Method and apparatus for generating basis sets for use in spectroscopic analysis
First Claim
1. A method for determining the concentration of a target analyte in a sample using multi-spectral analysis, comprising the steps of:
- generating at least one basis set that includes at least one interfering component in said sample; and
applying a spectroscopic signal representative of said sample to said basis set;
wherein a component of said sample corresponding to said analyte is identified by application of said basis set.
12 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
One or more basis sets are applied to a spectroscopic signal during analysis to produce an accurate spectral representation from which analyte concentration may be accurately determined. A basis set includes all interfering components found in a sample, such as serum. With regard to an analyte, such as glucose, it is necessary to define those components of a sample that have a larger interference than that of glucose. A basis set may be generated, for example, that produces a transform for the red blood cells that interfere or scatter the light; and also for skin effects. Once the spectra of all these components is known, it is then necessary to determine how each of these components interact, e.g. taking serum data, extracting each of the components, and then comparing the spectra for the individual components with that of the components in solution. The invention characterizes each component in a sample, as well as all other possible interferants and, after producing an accurate representation of each component at each frequency of interest, identifies and subtracts each interferant from the spectra produced at the frequency of interest. The basis sets may take the form of transforms that may be stored in a look-up table for use during analysis.
451 Citations
47 Claims
-
1. A method for determining the concentration of a target analyte in a sample using multi-spectral analysis, comprising the steps of:
-
generating at least one basis set that includes at least one interfering component in said sample; and applying a spectroscopic signal representative of said sample to said basis set; wherein a component of said sample corresponding to said analyte is identified by application of said basis set. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
-
-
13. A method generating at least one basis set for application in determining the concentration of a target analyte in a sample using multi-spectral analysis, said method comprising the steps of:
-
identifying at least one relevant interfering component of said sample at a same frequency as that of said analyte; identifying said at least one relevant interfering component at other frequencies to quantify absorbance of said interfering components at said other frequencies; and removing said at least one interfering component at said analyte frequency. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
-
-
24. An apparatus for determining the concentration of a target analyte in a sample using multi-spectral analysis, comprising:
-
at least one basis set that includes at least one interfering component in said sample; wherein a spectroscopic signal representative of said sample is applied to said basis set; and wherein a component of said sample corresponding to said analyte is identified by application of said basis set. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
-
-
36. A tangible medium embodying computer executable code comprising a basis set for application in determining the concentration of a target analyte in a sample using multi-spectral analysis, said basis set comprising a computer implemented method for:
-
collecting and storing spectral information representative of relevant interfering components of said sample at a same frequency as that of said analyte; collecting and storing spectral information representative of substantially all of said relevant interfering components at other frequencies; quantifying absorbance of said interfering components at said other frequencies; receiving a signal corresponding to a spectroscopic signal representative of said sample; and removing spectral information of said interfering components from a sample spectra at said analyte frequency. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
-
Specification