Patent ID: 8026104
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: A61B,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for determining an analyte concentration in a sample after forming a measurable species from a reaction between the analyte and an ionizing agent during an incubation period, comprising: applying a signal to a sample after an incubation period from 0.4 to 1 second, the signal including excitations, each excitation having a duration from 0.1 to 5 seconds; generating a signal having a transient decay in response to a redox reaction of a measurable species, where the generated signal results from at least one of the excitations having the duration from 0.1 to 5 seconds, and where the measurable species concentration in the sample is responsive to the analyte concentration in the sample; and determining the analyte concentration from the transient decay of the generated signal.