Blood glucose measurement reagent, sensor chip, and blood glucose meter set
AssigneeTerumo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroya Sato, Takeyuki Moriuchi, Yusuke Komata
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Abstract
A blood glucose measurement reagent includes: an enzyme having glucose as a substrate; a mediator; a chromogenic indicator; and an aromatic hydrocarbon having at least one sulfonic acid group. A sensor chip includes: a supply port through which blood is suppliable; a flow path having the supply port formed at one end thereof; and a reagent located in the flow path, the reagent being the blood glucose measurement reagent; wherein the sensor chip is mountable on a blood glucose meter for measuring blood glucose in the blood.
Claims13
A blood glucose measurement reagent comprising:
- an enzyme having glucose as a substrate;
- a mediator;
- a chromogenic indicator;
- and
- disodium 1,3-benzene disulfonate or trisodium naphthalene-1,3,6-trisulfonate.
A method of measuring blood glucose comprising:
- contacting a blood sample with a blood glucose measurement reagent comprising:
- an enzyme having glucose as a substrate,
- a mediator,
- a chromogenic indicator, and
- disodium 1,3-benzene disulfonate or trisodium naphthalene-1,3,6-trisulfonate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.