Electrochemical measuring apparatus provided with an enzyme electrode
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1. An electrochemical measuring apparatus provided with an enzyme electrode which comprises an electrode having adjacent thereto a filter membrane which is permeable to a material to be detected but impervious to a material of larger particle size than the material to be detected, a separate immobilized enzyme membrane deposited on said filter membrane, and an asymmetric semipermeable membrane mounted on the immobilized enzyme membrane, said asymmetric semipermeable membrane being essentially formed of an outer thin semipermeable layer of a thickness less than 1 micron exposed to contact with a liquid to be measured and an inner thick porous layer within said thin semipermeable layer, whereby the concentration of an organic ingredient contained in said liquid to be measured is determined by utilizing the reaction of the enzyme set in said immobilized enzyme membrane.
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An electrochemical measuring apparatus which essemtially comprises an asymmetric semipermeable membrane mounted on an immobilized enzyme membrane of an enzyme electrode, said asymmetric semipermeable membrane being essentially formed of a thin semipermeable layer exposed to the outside for contact with a liquid to be measured and an inner adjacent thick porous layers, and can measure an organic ingredient such as glucose contained in blood or serum with high sensitivity in a short time and moreover has a prominent durability.
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- 1. An electrochemical measuring apparatus provided with an enzyme electrode which comprises an electrode having adjacent thereto a filter membrane which is permeable to a material to be detected but impervious to a material of larger particle size than the material to be detected, a separate immobilized enzyme membrane deposited on said filter membrane, and an asymmetric semipermeable membrane mounted on the immobilized enzyme membrane, said asymmetric semipermeable membrane being essentially formed of an outer thin semipermeable layer of a thickness less than 1 micron exposed to contact with a liquid to be measured and an inner thick porous layer within said thin semipermeable layer, whereby the concentration of an organic ingredient contained in said liquid to be measured is determined by utilizing the reaction of the enzyme set in said immobilized enzyme membrane.
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