Thin-film microbiosensors for glucose-lactate monitoring

Anal Chem. 1996 Sep 15;68(18):3173-9. doi: 10.1021/ac950630x.

Abstract

A miniaturized device for simultaneous measurement of glucose and lactate levels was produced by means of photopatterning of enzyme-containing photosensitive membrane precursors. This device shows no cross-talk and a lifetime for both the glucose and the lactate sensors of more than 2 weeks when continuously operated in undiluted bovine serum. Linear response ranges of up to 40 mM for glucose and 25 mM for L-lactate, in combination with 95% response times of < 30 s, were realized. The devices are mass produced by means of thin-film technology on flexible carriers to give catheter-type multisensing devices for in vivo applications. Ex vivo experiments, performed with human volunteers, where the device was continuously operated in an extracorporeal, undiluted, heparinized blood stream for 6 h, gave a correlation of r > 0.98 with respect to laboratory techniques. Subcutaneous measurements of glucose levels in pigs were close to the corresponding blood levels obtained without in vivo calibration.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Biosensing Techniques*
  • Blood Glucose / analysis*
  • Electrochemistry
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lactic Acid / blood*
  • Male
  • Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate / analogs & derivatives
  • Swine

Substances

  • Blood Glucose
  • poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-acrylic acid)
  • Polyhydroxyethyl Methacrylate
  • Lactic Acid