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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen Charles Williams, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Bernadette Yon-Hin, Cambridge, GB;
Neil Blair, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Cambridge Sensors Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/726 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/726 ;
Abstract
An electrode comprises a non-conductive substrate and a conductive layer comprising, in a bonded matrix, graphite particles coated with a noble metal, and carbon particles, wherein the graphite particles are up to 20 &mgr;m is size and have a surface area of 1-50 m,/g. This electrode is capable of measuring low levels of analyte, e.g. glucose in sweat when convined with a layer containing glucose oxidase.