Arkray, Inc.

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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Kyoto Daiichi Kagaku Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Healthcare Co., Ltd.

Yoshiharu Sato

Etsuo Hirao

Yasuhide Kusaka

Yoshinobu Tokuno

Masahiro Fukuzawa

Takatoshi Uchigaki

Yoshimitsu Morita

Takashi Tsujii

Hiroaki Ito

Yoshinori Amano

Koji Katsuki

Hisashi Okuda

Masufumi Koike

Kouichi Matsuda

Hirokazu Matsuda

Yutaka Saito

Takehiro Yamaguchi

Kazuo Fukuda

Yoshihiro Kataoka

Masashi Watanabe

Shoji Kawanaka

Yuji Kurata

Yoshimitsu Matsuura

Shinichi Watanabe

Yasuhito Kawamata

Akiko Okami

Kazuteru Onoda

Gai Go

Tadao Yamaguchi

Ryuji Izumino

A manufacturing method for an electrochemical sensor includes an electrode forming step of forming an electrode, made of a porous material with electroconductivity, on an insulating substrate, and a resist forming step of coating a coating region on the electrode by a resist with non-electroconductivity in a solution state, and permeating communicating pores of the porous material with the resist, thereby adjusting a resistance value of the electrode.

Manufacturing method for electrochemical sensor, and electrochemical sensor

A liquid accommodating container includes an accommodating portion configured to accommodate, in a hermetically closed state, a liquid for testing a measuring apparatus, a storage portion configured to store the liquid, and a coupling portion configured to couple the accommodating portion and the storage portion in a state that one of the accommodating portion and the storage portion is foldable back to the other.

Liquid accommodating container

A measurement apparatus to measure a physical quantity related to a measurement target by use of a sensor, comprising: an apparatus enclosure; a control unit to be electrically connected to the sensor; and a moving member including a sensor holding unit to hold the sensor, the moving member being movable to protrude the sensor holding unit outwardly of the apparatus enclosure and further including a conductive member to electrically connect the sensor to the control unit.

Measurement apparatus, and method for operating measurement apparatus

Provided are an analytical device comprising a pair of hematocrit electrodes (first pair of electrodes) and a pair of glucose electrodes (second pair of electrodes) that allows a sample to sufficiently reach as far as the second pair of electrodes that are provided on a downstream side in a flow path, a method for manufacturing the analytical device, and a measuring apparatus using the analytical device.

Analytical device, method for manufacturing the same, and measuring apparatus using the same

An electrochemical sensor includes a base plate provided with a concave part formed on one of surfaces thereof, a fluid channel formed so that a bottom part of the concave part and the other one of the surfaces of the base plate are communicated with each other, a plurality of electrodes formed on the concave part; a reagent fixed on the electrodes, a cover which covers the concave part, and an air channel which causes the inside and outside of the concave part to be communicated with each other.

Electrochemical sensor, lancet, and bodily fluid measuring apparatus

The present invention relates to an analytical toolwhich includes a flow path for moving a sample, and a working electrodeand a counter electrodeincluding active portionsfor coming into contact with the sample supplied to the flow path and which is mounted in use to an analytical apparatus. The active portionsof the counter electrodeinclude a first active portionand a second active portiondivided within the flow path. The working electrodeand the counter electrodeinclude contact endsfor coming into contact with terminals of an analytical apparatus when the analytical toolis mounted to the analytical apparatus. At least one of the working electrodeand the counter electrodeincludes a first electrode portionB which includes the contact endand the first active portionand a second electrode portionC which includes the second active portion

Method for detecting sample supply condition, and analyzer

The present invention relates to an analysis tool including a reagent portion and electrodes. The electrodes include a porous conductive portion where the reagent portion is formed. The porous conductive section is formed by, for instance, coating at least a part of a surface and an inner surface of a porous body with a conductive film. The porous body is, for instance, an insulating fiber mesh cloth. Preferably, the electrodes are formed in a sheet shape.

Analysis tool

This invention is regard to an analysis device that analyze a specific component in bodily fluid extracted from the skin using an analysis tool. The analysis device comprise a laser beam oscillation section that emits a laser beam for extracting the bodily fluid from the skin, and a detection mechanism that detects whether or not the analysis tool exists at a target position. The analysis device is adapted to emit the laser beam from the laser beam oscillation section when the analysis tool is detected by the detection mechanism.

Analysis device

The present invention relates to a cartridgeincluding a plurality of analyzing toolsarranged lined in a plane direction and a casefor accommodating the plurality of analyzing tools, and being configured to take out the analyzing toolone at a time from the case. The plurality of analyzing toolsfurther include engagement meansfor restricting the analyzing toolsadjacent to each other in the plane direction and allowing removable attachment in a thickness direction D, Dof the analyzing tool. The present invention further relates to an analyzer and an analyzing system for analyzing a sample using the cartridge

Cartridge and analyzing system

The present invention relates to an analytical tool cartridge comprising a case having therein a storage space and a retrieval port that communicates the storage space with an external space, and a plurality of analytical tools stored in the storage space in a stacked state. This analytical tool cartridge further has a retrieval mechanism for retrieving the analytical tools one at a time from the case via the retrieval port. The analytical tool cartridge may also further have an opening/closing mechanism for opening and closing the retrieval port. The present invention also provides a set of the analytical tool cartridge, and an analyzer that is constituted so as to have installed therein an analytical tool retrieved from the analytical tool cartridge, and analyze a specific component in a specimen liquid supplied onto the analytical tool. At least one of the analytical tool cartridge and the analyzer has provided therein cartridge fixing means for locating and fixing the analytical tool cartridge onto the analyzer.

Analytical tool cartridge with retrieval mechanism, and set of the cartridge and analyzer

The present invention relates to an analytical tool () comprising a substrate (), a capillary () which is formed on the substrate () and into which a sample liquid is to be loaded by movement of the sample liquid in the capillary. The substrate () is provided with a liquid movement preventer for preventing the sample liquid loaded into the capillary () from moving further. Preferably, the liquid movement preventer includes a stepped portion (B) projecting from the substrate or a recess provided at the substrate.

Analytical tool

A lancing device according to the present invention includes: a housing; a moving body movable relatively to the housing for forward movement of a needle; a driving mechanism for forward movement of the moving body; a hollow pressing portion at a front end of the housing for contact with a part where a puncture is to be made; and a pump mechanism capable of causing a vacuum to act inside the pressing portion. The pump mechanism is capable of adjusting the vacuum. The pump mechanism includes for example: a moving portion capable of reciprocating in a first direction and a second direction away from the first direction. Preferably, the adjustment of the vacuum is made by changing the number of reciprocations of the moving part in the first and the second directions.

Lancing device, method of making lancing device, pump mechanism, and sucking device

The present invention relates to an analytical tool () including a capillary () for moving a sample liquid introduced through a liquid introduction port (), and a window () for checking that the sample liquid of an amount necessary for measurement is supplied into the capillary (). In the analytical tool (), an opaque region () is defined between the liquid introduction port () and the window (). For example, the analytical tool () includes a substrate (), a cover () defining the capillary () together with the substrate (), and a working electrode () and a counter electrode () which include respective exposed portions () facing the interior of the capillary (). Preferably, at least part of the window () is formed at a region which avoids a position directly above the exposed portions ().

This invention relates to a technique for analyzing a sample. A sample analyzer () provided by the invention includes: a voltage applier () for applying a voltage to a reaction field which includes a sample; a response measurer () for measurement of a response to the voltage applied to the reaction field; a selector () for selecting a first voltage application state for measurement of a first response for use in calculation necessary for analyzing the sample or a second voltage application state for measurement of a second response for use in determining whether or not the reaction field has been supplied with a target amount of the sample; an arithmetic operator () for calculation necessary for analyzing the sample based on the first response; a determiner () for determination, based on the second response, on whether or not the reaction field has been supplied with the target amount of sample; and a controller () which makes the selector select the second voltage application state after making the selector select the first voltage application state.

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Kyoto, Japan

Yoshiharu Sato