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US 4,565,666 AGranted
Method of producing combination ion selective sensing electrode
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsPatrick T. Cahalan, Michelle A. Schwinghammer
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Abstract
A combination ion sensing and reference electrode and a method for producing it. The electrode is formed of bi-lumen plastic tubing using one lumen as sensing chamber and the other as a reference chamber. A portion of the sensing chamber extends distally relative to the reference chamber, and is permeated with an ion selective material by soaking that portion in a solution containing the ion selective material. The method of manufacture is thereby simplified and sealing of the chambers is improved.
Claims1
A method for producing an ion sensing electrode, comprising the following ordered steps:
- dissolving an ion selective material in a solvent which is a swelling agent for a plastic;
- subsequently soaking in said solvent a tube fabricated of said plastic and having a proximal end, a distal end, and outer wall, a first lumen, a second lumen and an inner wall separating said first and second lumens, said tube soaked only distal to a first point intermediate the proximal and distal ends of said tube, until said tube swells;
- subsequently drying said tube until said solvent evaporates;
- and
- filling the first and second lumens of said tube with an electrolyte;
- said method further comprising the following non-ordered steps which may be performed in any convenient order relative to said ordered steps:
- removing that portion of the outer wall of said tube located exterior to said second lumen, intermediate the distal end of said tube and a second point proximal to said first point;
- sealing the distal end of the first lumen of said tube;
- and
- inserting first and second electrodes into the first and second lumens of said tube.
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