ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR

• US 20120130213A1
• Filed: 05/18/2011
• Published: 05/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc
• Original Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc
• Inventors: KUSAKA, Yasuhide
• Granted Patent: US 9,125,604 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/347
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14865 invasive, e.g. introduced into the body by a catheter or needle or using implanted sensors

Abstract

An electrochemical sensor includes a base plate including one end portion and another end portion, an electrode portion formed on the one end portion of the base plate, a connecting portion, formed on the another end portion of the base plate, for electrically connecting the electrode portion to a monitoring instrument, and an attaching portion formed on the another end portion, the attached portion being employed for attaching the another end portion to the monitoring instrument in a state where the one end portion is enabled to swing relatively to the monitoring instrument.

Claims

1. An electrochemical sensor comprising:

a base plate including one end portion and another end portion;

an electrode portion formed on the one end portion of the base plate;

a connecting portion, formed on the another end portion of the base plate, for electrically connecting the electrode portion to a monitoring instrument; and

an attaching portion formed on the another end portion, the attaching portion being employed for attaching the another end portion to the monitoring instrument in a state where the one end portion is enabled to swing relatively to the monitoring instrument.

2. The electrochemical sensor according to claim 1, wherein the attaching portion includes a through-hole into which a shaft provided on the monitoring instrument is inserted, and

the one end portion swings around the shaft.

3. The electrochemical sensor according to claim 1, wherein the attaching portion includes a notched portion formed in the another end portion of the base plate, and

wherein the notched portion includes:

a first portion having a diameter corresponding to an outside diameter of a shaft provided on the monitoring instrument; and

a second portion communicating the first portion with an outer edge of the another end portion and having a gap that is smaller than the outside diameter of the shaft.

4. The electrochemical sensor according to claim 1, wherein the attaching portion includes two recessed portions formed coaxially in an electrode forming surface of the base plate and in a reverse surface to the electrode forming surface, and

wherein respective ends of two shafts or protruded portions provided within the monitoring instrument and disposed in a face-to-face state on a same straight line are inserted into the two recessed portions when the electrochemical sensor is attached to the monitoring instrument.

5. The electrochemical sensor according to claim 1, wherein the attaching portion includes two protruded portions formed coaxially on an electrode forming surface of the base plate and on a reverse surface to the electrode forming surface, and

wherein the respective protruded portions are inserted into two recessed portions provided within the monitoring instrument.

6. The electrochemical sensor according to claim 1, wherein the attaching portion includes:

a recessed portion, formed on one of an electrode forming surface of the base plate and a reverse surface to the electrode forming surface, into which a protruded portion provided within the monitoring instrument is inserted; and

a protruded portion formed, coaxially with the recessed portion, on another one of the electrode forming surface and the reverse surface and inserted into a recessed portion provided within the monitoring instrument.

7. The electrochemical sensor according to claim 1, wherein the attaching portion includes at least two through-holes, each of which has a circular arc shape, formed on a same circumference in the another end portion, and

wherein at least two shafts provided within the monitoring instrument are inserted into the through-holes.

8. The electrochemical sensor according to claim 1, wherein the another end portion is formed in a circular shape and mounted on a mounting portion provided within the monitoring instrument, and

wherein the mounting portion includes:

a bottom face; and

a sidewall erected from the bottom face and having a cylindrical peripheral face corresponding to the outside diameter of the another end portion.

9. The electrochemical sensor according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion electrically connects the electrode portion to the monitoring instrument via a slip ring provided within the monitoring instrument.

10. A monitoring instrument attached with the electrochemical sensor according to claim 1 and monitoring a signal from the electrode portion, the monitoring instrument comprising:

a monitoring-instrument-sided connecting portion to electrically connect the connecting portion to the monitoring instrument; and

an attached portion to hold the another end portion in a state where the one end portion swings relatively to the monitoring instrument.

11. The monitoring instrument according to claim 10, wherein the attached includes a shaft to which the electrochemical sensor is attached, the shaft becoming a center of swing of the one end portion.

12. The monitoring instrument according to claim 10, wherein the attached portion includes two shafts or two protruded portions disposed in a face-to-face state on a same straight line, and

ends of the shafts or the protruded portions are inserted respectively into two recessed portions formed coaxially in an electrode forming surface and in a reverse surface to the electrode forming surface of the electrochemical sensor.

13. The monitoring instrument according to claim 10, wherein the attached portion includes two recessed portions into which two protruded portions, which are formed coaxially on an electrode forming surface and on a reverse surface to the electrode forming surface of the electrochemical sensor, are inserted.

14. The monitoring instrument according to claim 10, wherein the attached portion includes:

a protruded portion inserted into a recessed portion, which is formed on one of an electrode forming surface of the electrochemical sensor and a reverse surface to the electrode forming surface; and

a recessed portion into which a protruded portion, which is formed, coaxially with the recessed portion, on another one of the electrode forming surface and the reverse surface, is inserted.

15. The monitoring instrument according to claim 10, wherein the attached portion includes at least two shafts inserted into at least two through-holes, each of which has circular arc shape, formed on a same circumference in the another end portion of the electrochemical sensor.