Device for testing body fluids
First Claim
1. A device for testing aqueous body fluids comprising:
- (a) a test reagent layer formed on a substrate and containing a test reagent, a tone of which changes according to a content of test-objective material in an aqueous solution to be tested; and
(b) a tone layer for criterion formed on the substrate and having a color formed by a coloring agent, said tone layer being compared to a hue of a resulting color or said test reagent layer, said tone layer comprising the coloring agent, a binder, and a water-absorptive powder;
both said test reagent layer and said tone layer having a property of absorbing the aqueous solution to be tested, and a capacity of the test reagent layer to absorb the aqueous solution to be tested and a capacity of the tone layer to absorb the aqueous solution to be tested are substantially similar;
wherein the hue of the resulting color of said test reagent layer and the hue of said tone layer are color-compared in their wet state.
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Abstract
A device for testing body fluids includes (a) a test reagent layer (1) formed on a substrate (5) and containing a test reagent, the tone of which changes according to the content of a test-objective material in a solution to be tested, and (b) a tone layer for criterion (3) formed on the substrate (5) and having a color formed by a dye or the like. The tone layer is used in order to judge the hue of the resulting color of the test reagent layer, wherein both the test layer (1) and the tone layer (3) have the property of absorbing the solution to be tested, and the hue of the resulting color of the test reagent layer and the hue of the tone layer can be compared by their wet colors, thereby affording a highly precise body fluid test.
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14 Claims
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1. A device for testing aqueous body fluids comprising:
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(a) a test reagent layer formed on a substrate and containing a test reagent, a tone of which changes according to a content of test-objective material in an aqueous solution to be tested; and (b) a tone layer for criterion formed on the substrate and having a color formed by a coloring agent, said tone layer being compared to a hue of a resulting color or said test reagent layer, said tone layer comprising the coloring agent, a binder, and a water-absorptive powder; both said test reagent layer and said tone layer having a property of absorbing the aqueous solution to be tested, and a capacity of the test reagent layer to absorb the aqueous solution to be tested and a capacity of the tone layer to absorb the aqueous solution to be tested are substantially similar; wherein the hue of the resulting color of said test reagent layer and the hue of said tone layer are color-compared in their wet state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A device for testing aqueous body fluids comprising:
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(a) a test reagent layer formed on a substrate and containing a test reagent, a tone of which changes according to a content of test-objective material in an aqueous solution to be tested; and (b) a tone layer for criterion formed on the substrate and having a color formed by a coloring agent, said tone layer being compared to a hue of a resulting color of said test reagent layer, said tone layer comprising the coloring agent, a binder, and a water-absorptive powder, wherein a weight ratio of the water-absorptive powder to the binder is from 100;
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30;both said test reagent layer and said tone layer having a property of absorbing the aqueous solution to be tested, and a capacity of the tone layer to absorb the aqueous solution to be tested being less than a capacity of the test reagent layer to absorb the aqueous solution to be tested; wherein the hue of the resulting color of said test reagent layer and the hue of said tone layer are color-compared in their wet state. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A device for testing aqueous body fluids comprising:
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(a) a test reagent layer formed on a substrate and containing a test reagent, a tone of which changes according to a content of test-objective material in an aqueous solution to be tested; and (b) a tone layer for criterion formed on the substrate and having a color formed by a coloring agent, said tone layer being compared to a hue of a resulting color of said test reagent layer, said tone layer comprising the coloring agent, a binder, and a water-absorptive powder selected from the group consisting of inorganic powders, cellulose powders, ion exchange resin powders and mixtures thereof; both said test reagent layer and said tone layer having a property of absorbing the aqueous solution to be tested, and a capacity of the test reagent layer to absorb to aqueous solution to be tested and a capacity of the tone layer to absorb the aqueous solution to be tested are substantially similar; wherein the hue of the resulting color of said test reagent layer and the hue of said tone layer are color-compared in their wet state.
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14. A device for testing aqueous body fluids comprising:
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(a) a test reagent layer formed on a substrate and comprising a test reagent and a wetting agent, a tone of said test reagent layer changes according to a content of test-objective material in an aqueous solution to be tested; and (b) a tone layer for criterion formed on the substrate and having a color formed by a coloring agent, said tone layer being compared to a hue of a resulting color of said test reagent layer, said tone layer comprising the coloring agent, a binder, and a water-absorptive powder; both said test reagent layer and said tone layer having a property of absorbing the aqueous solution to be tested, and a capacity of the test reagent layer to absorb the aqueous solution to be tested and a capacity of the tone layer to absorb the aqueous solution to be tested are substantially similar; wherein the hue of the resulting color of said test reagent layer and the hue of said tone layer are color-compared in their wet state.
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