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Electrochemical test strip for use in analyte determination

  • US 6,716,577 B1
  • Filed: 02/02/2000
  • Issued: 04/06/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electrochemical test strip comprising:

  • (a) a reaction zone defined by opposing working and reference electrodes separated by a spacer layer, wherein at least one of said working and reference electrodes has a surface modified with a homogenous surface modification layer made up of self assembling molecules having a first sulfhydryl end group and a second sulfonate end group, wherein said sulfhydryl and sulfonate end groups are separated by a lower alkyl linker group wherein all the self-assembling molecules are identical; and

    (b) a redox reagent system present in said reaction zone, wherein said redox reagent system comprises at least one enzyme and a mediator.

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