Kyoto Daiichi Kagaku Co., Ltd.

Arkray, Inc.

Kurashiki Boseki Kabushiki Kaisha

Takeshi Sakura

Harumi Uenoyama

Kexin Xu

Yutaka Yamasaki

Hiroko Kubo

Emi Ashibe

Xu Kexin

Motonobu Shiomi

Norimasa Noda

Toshihisa Inoue

The ion activity-measuring device of the present invention is provided with a hydrophobic bridge of which portion contacting with a liquid reservoir is hydrophilic. The hydrophobic bridge is made of, for example, at least one selected from the group consisting of polyester, nylon, polypropylene, rayon and polyethylene, and is produced by treating a portion contacting with the liquid reservoir with a spreading accelerator. The spreading accelerator is at least one selected from the group consisting of a surfactant and a hydrophilic polymer. There is also provided a method for producing the above ion activity-measuring device, comprising embedding nonwoven fabric in the cover plate to bond the nonwoven fabric to the cover plate.

Ion activity-measuring device and method for producing the same

A urinal is provided on its forward end with a cell, which internally communicates with the urinal to outwardly project from the same. A measuring part comprises a light source part for applying a measuring beam of the visible or near infrared wavelength region to the cell which is set in a cell setting part and a light receiving part for receiving and detecting the measuring beam transmitted through the cell, and measures absorbances of uric components to be measured at wavelengths selected therefor respectively. A sensor part is adapted to detect that the cell is set in the cell setting part, so that the measuring part starts a measuring operation on the basis of a signal indicating that the sensor detects the cell. It is possible to carry out a urine test on a person who lies on bed.

Method of and apparatus for measuring uric components

A method of quantitative analysis of a specific component of an object to be measured comprises steps of measuring an energy spectrum of light transmitted through or reflected from the object, dividing the energy spectrum into a plurality of wavelength domains, thereby obtaining a plurality of partial energy spectra, normalizing the plurality of partial energy spectra within each wavelength domain using an energy measured at a predetermined wavelength contained in each wavelength domain, and performing the quantative analysis by multivariate analysis using the plurality of partial energy spectra having been normalized.

Method of stabilizing spectra in spectrometry

An apparatus and method for optically measuring concentrations of components allow enhancement in measurement accuracy of concentration. The apparatus includes a cell, a light irradiator, a photodetector, and an arithmetic unit. The cell presents different optical path lengths at different locations and is to contain a sample therein. The light irradiator, which includes a variable-wavelength laser generator and a measuring system composed of convex lenses, outputs a collimated, enlarged laser beam, and makes the laser beam incident upon the cell. The photodetector comprises a multiplicity of photodetectors arranged in parallel to the surface of the cell, so that it can detect intensity of rays of transmitted light that have traveled over different optical path lengths at positions of an equal distance from the cell. The arithmetic unit, receiving a signal from the individual photodetectors, calculates concentrations of components in the sample based on optimum optical path lengths for different wavelengths and values of transmitted light at positions of the optimum optical path lengths, and further outputs calculation results.

Apparatus and method for optically measuring concentrations of components

An apparatus and method for measuring component concentrations which enables accurate measurement of concentrations of component within an object in a non-destructive, non-invasive, and bloodless procedure. The apparatus comprises a light irradiator 1 for projecting pulse laser of different wavelengths toward an object 12 by means of a variable wavelength laser generating unit 11, a photodetector 2 for performing a time resolved measurement of the quantity of transmitted light from the object which is subject to changes with lapse of time after the generation of the pulse laser, and an arithmetic unit 3 for calculating concentrations of components in the object 12 and outputting the calculation result such that the relationship between time lapse and measured quantity of light is converted into a relationship between an optical path length representing the distance of light travel within the object 12 and a change in the measured quantity of light relative to a change in unit concentration so that the optical path length and the quantity of light which is measured when the change in the quantity of light is at a peak are stored in memory for each wavelength, the quantity of light being used as a basis for the calculation.

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Kyoto, Japan

Takeshi Sakura