Measuring device using biosensor and biosenor used for it, and dedicated standard liquid

• US 6,881,322 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2001
• Issued: 04/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: PHC Holdings Corporation
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Tokunaga, Hiroyuki, Miyazaki, Shoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Noguerola, Alex
• Application Number:
  US09/937,300
• Publication Number:
  US 20020179440A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,545 Days
• Field of Search: 204/400, 204/403.16, 20440301-40314
• US Class Current: 205/775
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 27/3273 Devices therefor, e.g. test element readers, circuitry details not specific to biochemical electrodes G01N33/4875

Abstract

A reaction layer 12 which reacts with a substance to be measured in a sample solution is provided on a working electrode 1, a counter electrode 2, and a third electrode 3 which are provided on an insulating substrate 7 so as to bridge the respective electrodes, the content of the substance to be measured is measured from a current value which reaction is obtained between the working electrode 1 and the counter electrode 2, and the types of sample solution is judged by a difference between oxidation current values or between oxidation current waveforms, which are obtained between the third electrode 3 and the counter electrode 2 or between the third electrode 3 and the working electrode 1, thereby automatically judging the types of sample solution.

Claims

1. A measuring apparatus for use with a biosensor having a reaction layer which reacts with a substance to be measured in a sample solution, on a working electrode, a counter electrode, and a third electrode which are provided on an insulating substrate, so as to bridge the respective electrodes, said measuring apparatus comprising:

a measuring unit operable to measure contents of the substance to be measured from a current value which is produced by a reaction between the substance to be measured and the reaction layer, which reaction is obtained between the working electrode and the counter electrode, and to judge the type of the sample solution on the basis of an oxidation current value obtained between the third electrode and the counter electrode or between the third electrode and the working electrode.

2. The measuring apparatus using the biosensor of claim 1, wherein said measuring unit is operable to judge the type of the sample solution by comparing an oxidation current value obtained between the third electrode and the counter electrode or between the third electrode and the working electrode to a predetermined threshold value.

3. The measuring apparatus using the biosensor of claim 1, wherein said measuring unit is operable to judge the type of the sample solution on the basis of the time variations of the oxidation current value obtained between the third electrode and the counter electrode or between the third electrode and the working electrode.

4. The measuring apparatus of claim 1, wherein said measuring unit is operable to utilize a current value which is measured at the point of time when a time has further elapsed after the current value a predetermined current value, which current flows between the third electrode and the counter electrode or between the third electrode and the working electrode, as the oxidation current value which is used in performing the judgment of the type of the sample solution.

5. A measuring method using a biosensor having a reaction layer which reacts with a substance to be measured in a sample solution, on a working electrode, a counter electrode, and a third electrode which are provided on an insulating substrate, so as to bridge the respective electrodes, said method comprising:

measuring contents of the substance to be measured from a current value which is produced by a reaction between the substance to be measured and the reaction layer, which reaction is obtained between the working electrode and the counter electrode, and judging the type of the sample solution on the basis of an oxidation current value obtained between the third electrode and the counter electrode or between the third electrode and the working electrode.

6. The measuring method of claim 5, wherein said judging comprises comparing an oxidation current value obtained between the third electrode and the counter electrode or between the third electrode and the working electrode, to a predetermined threshold value.

7. The measuring method of claim 5, wherein said judging comprises judging on the basis of time variations of the oxidation current value obtained between the third electrode and the counter electrode or between the third electrode and the working electrode.

8. The measuring method of claim 5, wherein the oxidation current value of said judging comprises a current value which is measured at the point of time when a prescribed time has further elapsed after the current value reached a predetermined current value, which current flows between the third electrode and the current electrode or between the third electrode and the working electrode.

9. The measuring method of claim 5, wherein the third electrode comprises materials which are more easily oxidized as compared with the materials of the working electrode and the counter electrode.

10. The measuring method of claim 5, wherein the third electrode comprises materials which have lower dissolution potentials than a voltage applied to the biosensor.

11. The measuring method of claim 5, wherein the third electrode comprises a material which is selected from the group consisting of silver, copper, zinc, and a mixed material including at least one of silver, copper, and zinc.