Method for determining sugar concentration
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1. An improved method for measuring the sugar content of a fluid in the presence of interfering foreign substances by means of an electrocatalytic sugar sensor which includes a test electrode having a membrane arranged in front of it, said method including the steps of applying potentiostatically to said electrode a reactivation potential and a test potential and measuring and evaluating a current flowing during a test period with a set time delay to determine sugar content said improvement including the step of:
- applying a reduction potential for a period of time shorter than said test period to said test electrode to reduce the effect of said interfering foreign substances, said reduction potential being more negative than said test potential and being applied after the application of said reactivation potential and prior to the application of said test potential.
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A method for determining the concentration of sugar in the presence of interfering foreign substances, by means of a test electrode with a membrane placed in front of it, the electrode being contained in an electrocatalytic sugar sensor, whereby the test electrode is set potentiostatically to a reactivation potential and to a test potential and the current flowing during the set test period is evaluated as a test signal. The invention formulates a method such that with varying concentrations of urea a sensitive determination of sugar concentration which is reliable over a long term is achieved. The invention discloses the method which includes the step that after the reactivation potential and prior to the test potential a third potential that is more negative than the test potential is applied to the test electrode. The technique proposed in the invention is particularly appropriate for the determination of the concentration of glucose in body fluids.
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1. An improved method for measuring the sugar content of a fluid in the presence of interfering foreign substances by means of an electrocatalytic sugar sensor which includes a test electrode having a membrane arranged in front of it, said method including the steps of applying potentiostatically to said electrode a reactivation potential and a test potential and measuring and evaluating a current flowing during a test period with a set time delay to determine sugar content said improvement including the step of:
applying a reduction potential for a period of time shorter than said test period to said test electrode to reduce the effect of said interfering foreign substances, said reduction potential being more negative than said test potential and being applied after the application of said reactivation potential and prior to the application of said test potential. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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