Apparatus and method for noninvasive monitoring of analytes in body fluids
First Claim
1. An apparatus for measuring an analyte in the body fluids of a subject comprising:
- a plurality of sensors that undergo a physical or chemical or electrical or optical change when bound to an analyte, each sensor responsive to said change and to at least one stimulating signal and responsively generating at least one reporting signal, each sensor adapted to bind to a body fluid transporter for transport through the subject body fluids and for elimination where the elimination rate of the transporter is known;
a stimulator generating the at least one stimulating signal;
at least one detector responsive to said plurality of reporting signals and responsively generating at least one detector signal; and
a processor configured to determine an analyte measurement in response to the at least one detector signal and the known transporter elimination rate,whereby, said plurality of sensors is transported through the body fluids bound to a plurality of said transporters.
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Abstract
Noninvasive in vivo real time analyte measurement uses a multitude of sensors binding reversibly to the analyte whereby the response of the sensors to a noninvasive stimulus is altered by their bound versus unbound state. The stimulus and responses are electromagnetic, magnetic or any other suitable forms. The sensors are bound to a blood component providing transport through the body fluids and sensor elimination. A sensor is constructed from proteins or as a nanodevice. A noninvasive device generates the stimulus, senses the responses, determines the measurement, and controls a medication infusion pump. A non-contact device is used for population screening, and one form of such a device is a nuclear magnetic resonance imager. Measurement in fluids other than blood uses a blood component flowing out of blood and into the desired fluid.
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14 Claims
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1. An apparatus for measuring an analyte in the body fluids of a subject comprising:
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a plurality of sensors that undergo a physical or chemical or electrical or optical change when bound to an analyte, each sensor responsive to said change and to at least one stimulating signal and responsively generating at least one reporting signal, each sensor adapted to bind to a body fluid transporter for transport through the subject body fluids and for elimination where the elimination rate of the transporter is known; a stimulator generating the at least one stimulating signal; at least one detector responsive to said plurality of reporting signals and responsively generating at least one detector signal; and a processor configured to determine an analyte measurement in response to the at least one detector signal and the known transporter elimination rate, whereby, said plurality of sensors is transported through the body fluids bound to a plurality of said transporters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for measuring an analyte in the body fluids of a subject comprising the steps of:
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administering a plurality of sensors into the subject body fluids, each of said sensors comprising; a reversible analyte binding site; a signaling site responsive to the bound and unbound status of the analyte binding site and to at least one external stimulating signal and responsively generating at least one reporting signal; and a binding site to a body fluid transporter, said transporter providing sensor transport through the body fluids and elimination where the elimination rate of said transporter is known; providing the at least one stimulating signal; generating at least one detector signal in response to said reporting signals; determining the analyte measurement in response to the at least one detector signal and the known transporter elimination rate; and outputting the analyte measurement. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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