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Dry strip element for the electrochemical detection of theophylline

US5124253A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 27, 1989
Grant dateJun 23, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/817
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A dry strip element for use in an electrochemical assay for determining theophylline in a sample, the test element carrying a working electrode and a reference electrode and separately carrying at the working electrode an alkaline phosphatase and an electroinactive phosphate ester which is a substrate for the alkaline phosphatase and from which an electroactive compound can be released by catalytic activity of the alkaline phosphatase.

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