USRE36268E - Method and apparatus for amperometric diagnostic analysis - Google Patents

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• the present invention relates to a disposable electroanalytical cell and a method and apparatus for quantitatively determining the presence of biologically important compounds such as glucose; TSH; T4; hormones such as HCG; cardiac glycosides such as Digoxin; antiarrhythmics such as Lidocaine; antiepileptics such as phenobarbital; antibiotics such as Gentamicin; cholesterol; non-therapeutic drugs and the like from body fluids.
• biologically important compounds such as glucose; TSH; T4; hormones such as HCG; cardiac glycosides such as Digoxin; antiarrhythmics such as Lidocaine; antiepileptics such as phenobarbital; antibiotics such as Gentamicin; cholesterol; non-therapeutic drugs and the like from body fluids.
• Diabetes and specifically diabetes mellitus, is a metabolic disease characterized by deficient insulin production by the pancreas which results in abnormal levels of blood glucose. Although this disease afflicts only approximately 4% of the population in the United States, it is the third leading cause of death following heart disease and cancer. With proper maintenance of the patient's blood sugar through daily injections of insulin, and strict control of dietary intake, the prognosis for diabetics is excellent. However, the blood glucose levels must be closely followed in the patient either by clinical laboratory analysis or by daily analyses which the patient can conduct using relatively simple, non-technical, methods.
• Dioxygen is the only direct oxidant used with the enzyme cholesterol oxidase for the determination of both free and total cholesterol.
• oxygen must diffuse into the sensor solution during use from the surrounding air in order to provide sufficient reagent for a complete reaction with the analyte cholesterol in undiluted serum and whole blood specimens.
• the presence of the substance is determined by quantifying, either colorometrically or otherwise, the presence of hydrogen peroxide.
• the present methods of detection may include direct measurement of the hydrogen peroxide produced by either spectroscopic or electrochemical means and indirect methods in which the hydrogen peroxide is reacted with various dyes, in the presence of the enzyme peroxidase, to produce a color that is monitored.
• these tests require consistent user technique in order to yield reproducible results. For example, these tests require the removal of blood from a reagent pad at specified and critical time intervals. After the time interval, excess blood must be removed by washing and blotting, or by blotting alone, since the color measurement is taken at the top surface of the reagent pad. Color development is either read immediately or after a specified time interval.
• the present invention addresses the concerns of the physician by providing enzymatic amperometry methods and apparatus for monitoring compounds within whole blood, serum, and other body fluids.
• Enzymatic amperometry provides several advantages for controlling or eliminating operator dependant techniques as well as providing a greater linear dynamic range. A system based on this type of method could address the concerns of the physician hesitant to recommend self-testing for his patients.
• Enzymatic amperometry methods have been applied to the laboratory based measurement of a number of analytes including glucose, blood urea nitrogen, and lactate.
• the electrodes in these systems consist of bulk metal wires, cylinders or disks imbedded in an insulating material. The fabrication process results in individualistic characteristics for each electrode necessitating calibration of each sensor. These electrodes are also too costly for disposable use, necessitating meticulous attention to electrode maintenance for continued reliable use.
• the present invention address these requirements by providing miniaturized disposable electroanalytic sample cells for precise micro-aliquote sampling, a self-contained, automatic means for measuring the electrochemical reduction of the sample, and a method for using the cell and apparatus according to the present invention.
• the disposable cells according to the present invention are preferably laminated layers of metallized plastic and nonconducting material.
• the metallized layers provide the working and reference electrodes, the areas of which are reproducibly defined by the lamination process.
• An opening through these layers is designed to provide the sample-containing area or cell for the precise measurement of the sample. The insertion of the cell into the apparatus according to the present invention, automatically initiates the measurement cycle.
• a presently preferred embodiment of the invention which involves a two-step reaction sequence utilizing a chemical oxidation step using other oxidants than oxygen, and an electro-chemical reduction step suitable for quantifying the reaction production of the first step.
• One advantage to utilizing an oxidant other than dioxygen for the direct determination of an analyte is that they may be prepositioned in the sensor in a large excess of the analyte and thus ensure that the oxidant is not the limiting reagent (with dioxygen, there is normally insufficient oxidant initially present in the sensor solution for a quantitative conversion of the analyte).
• oxidation reaction a sample containing glucose, for example, is converted to gluconic acid and a reduction product of the oxidant.
• This chemical oxidation reaction has been found to precede to completion in the presence of an enzyme, glucose oxidase, which is highly specific for the substrate B-D-glucose, and catalyzes oxidations with single and double electron acceptors. It has been found, however, that the oxidation process does not proceed beyond the formation of gluconic acid, thus making this reaction particularly suited for the electrochemical measurement of glucose.
• oxidations with one electron acceptor using ferricyanide, ferricinium, cobalt (III) . .orthophenantroline.!. .Iadd.orthophenanthroline.Iaddend., and cobalt (III) dipyridyl are preferred.
• Benzoquinone is a two electron acceptor which also provides excellent electro-oxidation characteristics for amperometric quantitation.
• Amperometric determination of glucose for example, in accordance with the present invention utilizes Cottrell current micro-chronoamperometry in which glucose plus an oxidized electron acceptor produces gluconic acid and a reduced acceptor. This determination involves a preceding chemical oxidation step catalyzed by a bi-substrate bi-product enzymatic mechanism as will become apparent throughout this specification.
• the method and apparatus of the . .prevent.!. .Iadd.present .Iaddend.invention permit, in preferred embodiments, direct measurements of blood glucose, cholesterol and the like. Furthermore, the sample cell according to the . .prevent.!. .Iadd.present .Iaddend.invention, provides the testing of controlled volumes of blood without premeasuring. Insertion of the sample cell into the apparatus thus permits automatic functioning and timing of the reaction allowing for patient self-testing with a very high degree of precision and accuracy.
• the sample cell of the invention is used to control the sampling volume and reaction media and acts as the electrochemical sensor.
• benzoquinone is used as the electron acceptor.
• the basic chemical binary reaction utilized by the method according to the present invention is:
• the first reaction is an oxidation reaction which proceeds to completion in the presence of the enzyme glucose oxidase.
• Electrochemical oxidation takes place in the second part of the reaction and provides the means for quantifying the amount of hydroquinone produced in the oxidation reaction. This holds true whether catalytic oxidation is conducted with two-electron acceptors or one electron acceptors such as ferricyanide (wherein the redox couple would be Fe(CN) 6 -3 /Fe(CN) 6 -4 ), ferricinium, cobalt III . .orthophenantroline.!. .Iadd.orthophenanthroline .Iaddend.and cobalt (III) dipyridyl.
• Catalytic oxidation by glucose oxidase is highly specific for B-D-glucose, but is nonselective as to the oxidant. It has now been discovered that the preferred oxidants described above have sufficiently positive potentials to convert substantially all of the B-D-glucose to gluconic acid. Furthermore, this system provides a means by which amounts as small a 1 mg of glucose (in the preferred embodiment) to 1000 mg of glucose can be measured per deciliter of sample--results which have not previously been obtained using other glucose self-testing systems.
• the sensors containing the chemistry to perform the desired determination are used with a portable meter for self-testing systems.
• the sensor In use the sensor is inserted into the meter which turns the meter on and initiates a wait for the application of the sample.
• the meter recognizes sample application by the sudden charging current flow that occurs when the electrodes and the overlaying reagent layer are initially wetted by the sample fluid.
• the meter Once the sample application is detected, the meter begins the reaction incubation step (the length of which is chemistry dependent) to allow the enzymatic reaction to reach completion. This period is on the order of 15 to 90 seconds for glucose, with incubation times of 20 to 45 seconds preferred.
• the instrument then imposes a known potential across the electrodes and measures the current at specific time points during the Cottrell current decay.
• Current measurements can be made in the range of 2 to 30 seconds following potential application with measurement times of 10 to 20 seconds preferred. These current values are then used to calculate the analyte concentration which is then displayed. The meter will then wait for either the user to remove the sensor or for a predetermined period before shutting itself down.
• the present invention provides for a measurement system that eliminates several of the critical operator dependant variables that adversely affect the accuracy and reliability and provides for a greater dynamic range than other self-testing systems.
• FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a portable testing apparatus according to the present invention
• FIG. 2 is a plan view of the sampling cell of the present invention.
• FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the sample cell shown in FIG. 2;
• FIG. 4 is an exploded view of another embodiment of a sample cell according to the invention.
• FIG. 5 is a plan view of the cell shown in FIG. 4;
• FIG. 6 is still another embodiment of a sample cell
• FIG. 7 is a graph showing current as a function of glucose concentration
• FIG. 8 is a graphical presentation of Cottrell current as a function of glucose concentration.
• FIG. 9 is a presently preferred circuit diagram of an electrical circuit for use in the apparatus shown in FIG. 1.
• FIG. 10 is a preferred embodiment of the electrochemical cell.
• a portable electrochemical testing apparatus 10 for use in patient self-testing, such as, for example, for blood glucose levels.
• Apparatus 10 comprises a front and back housing 11 and 12, respectively, a front panel 13 and a circuit board 15.
• Front panel 13 includes graphic display panels 16 for providing information and instructions to the patient, and direct read-out of the test results.
• a start button 18 is provided to initiate an analysis, it is preferred that the system being operation when a sample cell 20 (FIG. 2) is inserted into the window 19 of the apparatus.
• sample cell 20 is a metallized plastic substrate having a specifically-sized opening 21 which defines a volumetric well 21, when the cell is assembled, for containing a reagent pad and the blood to be analyzed.
• Cell 20 comprises a first substrate 22 and a second substrate 23 which may be preferably made from styrene or other substantially non-conducting plastic.
• reference electrode 24 Positioned on second substrate 23 is reference electrode 24.
• Reference electrode 24 may be preferably manufactured, for example, by vapor depositing the electrode onto a substrate made from a material such as the polyimide Kapton.
• reference electrode 24 is a silver-silver chloride electrode. This electrode can be produced by . .first.!.
• the silver chloride layer may even be generated in-situ on a silver electrode when the reagent layer contains certain of the oxidants, such as ferricyanide, and chloride as shown in the following reactions:
• the silver-silver chloride electrode can be produced by depositing a layer of silver oxide (by reactive sputtering) onto the silver film. The silver oxide layer is then converted in-situ at the time of testing to silver chloride according to the reaction:
• the silver electrode is thus coated with a layer containing silver chloride.
• the reference electrode may also be of the type generally known as a "pseudo" reference electrode which relies upon the large excess of the oxidizing species to establish a known potential at a noble metal electrode.
• a noble metal electrode In a preferred embodiment, two electrodes of the same noble metal are used, however one is generally of greater surface area and is used as the reference electrode. The large excess of the oxidized species and the larger surface area of the reference resists a shift of the potential of the reference electrode.
• Indicator or working electrode 26 can be either a strip of platinum, gold, or palladium metallized plastic positioned on reference electrode 24 or alternately the working electrode 26 and the reference electrode may be manufactured as a coplanar unit with electrode 26 being sandwiched between coplanar electrode 24 material.
• sample cell 20 is prepared by sandwiching or laminating the electrodes between the substrate to form a composite unit.
• first substrate 22 is of a slightly shorter length so as to expose an end portion 27 of electrodes 24 and 26 and allow for electrical contact with the testing circuit contained in the apparatus.
• cell 20 is pushed into window 19 of the front panel to initiate testing.
• a reagent may be applied to well 21, or, preferably, a pad of dry reagent is positioned therein and a sample (drop) of blood is placed into the well 21 containing the reagent.
• sample cell 120 is shown having first 122 and second 123 substrates.
• Reference electrode 124 and working electrode 126 are laminated between substrates 122 and 123. Opening 121 is dimensioned to contain the sample for testing.
• End 130 (FIG. 5) is designed to be inserted into the apparatus, and electrical contact is made with the respective electrodes through cut-outs 131 and 132 on the cell.
• Reference electrode 124 also includes cut out 133 to permit electrical contact with working electrode 126.
• working electrode 226 is folded, thereby providing increased surface area around opening 221, to achieve increased sensitivity or specificity.
• reference electrode 224 is positioned beneath working electrode 226.
• Working electrode includes cut out 234 to permit electrical contact with reference electrode 224 through cut out 231 in substrate 222.
• End 230 of substrate 222 also includes cut out 232 to permit electrical contact with working electrode 226.
• the sample cell according to the present invention is positioned through window 19 (FIG. 1) to initiate the testing procedure.
• a potential is applied at portion 27 (FIG. 2) of the sample cell across electrodes 24 and 26 to detect the presence of the sample.
• the potential is removed and the incubation period initiated.
• a vibrator means 31 may be activated to provide agitation of the reagents in order to enhance dissolution (an incubation period of 20 to 45 seconds is conveniently used for the determination of glucose and no vibration is normally required).
• An electrical potential is next applied at portion 27 of the sample cell to electrodes 24 and 26 and the current through the sample is measured and displayed on display 16.
• the needed chemistry for the sell testing systems is incorporated into a dry reagent layer that is positioned onto the disposable cell creating a complete sensor for the intended analyte.
• the disposable electrochemical cell is constructed by the lamination of metallized plastics and nonconducting materials in such a way that there is a precisely defined working electrode area.
• the reagent layer is either directly coated onto the cell or preferably incorporated (coated) into a supporting matrix such as filter paper, membrane filter, woven fabric or non-woven fabric, which is then placed into the cell. When a supporting matrix is used, it pore size and void volume can be adjusted to provide the desired precision and mechanical support.
• the coating formulation generally includes a binder such as gelatin, carrageenan, methylcellulose, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, etc., that acts to delay the dissolution of the reagents until the reagent layer has adsorbed most of the fluid from the sample.
• concentration of the binder is generally on the order of 0.1 to 10% with 1-4% preferred.
• the reagent layer imbibes a fixed amount of the sample fluid when it is applied to the surface of the layer thus eliminating any need for premeasurement of sample volume. Furthermore, by virtue of measuring current flow rather than reflected light, there is no need to remove the blood from the surface of the reagent layer prior to measurement as there is with reflectance spectroscopy systems. While the fluid sample could be applied directly to the surface of the reagent layer, to facilitate spread of blood across the entire surface of the reagent layer the sensor preferably includes a dispersing spreading or wicking layer. This layer, generally a non-woven fabric or adsorbant paper, is positioned over the reagent layer and acts to rapidly distribute the blood over the reagent layer. In some applications this dispersing layer could incorporate additional reagents.
• the reagent layer was then cut into strips that just fit the window opening of the cells and these strips were place over the electrodes exposed within the windows.
• a wicking layer of a non-woven rayon fabric was then placed over this reagent layer and held in place with an overlay tape.
• Cottrell current (i t ) microchronoamperometry Determination of glucose by Cottrell current (i t ) microchronoamperometry with the present method is created in the reaction of hydroquinone to benzoquinone. Cottrell currents decay with time in accordance with the equation:
• the main difference between these two techniques consists of applying the appropriate controlled potential after the glucose-benzoquinone reaction is complete and correlating glucose concentrations with Cottrell currents measured at a fixed time thereafter.
• the current-time readout is shown in FIG. 8.
• Circuit 15 includes a microprocessor and LCD panel 16.
• the working and reference electrodes on the sample cell 20 make contact at contacts W (working electrode) and R (reference electrode), respectively.
• Voltage reference 41 is connected to battery 42 through analogue power switch 43.
• Current from the electrodes W and R is converted to a voltage by op amp 45. That voltage is converted into a digital signal (frequency) by and voltage to frequency converter 46 electrically connected to the microprocessor 48.
• the microprocessor 48 controls the timing of the signals. Measurement of current flow is converted by microprocessor 48 to equivalent glucose, cholesterol or other substance concentrations.
• Other circuits within the skills of a practiced engineer can obviously be utilized to obtain the advantages of the present invention.
• cell 400 consists of coplanar working 426 and reference 424 electrodes laminated between an upper 422 and lower 423 nonconducting material. Lamination is on an adhesive layer 425.
• the upper material 422 includes a die cut opening 428 which, along with the width of the working electrode material defines the working electrode area and provides (with an overlapping reagent layer not depicted) the sampling port of the cell.
• At one end of cell 400 is an open area 427 similar to end position 27 of FIG. 2.
• the generalized chemistry may be depicted as: ##STR1## where the enzymes cholesterol esterase (CE) and cholesterol oxidase (CO) catalyze reactions 1 and 2 respectively and CO permits electron transfer with a variety of electroactive couples (Ox and Red).
• Reaction 2 is novel in that electron acceptors other than dioxygen may be used to oxidize cholesterol in the presence of the enzyme cholesterol oxidase.
• Reaction 1 is well known to those in the field and is necessary for the determination of total cholesterol (free cholesterol and cholesterol esters).
• Reaction 3 is an electro-oxidation process for probing and quantitating the cholesterol.
• Cholesterol oxidase (CO) from a variety of sources will catalyze electron transfer from cholesterol to a variety of the oxidants including benzoquinone, benzoquinone derivatives such as methylbenzoquinone, ethylbenzoquinone, chlorobenzoquinone, ortho-benzoquinone (oxidized form of catechol), benzoquinonesulfonate, and potassium ferricyanide. It is also anticipated that the enzyme will allow electron transfer with other alternate oxidants. As indicated in Reaction 3, the reduced product can then be monitored amperometrically for the quantitative determination of cholesterol.
• Sources of the enzyme catalyzing the oxidation of cholesterol with alternate oxidants include CO from Nocardia, Streptomyces, Schizophyllum, Pseudomonas, and Brevibacterium; experimental conditions under which it is able to rapidly catalyze the oxidation of cholesterol by benzoquinone or any of the other oxidants depend somewhat upon the source of the enzyme.
• CO from Streptomyces rapidly catalyzes substrate oxidation with benzoquinone in phosphate buffer in the presence of any of a variety of the surfactants including octylgluconopyranoside and CHAPSO; the same reaction under identical conditions with CO from either Brevibacterium or Nocardia is slower.
• both Nocardia and Brevibacterium sources are active catalysts for cholesterol oxidation by alternate oxidants under other conditions.
• the oxidant also plays a role in which the enzyme is most active.
• cholesterol oxidase from Nocardia rapidly catalyzes substrate oxidation with benzoquinone in 0.2 molar TRIS buffer and 3 g/dL CHAPSO but is slower with ferricyanide under identical conditions;
• the Brevibacterium source of the enzyme is relatively inactive with ferricyanide in TRIS buffer with a variety of surfactants but when benzoquinone is used as the oxidant the reaction is very fast.
• the Schizophyllum source of the enzyme CO rapidly catalyzes the oxidation of cholesterol in phosphate buffer with either ferricyanide or benzoquinone and with a variety of surfactants as activators.
• cholesterol oxidase will catalyze the oxidation of cholesterol by ferricyanide.
• Additional examples where CO catalyzes cholesterol oxidation by ferricyanide include a Nocardia source in TRIS buffer with a variety of surfactants including sodium deoxycholate, sodium taurodeoxycholate, CHAPS, Thesit, and CHAPSO.
• CO from Nocardia will also catalyze substrate oxidation with ferricyanide in phosphate buffer with sodium dioctylsulfosuccinate, sodium deoxycholate, sodium taurodeoxycholate, and Triton X-100.
• the buffer concentration is from 0.1 to 0.4 molar.
• Surfactant concentration for maximum activity of the oxidase enzyme varies with each detergent.
• the enzyme in 0.2M TRIS is most active with detergent in the range from 20 to 90 millimolar. However, enzyme catalytic activity is observed up to . .an.!. .Iadd.and .Iaddend.through a 10% concentration. With octyl-gluconopyranoside, the maximum activity of the enzyme with the oxidant ferricyanide occurs at a detergent concentration of approximately 1.2%; however, the enzyme still maintains activity at higher and lower concentrations of the surfactant.
• Both esterase and CO require a surfactant for high activity.
• Specific surfactants include sodium deoxycholate, sodium taurodeoxycholate, sodium glycodeoxycholate, CHAPS (3-(3-chlolamidopropyl)dimethylammonio-1-propanesulfonate), CHAPSO (3-(3-chlolamidopropyl)dimethylammonio-2-hydroxy-1-propanesulfonate), octyl-gluconopyranoside, octylthio-gluconopyranoside, nonyl-gluconopyranoside, dodecyl-gluconopyranoside, Triton X-100, Dioctyl sulfosuccinate, Thesit (Hydroxypolyethoxydodecane), and lecithin (phosphatidylcholine).
• Buffers acceptable for this reaction to occur with the enzyme include phosphate, TRIS, MOPS, MES, HEPES, Tricine, Bicine, ACES, CAPS, and TAPS.
• An alternate generallized reaction scheme for the measurement of cholesterol in serum and other biological fluids is given ##STR3## where Ox, and Red 2 function as an electron mediator couple between the cholesterol and the electroactive couple Ox 2 /Red 2 .
• Ox 1 and Red 1 need not be electroactive because they do not have to participate in the electrooxidation process (Reaction 6).
• this couple with the assistance of the enzyme cholesterol oxidase must be able to accept electrons from cholesterol and relay them to the electroactive couple (Ox 2 /Red 2 ).
• Specific examples of this chemistry include
• Scheme II is beneficial when the rate of reaction of cholesterol with the electroactive oxidant as in Scheme I is so slow that it precludes its use in a practical sensor. As mentioned above, Scheme II is also beneficial when the electron mediator itself (Ox 1 /Red 1 ) is either not electroactive or exhibits poor electrochemistry under conditions of the enzyme chemistry. It is under these conditions that Scheme II is particularly applicable.
• Other electron mediators (Ox 1 /Red 1 ) between cholesterol and ferricyanide for use in Scheme II may be possible including phenazine ethosulfate, phenazine methosulfate, tetramethylbenzidine, derivatives of benzoquinone, naphthoquinone and naphthoquinone derivatives, anthraquinone and anthraquinone derivatives, catechol, phenylenediamine, . .tetramethylphenenediamine.!. .Iadd.tetramethylphenylenediamine.Iaddend., and other derivatives of phenylenediamine.
• the oxidized form of the electron relay accepts electrons from cholesterol
• either the oxidized or the reduced form of the mediator may be incorporated provided it reacts rapidly with both cholesterol and ferricyanide.
• reductant may be incorporated into the sensor in relatively small quantity (in comparison with the analyte to be determined) and still provide the electron relay.
• the reductant must also be isolated from ferricyanide in the sensor by incorporation into a separate reagent layer.
• the concentractions provided are . .that.!. .Iadd.those .Iaddend.of the solutions which are coated onto porous supports, filter paper or membranes; . .these.!. .Iadd.those .Iaddend.concentrations are reestablished when the membrane imbibes the serum or whole blood specimen.
• large pore sizes in the filter support are .Iadd.more .Iaddend.necessary than that used for glucose. This is because the cholesterol resides in the serum in large lipoproteins (chylomicrons. ...!. .Iadd., .Iaddend.LDL, VLDL, and HDL) which must penetrate the various layers of the sensor until they reach the reagents.
• the surfactants to the major extent break these natural micelles up into smaller micelles providing a greater total surface . .are.!. .Iadd.area .Iaddend.on which the enzymes catalyze the reaction.
• Due to the instability of benzoquinone.Iadd., .Iaddend. a small quantity of hydroquinone, which is more stable by nature of its lower vapor pressure, is incorporated into the sensor to assist electron mediation between cholesterol and ferricyanide.
• the hydroquinone oxidized to benzoquinone; the benzoquinone is then free to pick up electrons from the substrate and cycle them to ferricyanide. Under these conditions the rate of the reaction of cholesterol with a small quantity of benzoquinone is more rapid than that with a large excess of ferricyanide.
• the magnesium salt in this formulation increases stability of the esterase enzyme in the phosphate-free reagent layer; Lipase assists the break up of the lipoproteins.

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B-D-Glucose+O.sub.2 +H.sub.2 O→D-Gluconic Acid+H.sub.2 O.sub.2

H.sub.2 O.sub.2 +Reagent-H.sub.2 O+color.

Cholesterol+H.sub.2 O+O.sub.2 →Cholestenone+H.sub.2 O.sub.2

H.sub.2 O.sub.2 +Reagent→H.sub.2 O+color.

B-D-glucose+Benzoquinone+H.sub.2 O→Gluconic Acid+Hydroquinone

Hydroquinone→benzoquinone+2e-+2H+.

Ag+Ox→ag.sup.+ +Red

Ag.sup.+ +Cl.sup.- →AgCl.

Ag.sub.2 O+H.sub.2 O+2Cl.sup.- →2AgCl+2(OH).sup.-

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Glucose oxidase   600        u/ml
Potassium Ferricyanide
                  0.4M
Phosphate Buffer  0.1M
Potassium Chloride
                  0.5M
Gelatin           2.0        g/dl
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i.sub.r t1/2=const

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GLUCOSE SYSTEM COMPARISONS
                                        Present
                                        Inven-
Steps      1        2       3     4     tion
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Turn Instrument On
           X        X       X     X     X
Calibrate Instrument
           X        X
Finger Puncture
           X        X       X     X     X
Apply Blood
           X        X       X     X     X
Initiate Timing
           X        X       X
Sequence
Blot       X        X       X
Insert Strip to Read
           X        X       X     X
Read Results
           X        X       X     X     X
Total Steps Per
           8        8       7     5     4
Testing
Detection System
           RS*      RS      RS    RS    Polaro-
                                        graphic
Range (mg/dl)
           10-400   40-400  25-450
                                  40-400
                                        0-1000
CV**
Hypoglycemic
           15%      15%                 5%
Euglycemic 10%      10%                 3%
Hyperglycemic
           5%       5%                  2%
Correlation
           0.921    0.862               0.95
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 *RS--Reflectance Spectroscopy
 **Coefficient of variation

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Serum Cholesterol, mg %
                 Average Current, uA
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91               19.3
182              27.2
309              38.5
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