IP Library Granted Patent US 12699081
Granted Patent B2
US 12699081 · App. 18/224,927 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Method of measuring stable hemoglobin A1c and measurement device therefor

Inventors: Naotsugu Onuma (Kyoto, JP); Tomoyuki Matsuda (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc.
G01N33/49
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Patent No.
US 12699081
App. No.
18/224,927
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of measuring stable hemoglobin A1c by a hemoglobin separation analysis method based on cation exchange, the method comprising: obtaining an analysis signal from a blood specimen to be measured by the separation analysis method; determining a C value, which is a peak value of a stable hemoglobin A1c peak, and an X value, which is a peak value of a specific peak appearing between the stable hemoglobin A1c peak and a hemoglobin A0 peak, from the analysis signal; and correcting the C value by applying the C value and the X value to a predetermined arithmetic expression to obtain a C′ value that is a reduced value from the C value, wherein the arithmetic expression is determined based on a correlation between a C value and an X value obtained from a blood specimen in which a stable hemoglobin A1c value is known by the separation analysis method.

Claims (60)

1 . A method of measuring stable hemoglobin A1c comprising:

performing a hemoglobin separation analysis method based on cation exchange as a principle on a target blood specimen to obtain an analysis signal;

determining a C value, which is a peak value of a stable hemoglobin A1c peak, and an X value, which is a peak value of a specific peak appearing between the stable hemoglobin A1c peak and a hemoglobin A0 peak, from the analysis signal; and

correcting the C value by applying the C value and the X value to a predetermined arithmetic expression to obtain a C′ value that is a reduced value from the C value,

wherein the arithmetic expression is determined based on a correlation between a C value and an X value obtained from a reference blood specimen having a known stable hemoglobin A1c value by the separation analysis method.

2 . The method of measuring stable hemoglobin A1c according to claim 1 , wherein:

the arithmetic expression includes an expression represented by

Y=A×X

and

C′=C−Y,

wherein

A is a slope of a regression line between the X value and the C value, both of which are obtained from a plurality of reference blood specimens each having a known stable hemoglobin A1c value,

X is the X value obtained from the target blood specimen, and

C is the C value obtained from the target blood specimen.

3 . The method of measuring stable hemoglobin A1c according to claim 2 , wherein when a peak top detection time of the stable hemoglobin A1c peak is 0 and a peak top detection time of the hemoglobin A0 peak is 1, a peak appearing in a detection time of 0.1 or more and less than 0.65 is referred to as the specific peak.

4 . The method of measuring stable hemoglobin A1c according to claim 2 , wherein the correcting is executed in a case in which the X value exceeds a threshold value.

5 . The method of measuring stable hemoglobin A1c according to claim 1 , wherein:

the arithmetic expression includes an expression represented by

R 1 =a×X+b

and

C′=C−C×R 1 ,

wherein

a is a slope of a regression line between the X value and a temporal variation rate of the C value, both of which are obtained from a plurality of reference blood specimens each having a known stable hemoglobin A1c value,

b is an intercept of the regression line,

X is the X value obtained from the target blood specimen, and

C is the C value obtained from the target blood specimen.

6 . The method of measuring stable hemoglobin A1c according to claim 3 , wherein, providing when a peak top detection time of the stable hemoglobin A1c peak is 0 and a peak top detection time of the hemoglobin A0 peak is 1, a peak appearing in a detection time of 0.1 or more and less than 0.65 is referred to as the specific peak.

7 . The method of measuring stable hemoglobin A1c according to claim 5 , wherein the correcting is executed in a case in which the X value exceeds a threshold value.

8 . The method of measuring stable hemoglobin A1c according to claim 1 , wherein when a peak top detection time of the stable hemoglobin A1c peak is 0 and a peak top detection time of the hemoglobin A0 peak is 1, a peak appearing in a detection time of 0.1 or more and less than 0.65 is referred to as the specific peak.

9 . The method of measuring stable hemoglobin A1c according to claim 1 , wherein the correcting is executed in a case in which the X value exceeds a threshold value.

10 . A measurement device for stable hemoglobin A1c, comprising:

a memory that stores an arithmetic expression determined in advance based on a correlation between a C value, which is a peak value of a stable hemoglobin A1c peak, and an X value, which is a peak value of a specific peak appearing between the stable hemoglobin A1c peak and a hemoglobin A0 peak, by subjecting a reference blood specimen having a known stable hemoglobin A1c value to a hemoglobin separation analysis method based on cation exchange as a principle;

an analyzer that obtains an analysis signal by subjecting a target blood specimen to be measured to the hemoglobin separation analysis method based on cation exchange as a principle;

a first calculator that obtains a C value, which is a peak value of the stable hemoglobin A1c peak, and an X value, which is a peak value of a specific peak appearing between the stable hemoglobin A1c peak and the hemoglobin A0 peak, from the analysis signal; and

a second calculator that calculates a C′ value that is a reduced value from the C value, by applying the C value and the X value to the arithmetic expression.

11 . The measurement device according to claim 10 , wherein:

the arithmetic expression includes an expression represented by

Y=A×X

and

C′=C−Y,

wherein

A is a slope of a regression line between the X value and the C value, both of which are obtained from a plurality of reference blood specimens each having a known stable hemoglobin A1c value,

X is the X value obtained from the target blood specimen, and

C is the C value obtained from the target blood specimen.

12 . The measurement device according to claim 11 , wherein when a peak top detection time of the stable hemoglobin A1c peak is 0 and a peak top detection time of the hemoglobin A0 peak is 1, a peak appearing in a detection time of 0.1 or more and less than 0.65 is referred to as the specific peak.

13 . The measurement device according to claim 11 , wherein the second calculator calculates a C′ value in a case in which the X value exceeds a threshold value.

14 . The measurement device according to claim 10 , wherein:

the arithmetic expression includes an expression represented by

R 1 =a×X+b

and

C′=C−C×R 1 ,

wherein

a is a slope of a regression line between the X value and a temporal variation rate of the C value, both of which are obtained from a plurality of reference blood specimens each having a known stable hemoglobin A1c value,

b is an intercept of the regression line,

X is the X value obtained from the target blood specimen, and

C is the C value obtained from the target blood specimen.

15 . The measurement device according to claim 14 , wherein when a peak top detection time of the stable hemoglobin A1c peak is 0 and a peak top detection time of the hemoglobin A0 peak is 1, a peak appearing in a detection time of 0.1 or more and less than 0.65 is referred to as the specific peak.

16 . The measurement device according to claim 14 , wherein the second calculator calculates a C′ value in a case in which the X value exceeds a threshold value.

17 . The measurement device according to claim 10 , wherein when a peak top detection time of the stable hemoglobin A1c peak is 0 and a peak top detection time of the hemoglobin A0 peak is 1, a peak appearing in a detection time of 0.1 or more and less than 0.65 is referred to as the specific peak.

18 . The measurement device according to claim 10 , wherein the second calculator calculates a C′ value in a case in which the X value exceeds a threshold value.