MEASUREMENT METHOD AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM

摘要

A measurement method measures an amount of substance of an analyte in a sample fluid passing through a perforated structure having a pair of principal surfaces opposed to each other and having a plurality of cavity portions extending through both of the principal surfaces. An elapsed time from a time when the sample fluid begins passing through the perforated structure or a predetermined time thereafter to a time when a characteristic value of the perforated structure reaches a predetermined threshold. The elapsed time is used to determine the amount (the concentration) of substance of the analyte.

主权项

1. A method for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a fluid, comprising:
accumulating the analyte on a perforated structure by causing fluid to pass through the perforated structure, the perforated structure having a pair of principal surfaces opposed to each other and having a plurality of cavity portions extending through both of the principal surfaces; measuring a time period during which the analyte is accumulated on the perforated structure, the time period ending when a characteristic value of the perforated structure reaches a predetermined threshold; and determining the concentration of the analyte in the sample fluid as a function of the measured time period.