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US 10,620,146 · App. 16/131,396 · Granted Apr 14, 2020

Electrode chip

Inventors: Tomokazu Matsue (Sendai, JP); Kumi Inoue (Sendai, JP); Takahiro Ito (Sendai, JP); Hitoshi Shiku (Sendai, JP); Miho Ikegawa (Sendai, JP)
Assignee: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
G01N27/27G01N27/30G01N27/403G01N27/42G01N27/48G01N27/49G01N33/0031
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Patent No.
US 10,620,146
App. No.
16/131,396
Granted
Apr 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrode chip including one auxiliary cell and a plurality of measurement cells on a substrate, where the auxiliary cell includes a reference electrode, a counter electrode, and an auxiliary cell-side working electrode, the measurement cell includes a driving electrode and a measurement cell-side working electrode, and the auxiliary cell-side working electrode and the measurement cell-side working electrode are electrically connected.

Claims (25)

1. An electrode chip comprising one auxiliary cell and a plurality of measurement cells on a substrate, wherein

the auxiliary cell comprises a reference electrode, a counter electrode, and an auxiliary cell-side working electrode,

each measurement cell comprises a driving electrode and a measurement cell-side working electrode, and

the auxiliary cell-side working electrode is electrically connected to each measurement cell-side working electrode.

2. The electrode chip according to claim 1 , wherein each measurement cell-side working electrode is surrounded by the driving electrode in the measurement cell.

3. The electrode chip according to claim 2 , wherein a surface area of the auxiliary cell-side working electrode is larger than surface areas of a plurality of the measurement cell-side working electrodes.

4. The electrode chip according to claim 2 , wherein a surface area of the auxiliary cell-side working electrode is larger than a surface area of any one of the measurement cell-side working electrodes.

5. The electrode chip according to claim 2 , wherein a surface area of one of the driving electrodes is larger than a surface area of one of the measurement cell-side working electrodes.

6. The electrode chip according to claim 2 , wherein a surface area of the counter electrode is larger than a surface area of the auxiliary cell-side working electrode.

7. The electrode chip according to claim 2 , wherein a ratio of a surface area of the driving electrode to a surface area of the measurement cell-side working electrode is 2000% to 8000% in each measurement cell.

8. The electrode chip according to claim 1 , wherein a surface area of the auxiliary cell-side working electrode is larger than surface areas of a plurality of the measurement cell-side working electrodes.

9. The electrode chip according to claim 8 , wherein a surface area of one of the driving electrodes is larger than a surface area of one of the measurement cell-side working electrodes.

10. The electrode chip according to claim 8 , wherein a surface area of the counter electrode is larger than a surface area of the auxiliary cell-side working electrode.

11. The electrode chip according to claim 8 , wherein a ratio of a surface area of the driving electrode to a surface area of the measurement cell-side working electrode is 2000% to 8000% in each measurement cell.

12. The electrode chip according to claim 1 , wherein a surface area of the auxiliary cell-side working electrode is larger than a surface area of any one of the measurement cell-side working electrodes.

13. The electrode chip according to claim 12 , wherein a surface area of one of the driving electrodes is larger than a surface area of one of the measurement cell-side working electrodes.

14. The electrode chip according to claim 12 , wherein a surface area of the counter electrode is larger than a surface area of the auxiliary cell-side working electrode.

15. The electrode chip according to claim 1 , wherein a surface area of one of the driving electrodes is larger than a surface area of one of the measurement cell-side working electrodes.

16. The electrode chip according to claim 15 , wherein a surface area of the counter electrode is larger than a surface area of the auxiliary cell-side working electrode.

17. The electrode chip according to claim 1 , wherein a surface area of the counter electrode is larger than a surface area of the auxiliary cell-side working electrode.

18. The electrode chip according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a surface area of the driving electrode to a surface area of the measurement cell-side working electrode is 2000% to 8000% in each measurement cell.

19. The electrode chip according to claim 1 , wherein

each measurement cell further comprises a measurement solution containing a detection substance, and the auxiliary cell further comprises an auxiliary solution containing an oxidation-reduction substance, and

a ratio of a concentration of the detection substance in each measurement solution to a concentration of the oxidation-reduction substance in the auxiliary solution is 20% or less.

20. The electrode chip according to claim 1 , wherein the counter electrode and the reference electrode are electrically insulated and independently provided in the auxiliary cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2018
From: MATSUE, TOMOKAZU; INOUE, KUMI; ITO, TAKAHIRO; SHIKU, HITOSHI; IKEGAWA, MIHO
To: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 046876/0489 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-055251 · Mar 18, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2017004452 · Feb 7, 2017
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