# US 2025/0146972 A1 · Electrolyte concentration measuring device and method for obtaining selectivity coefficient > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0146972 A1 - Document ID: US20250146972A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/730,068 - Filed: 2022-11-29 - Published: 2025-05-08 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-18 - Assignees: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation - Applicants: Hitachi High-Tech Corporation - Inventors: Kotaro YAMASHITA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250146972A1 ## CPC - G01N 27/4163: {checking the operation of, or calibrating, the measuring apparatus (G01N27/3274, G01N27/4175 and G01N33/0006 take precedence)} - G01N 33/492: {Determining multiple analytes} - G01N 27/333: Ion-selective electrodes or membranes (glass electrodes G01N27/36) - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) ## Abstract An electrolyte concentration measuring device measures an ion concentration of analyte ions contained in a liquid, and includes: an ion selective electrode to which the liquid is supplied; a reference electrode serving as a potential reference; and a control unit outputting the ion concentration of the analyte ions based on an electromotive force between the reference electrode and the ion selective electrode to, whereby the control unit obtains a selectivity coefficient of interfering ions that affect measurement of a concentration of the analyte ions or a value corresponding to a concentration of the interfering ions from a trained model by inputting a measured potential of a solution containing the analyte and interfering ions into the model, the model outputting the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ions or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ions based on the potential of the solution containing the ions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrolyte concentration measuring device for measuring an ion concentration of an analyte ion contained in a liquid, the electrolyte concentration measuring device comprising: an ion selective electrode configured to react with the analyte ion and output a potential corresponding to the ion concentration; a reference electrode configured to output a reference potential serving as a reference for the potential; and a control unit configured to output the ion concentration of the analyte ion based on a potential difference between the reference electrode and the ion selective electrode, wherein the control unit obtains a selectivity coefficient of an interfering ion that influences measurement of a concentration of the analyte ion or a value corresponding to a concentration of the interfering ion from a calculation unit by inputting, into the calculation unit, measured potentials of a plurality of solutions that contain the analyte ion and the interfering ion and have a same concentration of the interfering ion and different concentrations of the analyte ion, the calculation unit being trained to output the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion based on the measured potentials of the plurality of solutions that contain the analyte ion and the interfering ion and have the same concentration of the interfering ion and different concentrations of the analyte ion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrolyte concentration measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the calculation unit is a trained model that is trained using a plurality of supervised learning data sets in which the measured potentials of the plurality of solutions and the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion, which is a ground truth value corresponding to a combination of the measured potentials, are set. ### Claim 3 (canceled) ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The electrolyte concentration measuring device according to claim 2, wherein the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion which is the ground truth value is a measured potential of a solution having a concentration of the interfering ion different from the concentration in the plurality of solutions. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The electrolyte concentration measuring device according to claim 1, further comprising: the calculation unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The electrolyte concentration measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit compares a reference value with the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion output by the calculation unit, and generates an alarm based on a comparison result between the reference value and the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electrolyte concentration measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit compares a reference value with the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion output by the calculation unit, compares a predetermined range with a slope sensitivity calculated based on the measured potential of the solution containing the analyte ion and the interfering ion, and generates an alarm based on a comparison result between the reference value and the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion and a comparison result between the slope sensitivity and the predetermined range. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The electrolyte concentration measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit obtains the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion from the calculation unit by executing calibration for obtaining a slope sensitivity, and inputting, into the calculation unit, the measured potentials of the plurality of solutions measured in the calibration. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The electrolyte concentration measuring device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit corrects a measured value of a control sample measured for accuracy management of the electrolyte concentration measuring device by using the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion obtained from the calculation unit. ### Claim 10 A method for obtaining a selectivity coefficient for obtaining a selectivity coefficient of an interfering ion that influences measurement of a concentration of an analyte ion contained in a liquid or a value corresponding to a concentration of the interfering ion, the method comprising: measuring measured potentials of a plurality of solutions that contain the analyte ion and the interfering ion and have a same concentration of the interfering ion and different concentrations of the analyte ion; inputting a plurality of the measured potentials into a calculation unit trained to output the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion based on the measured potentials of the plurality of solutions that contain the analyte ion and the interfering ion and have the same concentration of the interfering ion and different concentrations of the analyte ion; and obtaining the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion from the calculation unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method for obtaining a selectivity coefficient according to claim 10, further comprising: training the calculation unit using a plurality of supervised learning data sets in which the measured potentials of the plurality of solutions and the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion, which is a ground truth value corresponding to a combination of the measured potentials, are set. ### Claim 12 (canceled) ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method for obtaining a selectivity coefficient according to claim 11, wherein the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion which is the ground truth value is a measured potential of a solution having a concentration of the interfering ion different from the concentration in the plurality of solutions. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The method for obtaining a selectivity coefficient according to claim 10, further comprising: comparing a reference value with the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion output by the calculation unit; and generating an alarm based on a comparison result between the reference value and the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The method for obtaining a selectivity coefficient according to claim 10, further comprising: comparing a reference value with the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion output by the calculation unit; comparing a predetermined range with a slope sensitivity calculated based on the measured potentials of the solutions containing the analyte ion and the interfering ion; and generating an alarm based on a comparison result between the reference value and the selectivity coefficient of the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion and a comparison result between the slope sensitivity and the predetermined range. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The method for obtaining a selectivity coefficient according to claim 10, wherein measurement of the measured potentials of the plurality of solutions is executed in calibration for obtaining a slope sensitivity. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The method for obtaining a selectivity coefficient according to claim 10, further comprising: correcting a measured value of a control sample measured for accuracy management using the selectivity coefficient 4 the interfering ion or the value corresponding to the concentration of the interfering ion obtained from the calculation unit.