Appeal No. 98-2792
Application 08/516,257
a single zone or processing chamber (10) therein. At least a
portion of the capsule or sensor unit housing is transparent
or translucent so
as to allow light (e.g., from an optical fiber (30)) to enter
the processing chamber in the housing. At least a portion of
the capsule or sensor unit housing is also defined by a semi-
permeable membrane (8 or 50) which allows the passage of
biochemical constituents of interest (i.e., analytes) into
the capsule interior, while retaining within the capsule
predetermined materials that cause a response. The chamber
within the sensor unit housing or capsule also includes
receptor material that is capable of chemically interacting
with the analyte of interest. The processing chamber also
contains an “analog-analyte,” which is a competing substance
which has properties similar to the analyte and which can bind
with the receptor material.
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