JP3809486B2 - Liquid sample analysis tool - Google Patents

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JP3809486B2
JP3809486B2 JP20850298A JP20850298A JP3809486B2 JP 3809486 B2 JP3809486 B2 JP 3809486B2 JP 20850298 A JP20850298 A JP 20850298A JP 20850298 A JP20850298 A JP 20850298A JP 3809486 B2 JP3809486 B2 JP 3809486B2
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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、液体試料、特に全血・血清・血漿などの血液試料、尿および髄液のような体液に含まれる成分を分析測定するための分析用具に関する。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
近年、体液といった液体試料中の特定成分を分析測定する分析用具は、これまでに多くのものが開発されてきた。これら分析用具は、例えば血液中のグルコース、コレステロール、蛋白質、ビリルビン、又は尿中のpH、グルコース、ケトン体、蛋白質、ビリルビン等を定量するためのものである。
【0003】
これら従来の分析用具は、紙又はプラスティック材料などをマトリックスとし、試薬などを塗布や含浸等により含有させ、乾燥させることにより作られていた。従って、測定時に試薬の調製をする必要が無く、測定対象となる液体試料を分析用具に滴下するなどの簡便な操作のみにより液体試料中の特定成分を測定することが可能であった。
【0004】
このような分析用具の例として、例えば、特公昭49−33800号公報に開示された発明が知られている。この公告公報に開示された分析用具は、酸化酵素及び過酸化酵素などを含む反応系をポリマー中に分散させてプラスティックフィルムに塗布した耐水性の分析用具である。この分析用具では、反応生成物質をフィルムの試料供給側から測定するので、液体試料、例えば全血や血漿などを試薬層と一定時間接触反応させた後に脱脂綿などで拭き取り、液体試料を取り除く必要がある。しかしこれらの拭き取り作業は、分析測定操作を煩雑にさせ、また液体試料の拭き取りが不十分であったり、強く拭き取ると試薬層が剥がれてしまって試薬層中の試薬量が変化するなど、拭き取り具合によって測定値が変動し、安定した分析結果が得られないという問題があった。
【0005】
現在では、上述したような拭き取りに関連する問題点を解決した分析用具も開発されて来ている。すなわち、液体試料を取り除く操作を必要とせず、かつ迅速に正確な分析結果が得られる分析用具というものである。そのような分析用具の例としては、例えば、特開昭55−74462号公報や特開平4−188065号に開示された発明が知られている。
【0006】
上記に特開昭55−74462号公報や特開平4−188065号に開示された分析用具は、試薬層を固着した多孔性フィルムを支持体の貫通穴を覆うように配置して支持体に固定し、少なくともこの試薬層を覆い且つ支持体との間に毛細管室を形成するようにカバーを支持体に固定し、このカバーに試料供給口及び空気抜き口を形成して構成されたものである。
【0007】
この分析用具は、例えば、血液などの液体試料を試料供給口に滴下または点着し、毛細管現象によって液体試料を毛細管室内に移送させ、試薬層に液体試料を供給し、目的とする特定成分を測定するものである。その試薬層の中にある試薬と特定成分とが反応して生成された反応生成物質の量を、液体試料を点着した反対側から光学的に測定するため、液体試料を拭き取りなどによって除去する必要がない。
【0008】
また、この毛細管吸引式分析用具の目的の一つとして、毛細管室を設けることで毛細管現象で吸引される試料量を制限すること、つまり、予め設定してある試薬量と反応する試料を一定量に保つことにある。この毛細管室は、試薬層へ供給される試料を保持しておく「展開層」でもある。
【0009】
実際に毛細管吸引式分析用具を作製すると、図1に断面図で、図2で斜視図で示す様な部品構成となる。すなわち、下部よりの測光のために光透過性である支持体と、支持体上に設置された試薬層、該試薬層上に設置された展開層、試薬層と展開層を囲むようにして設置されたスペーサー、該スペーサーを介して展開層上に毛細管室を設けるようにし、かつ試料供給用貫通孔を有するカバー、の各構成である。
【0010】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
しかしながら、実際にこの分析用具を作製すると、スペーサーの厚さを十分に管理することができず、製品ごとのばらつきが発生することが判った。すなわちこのスペーサーのばらつきが毛細管室、つまり試料を保持する部分の容量のばらつきとなり、結果的に当該分析用具の感度のばらつきの原因となることが判った。
【0011】
本発明の目的は、かかる従来の液体試料分析用具における問題点を解決し、試料を保持する部分の容量の作製時のばらつきを極力抑え、ひいては当該分析用具の感度を一定に保つことにある。
【0012】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明者らは、上記課題を解決するためには、次のような分析用具を用いればよいことを突き止めた。
すなわち、液体試料中の特定成分を分析するための用具であって、
光透過性支持体、該支持体の上に固着した試薬層、
少なくとも該試薬層の上を覆い、多孔性材質のためにそれ自身が毛細管現象を誘導することのできる展開層、
該展開層の上に密着し、試料供給用開口を有するカバー、
該試薬層と該展開層を合わせた厚さと同じ厚さか薄い厚さを有し、展開層を圧縮させた状態で展開層上へカバーを密着させるためのものであり、かつカバーとは別体として形成されたスペーサー、
からなる用具である。
【0013】
本発明は言うなれば、支持体・カバー・スペーサーで囲まれた毛細管室部分、すなわち試料を保持する部分までを全て展開層で充填するというものである。換言すれば、毛細管室と試料を保持する部分が有する機能を全て展開層に置き換え、その展開層をカバーで押さえつけているのである。図3に断面図を示す。すなわち、測光のために光透過性である支持体と、支持体上に設置された試薬層、該試薬層上に設置された展開層、試薬層と展開層を囲むようにして設置されたスペーサー、試料供給用貫通孔を有するカバー、の各構成である。
【0014】
支持体は、下部から発色等を光学的に測定するために、光を透過させる必要がある。光を透過させるために、支持体の材質(例えばポリエチレンテレフタレート)全体が透明であってもよいし、図示はしていないが、材質を不透明にし、試薬層の直下に位置する部分に貫通孔を有する状態でもよい。
【0015】
また、さらに空気孔を設置すれば、液体吸引時に一定速度が確保できる。短冊状の分析用具の作製時には、大きな原反をスライサーで切断するが、この切断面を空気孔にすると、用具作製時に低コストが見込める。つまり、スペーサーは該展開層の全ての側面を囲っているわけではなく、図4に斜視図で示すように該展開層の側面の一部分が露出しており、その露出部分が空気孔になっていてもよい。
【0016】
また、試薬層を構成要件としない用具もある。血液や血球成分の形態特性・機能特性を分析する際には試薬は存在せず、特殊な光学系を用いて特性検査を実施するためである。すなわち、液体試料中の特定成分を分析するための用具であって、
光透過性の材質からなる支持体、
該支持体の上に固着され、多孔性材質のためにそれ自身が毛細管現象を誘導することのできる展開層、
該展開層の上に密着し、試料供給用開口を有するカバー、
該展開層の厚さと同じ厚さか薄い厚さを有し、展開層を圧縮させた状態で展開層上へカバーを密着させるためのものであり、かつカバーとは別体として形成されたスペーサー、
からなる用具である。このタイプの図示はしていないが、図3から試薬層の構成を削除し、その削除部分を展開層で補った状態に相当する。
【0017】
また、試薬層を有さないタイプの分析用具における展開層自身へ試薬類を含ませることで、用具作製時に試薬層形成の手間をはぶくこともできる。
【0018】
【発明の実施の形態】
本発明において、スペーサーを厚くしていくと、展開層部分の容量も大きくなる。逆に、スペーサーの厚さを小さくしていった場合(スペーサーの厚みが展開層よりも薄くなればなるほど)、カバーが展開層を押さえつけ、その押さえつけに対して展開層が反発する力が大きくなる。つまり、実際の展開層の厚みがスペーサーの厚みより大きく、スペーサーの厚みを小さくすればするほど、スペーサーの厚みから計算できる展開層の容量の減少の割合が小さくなる。
【0019】
そこで、上記の如き、展開層部分の容量の減少の割合が小さくなるようなスペーサーの厚みで分析用具を作製すれば、スペーサーのばらつきの影響を受けにくい分析用具ができる。すなわち、展開層部分の容量の作製時のばらつきを極力抑え、ひいては当該分析用具の感度を一定に保つことになる。
スペーサーと展開層が全く同じ厚さであっても、展開層が液体試料を吸収することで膨潤し、展開層と比較して相対的にスペーサーは小さくなる。
【0020】
【実施例】
実施例として、試薬層を有さないタイプの分析用具を作製した。
【0021】
1.展開層原反の作製
塗工液成分
ヒドロキシプロピルセルロース 4g
10%トリトンX−100 1g
精製水 99g
【0022】
まず、厚さ100μmの透明ポリエチレンテレフタレート(PET)フィルム基材上へ、上記の塗工液を濡れ厚さ100μmで塗布し、温度40℃の乾燥炉で乾燥させた。
続いて、展開層(厚さ240μmのポリエステルーナイロン複合繊維編物)へ0.1%トリトンX−100水溶液を含浸させ、グラビアロールを用いて当該展開層を先ほどの塗工済基材面上へラミネートし、温度40℃の乾燥炉で乾燥させ、展開層原反を完成させた。
【0023】
塗工液のヒドロキシプロピルセルロースは、基材と展開層を結合させる「糊」の役目を担うものであるが、ここへ反応性試薬を含ませることもできる。
また、ここでの「基材」とは、原反作製時に軟弱な展開層材料の強度を保ちつつ固定するためのものであり、本発明の必須要件ではない。そのため、図示はしていない。以後、「展開層の厚さ」なる表現は、特別な断りのない限り、基材の厚さをも含むものとする。
【0024】
2.スペーサーの作成
スペーサーは、適当な厚さのPETフィルムと、適当な厚さの両面テープとを用い、目的の厚さになるように組み合わせて貼り合わせて得た。組み合わせは以下の通りである。括弧中の数字は厚さを示す。
【0025】

Figure 0003809486
【0026】
3.分析用具への加工
厚さの異なる各スペーサーを用いて、図3と図4に示したような構造の分析用具を作製した。つまり、展開層原反を5×7mmの面積に裁断し、支持体となる厚さ1mmのPETフィルム上へ、当該原反を基材側を下になるようにホットメルトで接着した。その後、スペーサー及びカバーを貼り付けた。
【0027】
基材厚さは100μm、展開層となるポリエステル−ナイロン複合繊維編物の厚さは240μmであるので、210,268,328μmの各厚さのスペーサーを用いると、カバーと支持体によって展開層を、大小の差はあれ圧縮することになる。
【0028】
一方、390と448μm厚さの各スペーサーでは、展開層とカバーの間に隙間があることが確認できた。
【0029】
4.評価
基材を含む展開層の厚さとほぼ同じ高さである328μm厚のスペーサーを有する分析用具を参照用として、検量線を作成した。
【0030】
測定器は色差計SZ−Σ90(日本電色工業製)を使用し、測定波長:560nmである。
【0031】
測定検体は、着色を観るために、食用色素であるローズベンガル(ナカライテスク製)を用い、0,5,10,15,20mg/dlの各検体濃度に調製した。
【0032】
検体量は大過剰量(点着口からあふれる量、15〜25μl)とした。
【0033】
得られた検量線を図5に示す。
図5の縦軸:秤量値
図5の横軸:Σ90で得られた反射率をK/S換算した値と、秤量値とを用いて三次回帰演算することで「Y=A+BX+CX+DX」の各係数を求め、得られたその三次式へ、Σ90で得られたK/S値を代入することで得られた濃度値
【0034】
スペーサーの厚みを変えた分析用具へ、濃度10mg/dlの検体を大過剰量加え、検量線から得られた濃度換算後の値がどの程度変化するか検討した。つまり、スペーサーの厚みが210,268,328,380,448μmの各分析用具における感度の影響確認の条件も、検量線作成時と同条件で行った。
【0035】
5.結果
スペーサーの厚みによる感度の影響確認の結果を図6に示す。図6は、厚さが328μmのスペーサーを用いた分析用具の濃度換算値をゼロ基準としたとき、その分析用具の基準に対する、他のスペーサー厚さの乖離度を示したものである。縦軸が乖離度(%)、横軸はスペーサー厚さ(μm)である。
【0036】
スペーサー厚さが328〜448μmでの乖離度の変化量より、210〜328μmでの乖離度の変化量が少ないことが読みとれる。
【0037】
また、スペーサー厚さが210,268μmの各分析用具では、驚くべき事に、基材を除く展開層の厚さが共に200μmに統一されていた。
【0038】
これらのことから、スペーサーの厚さが「展開層(+基材)」の厚さより小さくなることによりカバーが展開層を押さえつけ、その圧力に対して展開層が反発することになり、展開層の試料保持部分の容量の減少量が少なくなっていると考えられる。
【0039】
【発明の効果】
スペーサーの厚みを展開層の厚さより小さい分析用具を作製すると、試料を保持する部分の容量の作製時のばらつきを極力抑えることになり、スペーサーの厚みのばらつきが感度へ与える影響を回避することになり、当該分析用具の感度を一定に保つことができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】従来の分析用具の断面図である。
【図2】図1に示す従来の分析用具の全体斜視図である。
【図3】本願発明に係る分析用具の断面図である。
【図4】図3に示す本願発明に係る分析用具の全体斜視図である。
【図5】本願発明に係る、縦軸に秤量値、横軸に反射率を濃度換算した値をプロットした検量線である。
【図6】本願発明に係る、スペーサーの厚みによる感度の影響確認の結果を示したグラフである。縦軸が乖離度(%)、横軸はスペーサー厚さ(μm)である。[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an analytical tool for analyzing and measuring components contained in a liquid sample, particularly a blood sample such as whole blood, serum, and plasma, and body fluid such as urine and spinal fluid.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, many analytical tools for analyzing and measuring a specific component in a liquid sample such as a body fluid have been developed. These analytical tools are for quantifying, for example, glucose, cholesterol, protein, bilirubin in blood or pH, glucose, ketone bodies, protein, bilirubin, etc. in urine.
[0003]
These conventional analytical tools are made by using paper or plastic material as a matrix, containing a reagent or the like by coating or impregnation, and drying. Therefore, it is not necessary to prepare a reagent at the time of measurement, and it is possible to measure a specific component in the liquid sample only by a simple operation such as dropping the liquid sample to be measured onto the analysis tool.
[0004]
As an example of such an analytical tool, for example, the invention disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 49-33800 is known. The analytical tool disclosed in this publication is a water-resistant analytical tool in which a reaction system containing an oxidase and a peroxidase is dispersed in a polymer and applied to a plastic film. In this analytical tool, since the reaction product is measured from the sample supply side of the film, a liquid sample, for example, whole blood or plasma, must be contacted with the reagent layer for a certain period of time and then wiped with absorbent cotton to remove the liquid sample. is there. However, these wiping operations complicate the analytical measurement operation, and the wiping conditions such as insufficient wiping of the liquid sample, or wiping off the reagent layer peels off and the amount of reagent in the reagent layer changes. As a result, the measured value fluctuated, and there was a problem that a stable analysis result could not be obtained.
[0005]
At present, analytical tools that solve the problems associated with wiping as described above have also been developed. That is, it is an analytical tool that does not require an operation for removing a liquid sample and that can quickly obtain an accurate analysis result. As examples of such analytical tools, for example, the inventions disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 55-74462 and 4-18865 are known.
[0006]
The analysis tools disclosed in JP-A-55-74462 and JP-A-4-188065 are fixed to the support by disposing a porous film to which the reagent layer is fixed so as to cover the through hole of the support. The cover is fixed to the support so that at least the reagent layer is covered and a capillary chamber is formed between the reagent layer and the sample supply port and the air vent are formed in the cover.
[0007]
For example, this analytical tool drops or deposits a liquid sample such as blood on a sample supply port, transfers the liquid sample into the capillary chamber by capillary action, supplies the liquid sample to the reagent layer, and supplies a specific component of interest. Measure. In order to optically measure the amount of the reaction product generated by the reaction of the reagent and specific components in the reagent layer from the opposite side of the liquid sample, the liquid sample is removed by wiping or the like. There is no need.
[0008]
In addition, as one of the purposes of this capillary suction type analytical tool, by providing a capillary chamber, the amount of sample that is sucked by capillary action is limited, that is, a certain amount of sample that reacts with a preset amount of reagent. There is to keep on. This capillary chamber is also a “development layer” that holds the sample supplied to the reagent layer.
[0009]
When a capillary suction type analytical tool is actually manufactured, a component configuration as shown in a sectional view in FIG. 1 and in a perspective view in FIG. 2 is obtained. That is, a support that is light-transmitting for photometry from the bottom, a reagent layer installed on the support, a development layer installed on the reagent layer, and a reagent layer and a development layer are installed so as to surround it. Each structure includes a spacer and a cover having a capillary chamber provided on the development layer via the spacer and having a through hole for sample supply.
[0010]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, it has been found that when this analytical tool is actually manufactured, the thickness of the spacer cannot be sufficiently controlled, and variations among products occur. That is, it has been found that the variation in the spacer causes the variation in the capacity of the capillary chamber, that is, the portion holding the sample, and as a result, the variation in the sensitivity of the analysis tool.
[0011]
An object of the present invention is to solve the problems in such a conventional liquid sample analysis tool, to suppress variations during the production of the volume of the portion holding the sample as much as possible, and to keep the sensitivity of the analysis tool constant.
[0012]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present inventors have found out that the following analytical tool may be used in order to solve the above problems.
That is, a tool for analyzing a specific component in a liquid sample,
A light transmissive support, a reagent layer fixed on the support,
A spreading layer that covers at least the reagent layer and is capable of inducing capillary action itself due to the porous material;
A cover in close contact with the spreading layer and having a sample supply opening;
The cover layer has a thickness that is the same as or thinner than the combined thickness of the reagent layer and the spreading layer, and is used to closely adhere the cover onto the spreading layer in a compressed state, and is separate from the cover Spacer, formed as
It is a tool consisting of
[0013]
In other words, the present invention fills the capillary chamber part surrounded by the support, the cover, and the spacer, that is, the part holding the sample with the spreading layer. In other words, all the functions of the capillary chamber and the part holding the sample are replaced with the development layer, and the development layer is pressed by the cover. FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view. That is, a light-transmissive support for photometry, a reagent layer placed on the support, a development layer placed on the reagent layer, a spacer placed so as to surround the reagent layer and the development layer, and a sample It is each structure of the cover which has a through-hole for supply.
[0014]
The support needs to transmit light in order to optically measure color development or the like from the lower part. In order to transmit light, the entire support material (for example, polyethylene terephthalate) may be transparent. Although not shown, the material is opaque, and a through hole is formed in a portion located immediately below the reagent layer. It may be in a state of having.
[0015]
Furthermore, if air holes are further provided, a constant speed can be secured during liquid suction. When a strip-shaped analysis tool is manufactured, a large raw material is cut with a slicer. If this cut surface is made into an air hole, low cost can be expected when the tool is manufactured. That is, the spacer does not enclose all the side surfaces of the development layer, but a part of the side surface of the development layer is exposed as shown in a perspective view in FIG. 4, and the exposed portion is an air hole. May be.
[0016]
Some tools do not require a reagent layer as a constituent element. This is because there is no reagent when analyzing the morphological and functional characteristics of blood and blood cell components, and a characteristic inspection is performed using a special optical system. That is, a tool for analyzing a specific component in a liquid sample,
A support made of a light-transmitting material,
A spreading layer fixed on the support and capable of inducing capillary action itself due to the porous material;
A cover in close contact with the spreading layer and having a sample supply opening;
A spacer having a thickness equal to or thinner than the thickness of the spreading layer, for tightly attaching the cover onto the spreading layer in a compressed state of the spreading layer , and a spacer formed separately from the cover ;
It is a tool consisting of Although not illustrated, this type corresponds to a state in which the configuration of the reagent layer is deleted from FIG.
[0017]
In addition, by including reagents in the development layer itself in an analysis tool of a type that does not have a reagent layer, it is possible to save the labor of forming the reagent layer when preparing the tool.
[0018]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In the present invention, as the spacer becomes thicker, the capacity of the development layer portion also increases. Conversely, when the spacer thickness is reduced (the thinner the spacer is, the thinner the spacer is), the cover presses the developing layer, and the force that the developing layer repels against the pressing increases. . That is, as the actual developing layer thickness is larger than the spacer thickness and the spacer thickness is reduced, the rate of reduction in the developing layer capacity that can be calculated from the spacer thickness decreases.
[0019]
Therefore, if the analysis tool is manufactured with a spacer thickness such that the rate of decrease in the capacity of the development layer portion becomes small as described above, an analysis tool that is less susceptible to spacer variations can be obtained. That is, the variation in the capacity of the development layer portion during production is suppressed as much as possible, and as a result, the sensitivity of the analysis tool is kept constant.
Even if the spacer and the spreading layer have exactly the same thickness, the spreading layer swells by absorbing the liquid sample, and the spacer becomes relatively smaller than the spreading layer.
[0020]
【Example】
As an example, an analysis tool of a type having no reagent layer was produced.
[0021]
1. 4g of preparation layer component hydroxypropylcellulose
10% Triton X-100 1g
99g of purified water
[0022]
First, the above-mentioned coating solution was applied at a wet thickness of 100 μm onto a transparent polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film substrate having a thickness of 100 μm and dried in a drying furnace at a temperature of 40 ° C.
Subsequently, a 0.1% Triton X-100 aqueous solution is impregnated into a development layer (polyester-nylon composite fiber knitted fabric having a thickness of 240 μm), and the development layer is applied onto the coated substrate surface using a gravure roll. The laminated layer was dried in a drying oven at a temperature of 40 ° C. to complete the spread layer original fabric.
[0023]
The hydroxypropyl cellulose of the coating liquid plays a role of “glue” for bonding the base material and the spreading layer, and a reactive reagent can be included therein.
Further, the “base material” here is for fixing while maintaining the strength of the soft development layer material at the time of producing the original fabric, and is not an essential requirement of the present invention. Therefore, it is not illustrated. Hereinafter, the expression “thickness of the developing layer” includes the thickness of the base material unless otherwise specified.
[0024]
2. Preparation of Spacer A spacer was obtained by using a PET film having an appropriate thickness and a double-sided tape having an appropriate thickness, and combining them so as to obtain a target thickness. The combinations are as follows. The number in parentheses indicates the thickness.
[0025]
Figure 0003809486
[0026]
3. An analysis tool having a structure as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 was prepared using spacers having different processing thicknesses on the analysis tool. That is, the spread layer original fabric was cut into an area of 5 × 7 mm, and the original fabric was bonded to the PET film having a thickness of 1 mm serving as a support by hot melt so that the base material side was down. Thereafter, a spacer and a cover were attached.
[0027]
The thickness of the base material is 100 μm, and the thickness of the polyester-nylon composite fiber knitted fabric that becomes the spreading layer is 240 μm. Therefore, when spacers having thicknesses of 210, 268, and 328 μm are used, the spreading layer is formed by the cover and the support. Any difference in size will be compressed.
[0028]
On the other hand, in each spacer of 390 and 448 μm thickness, it was confirmed that there was a gap between the spread layer and the cover.
[0029]
4). A calibration curve was created using an analytical tool having a spacer of 328 μm thickness, which is approximately the same height as the developing layer including the evaluation substrate, as a reference.
[0030]
The measuring instrument uses a color difference meter SZ-Σ90 (manufactured by Nippon Denshoku Industries Co., Ltd.), and the measurement wavelength is 560 nm.
[0031]
In order to observe the coloration, the measurement specimens were prepared at various specimen concentrations of 0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 mg / dl using Rose Bengal (manufactured by Nacalai Tesque), which is a food dye.
[0032]
The amount of the specimen was a large excess (amount overflowing from the spotting opening, 15 to 25 μl).
[0033]
The obtained calibration curve is shown in FIG.
The vertical axis of FIG. 5 is the weighed value. The horizontal axis of FIG. 5 is “Y = A + BX + CX 2 + DX 3 ” by performing a cubic regression calculation using the value obtained by converting the reflectance obtained by Σ90 into K / S and the weighed value. The concentration value obtained by substituting the K / S value obtained in Σ90 into the obtained cubic equation is obtained.
A large excess of a 10 mg / dl sample was added to the analytical tool with the spacer thickness varied, and the extent to which the value after concentration conversion obtained from the calibration curve changed was examined. In other words, the conditions for confirming the influence of sensitivity on each analytical tool having spacer thicknesses of 210, 268, 328, 380, and 448 μm were also the same as those at the time of preparing the calibration curve.
[0035]
5). Results The results of confirming the influence of sensitivity due to the thickness of the spacer are shown in FIG. FIG. 6 shows the degree of divergence of other spacer thicknesses with respect to the standard of the analytical tool when the concentration converted value of the analytical tool using the spacer having a thickness of 328 μm is used as the zero standard. The vertical axis represents the degree of deviation (%), and the horizontal axis represents the spacer thickness (μm).
[0036]
It can be read that the amount of change in the degree of deviation at 210 to 328 μm is smaller than the amount of change in the degree of deviation when the spacer thickness is 328 to 448 μm.
[0037]
In addition, in each analysis tool having a spacer thickness of 210 and 268 μm, surprisingly, the thickness of the spread layer excluding the base material was unified to 200 μm.
[0038]
From these facts, when the thickness of the spacer becomes smaller than the thickness of the “deployment layer (+ base material)”, the cover presses the development layer, and the development layer repels against the pressure. It is considered that the amount of decrease in the capacity of the sample holding portion is reduced.
[0039]
【The invention's effect】
Creating an analytical tool whose spacer thickness is smaller than the thickness of the development layer will minimize variations in the capacity of the part holding the sample as much as possible, and avoid the effect of spacer thickness variations on sensitivity. Thus, the sensitivity of the analysis tool can be kept constant.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional analytical tool.
2 is an overall perspective view of the conventional analytical tool shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an analysis tool according to the present invention.
4 is an overall perspective view of the analytical tool according to the present invention shown in FIG. 3. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a calibration curve in which a weighed value is plotted on the vertical axis and a concentration-converted value of the reflectance is plotted on the horizontal axis according to the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a graph showing the result of confirming the effect of sensitivity due to the thickness of the spacer according to the present invention. The vertical axis represents the degree of deviation (%), and the horizontal axis represents the spacer thickness (μm).

Claims (5)

液体試料中の特定成分を分析するための用具であって、
光透過性支持体、
該支持体の上に固着した試薬層、
少なくとも該試薬層の上を覆い、多孔性材質のためにそれ自身が毛細管現象を誘導することのできる展開層、
該展開層の上に密着し、試料供給用開口を有するカバー、
該試薬層と該展開層を合わせた厚さと同じか、より薄い厚さを有し、展開層を圧縮させた状態で展開層上へカバーを密着させるためのものであり、かつカバーとは別体として形成されたスペーサー、
からなる用具。
A tool for analyzing a specific component in a liquid sample,
A light transmissive support,
A reagent layer fixed on the support;
A spreading layer that covers at least the reagent layer and is capable of inducing capillary action itself due to the porous material;
A cover in close contact with the spreading layer and having a sample supply opening;
Or the same as the combined thickness of the reagent layer and the spreading layer has a smaller thickness, which is for adhering the cover onto the spreading layer in a state of compressing the expanded layer, and separate from the cover Spacer formed as a body ,
A tool consisting of.
スペーサーは該展開層の全ての側面を囲っているわけではなく、該展開層の一部分が露出している、特許請求の範囲第1項に記載の用具。  The device according to claim 1, wherein the spacer does not surround all sides of the spreading layer, and a part of the spreading layer is exposed. 液体試料中の特定成分を分析するための用具であって、
光透過性の材質からなる支持体、
該支持体の上に固着され、多孔性材質のためにそれ自身が毛細管現象を誘導することのできる展開層、
該展開層の上に密着し、試料供給用開口を有するカバー、
該展開層の厚さと同じか、より薄い厚さを有し、展開層を圧縮させた状態で展開層上へカバーを密着させるためのものであり、かつカバーとは別体として形成されたスペーサー、
からなる用具。
A tool for analyzing a specific component in a liquid sample,
A support made of a light-transmitting material,
A spreading layer fixed on the support and capable of inducing capillary action itself due to the porous material;
A cover in close contact with the spreading layer and having a sample supply opening;
A spacer having a thickness equal to or less than the thickness of the spreading layer, for closely attaching the cover onto the spreading layer in a compressed state of the spreading layer , and formed as a separate body from the cover ,
A tool consisting of.
該展開層自身がさらに試薬類を含む、特許請求の範囲第3項に記載の用具。  The tool according to claim 3, wherein the spreading layer itself further contains reagents. スペーサーは該展開層の全ての側面を囲っているわけではなく、該展開層の一部分が露出している、特許請求の範囲第3項に記載の用具。  The device according to claim 3, wherein the spacer does not surround all sides of the spreading layer, and a part of the spreading layer is exposed.
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