Method of producing combination ion selective sensing electrode
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1. A method for producing an ion sensing electrode, comprising the following ordered steps:
- dissolving an ion selective material in a solvent which is a swelling agent for a plastic;
subsequently soaking in said solvent a tube fabricated of said plastic and having a proximal end, a distal end, and outer wall, a first lumen, a second lumen and an inner wall separating said first and second lumens, said tube soaked only distal to a first point intermediate the proximal and distal ends of said tube, until said tube swells;
subsequently drying said tube until said solvent evaporates; and
filling the first and second lumens of said tube with an electrolyte;
said method further comprising the following non-ordered steps which may be performed in any convenient order relative to said ordered steps;
removing that portion of the outer wall of said tube located exterior to said second lumen, intermediate the distal end of said tube and a second point proximal to said first point;
sealing the distal end of the first lumen of said tube; and
inserting first and second electrodes into the first and second lumens of said tube.
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A combination ion sensing and reference electrode and a method for producing it. The electrode is formed of bi-lumen plastic tubing using one lumen as sensing chamber and the other as a reference chamber. A portion of the sensing chamber extends distally relative to the reference chamber, and is permeated with an ion selective material by soaking that portion in a solution containing the ion selective material. The method of manufacture is thereby simplified and sealing of the chambers is improved.
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1. A method for producing an ion sensing electrode, comprising the following ordered steps:
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dissolving an ion selective material in a solvent which is a swelling agent for a plastic; subsequently soaking in said solvent a tube fabricated of said plastic and having a proximal end, a distal end, and outer wall, a first lumen, a second lumen and an inner wall separating said first and second lumens, said tube soaked only distal to a first point intermediate the proximal and distal ends of said tube, until said tube swells; subsequently drying said tube until said solvent evaporates; and filling the first and second lumens of said tube with an electrolyte; said method further comprising the following non-ordered steps which may be performed in any convenient order relative to said ordered steps; removing that portion of the outer wall of said tube located exterior to said second lumen, intermediate the distal end of said tube and a second point proximal to said first point; sealing the distal end of the first lumen of said tube; and inserting first and second electrodes into the first and second lumens of said tube.
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