Human-urine diabetes assay and in vivo rat bladder assay using a fluorine-doped carbon nanotube catheter sensor

Ann Biomed Eng. 2009 Oct;37(10):2028-33. doi: 10.1007/s10439-009-9714-1. Epub 2009 May 20.

Abstract

The creation of a novel biosensor consisting of a fluorine-doped carbon nanotube (FCN) was explored for use in cyclic voltammetric (CV) and square-wave stripping voltammetric (SW) glucose assay. In the experiment that was carried out in this study, analytical optimum conditions were attained at the low detection limit (S/N3) of 0.6 microg/L (3.3 x 10(-9) M). In the 0.1 mg/L spike, the relative standard deviation of 0.607 (n = 15) was obtained. This was used for the diagnosis of the urine of patients with diabetes. Moreover, the catheter-type electrode (CE) can be inserted into a rat bladder through the rat's organs. Thus, it can be connected with an electrochemical analyzer that can be fitted with an interface for the real-time in vivo analysis of metabolic glucose. The developed system can be used for organ treatment, biological analysis, and in vivo control.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biosensing Techniques*
  • Catheters, Indwelling*
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Diabetes Mellitus / diagnosis
  • Diabetes Mellitus / urine*
  • Electrochemistry / instrumentation*
  • Electrodes
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Female
  • Fluorine / chemistry
  • Glucose
  • Glycosuria / urine*
  • Male
  • Nanotechnology / instrumentation
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Urinalysis / instrumentation
  • Urinary Bladder / metabolism*

Substances

  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Fluorine
  • Glucose