Patent ID: 7510643
Filing Date: 2009-03-31
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A sensor system for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a biological sample, said sensor system comprising: a sensor instrument, said sensor instrument comprising a housing having a gap formed therein, said sensor instrument further comprising electrical contacts at a first side of said gap and a temperature sensor at a second side of said gap opposite said first side; and a sensor strip, said sensor strip comprising an electrically-insulating electrode substrate, an electrode set on a first side of said electrode substrate, and a heat conducting layer on a second side of said electrode substrate opposite said first side, said heat conducting layer comprising at least 20% by volume of said sensor strip and having a thermal conductivity of at least 10 W/m-K, said sensor strip receivable in said gap such that said electrode set electrically communicates with said electrical contacts, and said heat conducting layer communicates with said temperature sensor.