Patent ID: 6709856
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
A device for measuring a liquid sample comprising:a sensor for measuring a component in the liquid sample, an upper part comprising a liquid sample inlet channel having an end with an opening for feeding the liquid sample onto a surface of the sensor and a liquid sample outlet channel having an end with an opening for discharging the liquid sample from the sensor surface, and a lower part; wherein the upper and lower parts vertically sandwich the sensor, the sensor having an electrode and an enzyme layer in an upper part of the electrode, the liquid sample inlet channel being placed at an angle, selected in the range of one degree to eighty degrees, to the sensor surface, the end opening of the liquid sample inlet channel being placed at a predefined distance from the sensor surface, and the predefined distance between the sensor surface and the end opening of the liquid sample inlet channel being two fold or less of an inner diameter of the liquid sample inlet channel.