An oxygen sensor is provided for determination of the partial pressure of oxygen. In one aspect, the invention consists of oxygen-quenchable luminescent lanthanide complexes for an oxygen sensor. The complexes are oxygen-quenchable even though immobilized in a solid matrix, such as a solid polymeric matrix, and preferably are terbium complexes of Schiff base of β-diketone ligands. Certain preferred processes are described for improving the oxygen sensitivity of the lanthanide complexes. In another aspect, the invention consists of a combination measuring and reference analyte sensor containing both quenchable and nonquenchable luminescent material. The materials luminesce at different wavelengths and thus may be transmitted together down a single optical fiber and later descrimininated by means of filters and separately detected. In a third aspect, the invention consists of a low-noise phosphorescent analyte sensor employing a gatable detector. By use of an analyte-quenchable material having a relatively long-lived phosphorescence, a pulsed excitation source, and selectively coupling the detector after the excitation source is off and any short-lived background luminescence has ended, a low-noise output signal consisting of the long-lived phosphorescence is selectively detected and the concentration of the analyte determined therefrom. In a preferred embodiment, all aspects of the invention are combined to produce a miniature in vivo oxygen sensor for use in the narrow blood vessels of the body.
本发明提供了一种用于测定
氧分压的
氧传感器。一方面,本发明包括用于
氧传感器的可
氧淬灭发光
镧系配合物。这些配合物即使固定在固体基质(如固体
聚合物基质)中也可被
氧淬灭,最好是
β-二酮配体的希夫碱
铽配合物。本发明描述了某些优选工艺,用于改善
镧系配合物的
氧敏感性。另一方面,本发明包括一种测量和参考分析物组合传感器,其中包含可淬灭和不可淬灭
发光材料。这些材料以不同的波长发光,因此可以一起通过一根光纤进行传输,然后通过滤波器进行分辨并分别进行检测。第三方面,本发明包括一种低噪声
磷光分析传感器,该传感器采用了可门控检测器。通过使用具有相对长寿命
磷光的可分析淬灭材料、脉冲激发源,并在激发源关闭和任何短寿命背景发光结束后选择性地耦合检测器,可选择性地检测到由长寿命
磷光组成的低噪声输出信号,并由此确定分析物的浓度。在一个优选的实施方案中,本发明的所有方面结合在一起,产生了一个微型体内
氧传感器,可用于人体狭窄的血管中。