Method for measuring the concentration of a substance in a living body and device for measuring the same concentration
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1. A method for measuring a concentration of a substance in a living body, comprising the steps of:
- injecting a fluorescence indicator into a given living body at an injecting outlet;
irradiating and reflecting an excitation light to and from said living body to obtain a reflected light;
detecting a fluorescence response originated from a chemical bond between said fluorescence indicator and a substance to be measured in concentration and contained in said reflected light to measure a concentration of said substance in said living body; and
indicating the measured concentration;
wherein said reflected light is collected through an optical waveguide having an opening placed coaxial with said injecting outlet.
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Abstract
A fluorescence indicator is injected into a living body from a container via an injecting inlet to be chemically reacted with a substance in the living body. Then, an excitation light is irradiated to the living body from an excitation light source. Then, the thus obtained reflected light is reflected multiply at an reflective film formed on the inner wall of the container, and introduced into a detecting section, where a fluorescence response originated from the chemical bond between the substance and the fluorescence indicator and contained in the reflected light is detected.
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1. A method for measuring a concentration of a substance in a living body, comprising the steps of:
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injecting a fluorescence indicator into a given living body at an injecting outlet; irradiating and reflecting an excitation light to and from said living body to obtain a reflected light; detecting a fluorescence response originated from a chemical bond between said fluorescence indicator and a substance to be measured in concentration and contained in said reflected light to measure a concentration of said substance in said living body; and indicating the measured concentration; wherein said reflected light is collected through an optical waveguide having an opening placed coaxial with said injecting outlet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A device for measuring a concentration of a substance in a living body, comprising:
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a container with an injecting outlet at a forefront thereof which is configured to penetrate a living body and to retain a fluorescence indicator to be injected into said living body; an excitation light source to irradiate an excitation light to said living body; and a detecting section to detect a reflected light from said living body; wherein said detecting section is disposed on a line passing through a center of said injecting outlet of said container, and said reflected light is collected through said injecting outlet of said container. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A device for measuring a concentration of a substance in a living body, comprising:
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an excitation light source to irradiate an excitation light to a living body; an optical fiber to transmit said excitation light; a detecting section to detect a reflected light from said living body; and a storage container to retain a fluorescence indicator to be injected into said living body; wherein a guide to introduce said fluorescence indicator to a forefront of said optical fiber is formed in said optical fiber; and said detecting section is disposed on a line passing through a center of said guide, and said reflected light is collected through said forefront of said guide when positioned within said living body.
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