Proposal of Electrode for Measuring Glucose Concentration in Blood

Abstract

The article deals with the design of the electrode system and the appropriate measuring circuit for the measurement of blood glucose concentration, since the determination of the level of blood glucose is an integral part of many medical procedures for determining the state of the human organism. The aim of the concept is to create two functional devices with different design of the electrode system and to perform a series of measurements to verify the functionality and the data statistically process. There was used the principle of resistive sensing of non-electric quantities, so the designed systems using gold electrodes working as electrolytic sensors. The problem relating to the measuring circuit, which is the same for both electrode systems, has been solved by a microampere meter which can convert the generated signal to a suitable measured electrical signal. The signal is formed by the reaction of glucose and enzyme, the resulting value being directly proportional to the glucose concentration. At this work, created systems fully meet specified conditions and requirements. The research confirmed the functionality of the designed units. On the basis of obtained data is possible to compare and evaluate the constructed electrode systems and to make the basis for further development in the subject matter.