Method of reducing the effect of direct interference current in an electrochemical test strip

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-05-26
LIFESCAN SCOTLAND
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[0066] One advantage of the present invention is the ability to use the first and second working electrode to determine that the sample receiving chamber has been sufficiently filled with liquid. It is an advantage of this invention in

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In particular, desirable oxidation current results from the interaction of the mediator with the analyte of interest (e.g., glucose) while undesirable oxidation current is generally comprised of interfering compounds being oxidized at the electrode surface and by interaction with the mediator.
However, this technique is not always successful since some interfering compounds such as acetaminophen do not have a net negative charge, and thus, can pass through a negatively charged membrane.
Nor would this technique reduce the oxidation current resulting from the interaction of interfering compounds with some mediators.
However, such selective membr

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[0067] Test strips were prepared according to the first embodiment of the present invention as illustrated in FIG. 1 to 3. These test strips were tested in blood having various concentrations of interferents. To test these strips, they were electrically connected to a potentiostat which has the means to apply a constant potential of 0.4 volts between the first working electrode and the reference electrode; and the second working electrode and the reference electrode. A sample of blood is applied to the sample inlet allowing the blood to wick into the sample receiving chamber and to wet first working electrode, second working electrode, and reference electrode. The reagent layer becomes hydrated with blood and then generates ferrocyanide which may be proportional to the amount of glucose and / or interferent concentration present in the sample. After about 5 seconds from the sample application to the test strip, an oxidation of ferrocyanide is measured as a current for both the first a...

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[0070] To show that the method of correcting the current for interferents applies to a wide variety of interferents, strips built according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 were also tested with acetaminophen and gentisic acid at various concentration levels, in addition to uric acid. For purposes of quantitating the magnitude of this effect, a change in glucose output of greater than 10% (for glucose level>70 mg / dL) or 7 mg / dL (for glucose level<=70 mg / dL) was defined as a significant interference. Table 1 shows that the uncorrected current at the first working electrode shows a significant interferent effect at a lower interferent concentration than strips tested with a corrected current response using Equation 7a. This shows that the method of correcting the current output of the first working electrode using Equation 7a is effective in correcting for interferences. Table 1 shows that the current correction in Equation 7a is effective for interferences with respect to acetaminophen, g...

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This invention describes a method of reducing the effect of interfering compounds in a bodily fluid when measuring an analyte using an electrochemical sensor. In particular, the present method is applicable to electrochemical sensors where the sensor includes a substrate, first and second working electrodes, and a reference electrode and either the first and second or only the second working electrode include regions which are bare of reagent. In this invention, an algorithm is described with mathematically corrects for the interference effect using the test strip embodiments of the present invention.

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PRIORITY [0001] The present invention claims priority to the following US Provisional Applications: U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 516,252 filed on Oct. 31, 2003; U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 558,424 filed on Mar. 31, 2004; and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 558,728 filed on Mar. 31, 2004. Which applications are hereby incorporated herein by reference. RELATED APPLICATIONS [0002] The present invention is related to the following co-pending US Applications: U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ [Attorney Docket Number DDI-5027 USNP], filed on Oct. 29, 2004; U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ [Attorney Docket Number DDI-5042 USNP], filed on Oct. 29, 2004; U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ [Attorney Docket Number DDI-5064], filed on Oct. 29, 2004; U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ [Attorney Docket Number DDI-5066], filed on Oct. 29, 2004; and U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______ [Attorney Docket Number DDI-5067], filed on Oct. 29, 2...

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IPC IPC(8): A61B5/00A61B5/145C12Q1/00G01N27/26G01N27/403G01N27/416G01N27/49G01N33/487G06F19/00
CPCA61B5/1411A61B5/14532G01N27/3274C12Q1/001C12Q1/006A61B5/1486A61B5/150022A61B5/150358A61B5/150282A61B5/150435A61B5/150503Y02A90/10G01N27/416G01N27/49G01N33/487
Inventor DAVIES, OLIVER WILLIAM HARDWICKEMARSHALL, ROBERTBASKEYFIELD, DAMIAN EDWARD HAYDONWHYTE, LYNSEYLEIPER, ELAINE
Owner LIFESCAN SCOTLAND
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