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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2002
Miwa Hasegawa, Nara, JP;
Motokazu Watanabe, Katano, JP;
Tomohiro Yamamoto, Hirakata, JP;
Shin Ikeda, Katano, JP;
Shiro Nankai, Hirakata, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A biosensor includes: an insulating base plate; an electrode system which is provided on the base plate and has a measurement electrode and a counter electrode; a reaction layer including at least oxidoreductase and an electron mediator; a sample solution supply pathway which includes the electrode system and the reaction layer and has an air aperture on the termination side thereof; a sample supply portion; and a filter which is disposed between the sample solution supply pathway and the sample supply portion and filters hemocytes, where plasma with the hemocytes therein filtered with the filter is sucked into the sample solution supply pathway due to capillarity, the central part of a secondary side portion of the filter is protruded into the sample solution supply pathway more than both the right and left ends thereof.