Analyte Sensor, and Associated System and Method Employing a Catalytic Agent
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Abstract
An analyte sensor for use in connection with a biofluid is described. The analyte sensor may comprise any suitable interface between the biofluid and a derivative of the biofluid and any suitable transducer of information concerning an analyte. At least one catalytic agent is provided in a locale or vicinity of the interface. The catalytic agent, such as a proteinaceous agent or a non-proteinaceous, organic-metal agent, is sufficient to catalyze the degradation of reactive oxygen and/or nitrogen species that may be present in the vicinity of the interface. An analyte-sensing kit and a method of sensing an analyte are also described.
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53 Claims
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1-31. -31. (canceled)
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32. A method of sensing an analyte in a derivative portion of a biofluid, comprising:
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passing a biofluid through an interface to produce a derivative portion of the biofluid, wherein the interface comprises; an organic-metal catalytic agent sufficient to catalyze the degradation of at least one of a reactive oxygen species and a reactive nitrogen species of biological origin in at least one of the biofluid and the derivative portion of the biofluid, the agent selected from a a proteinaceous catalytic agent, a non-proteinaceous catalytic agent, or any combination thereof; contacting the derivative portion of the biofluid with a transducer sufficient for generating a signal that corresponds to a concentration of an analyte; and generating a signal that corresponds to a concentration of the analyte in the derivative portion of the biofluid. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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48. (canceled)
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