Measurement of glucose in blood

Ultrasonic Scientific has a new application for High-Resolution Ultrasonic Spectroscopy - the measurement of the concentration of glucose in blood and biological liquids

Ultrasonic Scientific, innovator in High-Resolution Ultrasonic Spectroscopy for material analysis, announces the addition of a new application for HR-US - the measurement of the concentration of glucose in blood/biological liquids.

Rapid measurement of the glucose level in blood is essential in providing quality care to a variety of patients, from newborn infants to diabetes management in adults.

The award-winning HR-US technology is non-destructive, extremely sensitive, requires no markers and can be used in non-transparent samples (such as blood).

Using HR-US to analyse glucose in blood eliminates work and provides very accurate determinations in minutes, using fewer reactions.

The traditional enzymatic glucose test is based on a double sequential reaction.

An example, glucose oxidase (the enzyme) catalyses oxidation of glucose.

To make this reaction visible, a secondary reaction is used, which requires additional chemicals and sample handling operations.

Using Ultrasonic Scientific innovative HR-US technology allows direct real time monitoring of the main reaction, negating the need for the second reaction at all.

HR-US gives a simple measurement of the concentration of glucose in blood that does not require any optical transparency or optical activity.

Therefore, complex sample preparation procedures (often required by other techniques) become obsolete.

Other advantages of the HR-US technique include the ability to perform measurements using only a micro drop of a concentrated sample and to analyse molecules in their original state.

The full application note is available from Ultrasonic Scientific.

To find out more about Ultrasonic Scientific's HR-US Spectrometers please consult the website.

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