectric properties of the specimen (3) affect the electric field, which in turn induces a magnetic field and generates currents in the coils (4, 5). As the dielectric properties of the specimen (3) depend on its glucose level, the glucose level can therefore be measured by determining a parameter depending on the inductances of the coils.
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17 Claims
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1. A device for the measurement of glucose levels characterized by
at least one ring (1), a coil assembly (4, 5) comprising at least one coil wound around said ring (1), having said ring (1) as a core and generating a magnetic field extending along said ring (1), a current source (11) generating an AC current in said coil (4, 5) and thereby generating said magnetic field and an alternating electric field, a detector (12) for measuring a parameter depending on an inductance of said coil assembly (4, 5) and generating a measured signal, and a converter (13) for converting the measured signal to a glucose level of a specimen located in said alternating electric field.
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7. The device of claim 7 wherein said ring (1) has a magnetic permeability of at least 1000.
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16. A method for measuring a glucose level in a specimen comprising the steps of
generating an AC current through a coil of a coil assembly (4, 5), wherein said coil has a ring (1) as a core, and thereby generating an AC magnetic and an alternating electric field, placing a specimen in said electric field, measuring a parameter depending on an inductance of said coil assembly (4, 5) and generating a measured signal, and converting the measured signal to a glucose level of a specimen in said alternating electric field.
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