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- the present invention relates to a blood glucose meter capable of non-invasively measuring the glucose concentration (blood glucose level) in blood.
- Patent Document 1 For example, in Patent Document 1 below, light having a first wavelength that is highly absorbed by hemoglobin, which is a component unique to blood, is used to irradiate the light having the first wavelength, and light emitted from a living body is obtained.
- the emitted light from the living body obtained by specifying the area where the intensity exceeds a predetermined threshold value as the blood vessel part, and irradiating the light of the second wavelength using the light of the second wavelength, which has a large absorption for glucose.
- the biological information acquisition and analysis device specifies a blood vessel site using a wavelength A of 800 to 900 nm or 810 to 940 nm as a wavelength A that absorbs large amounts of hemoglobin, and a wavelength B of 1500 to 1700 nm that absorbs large amounts of glucose. Wavelengths are used to obtain data, including glucose intensity data, from the vessel site only.
- Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2 a near-infrared high-sensitivity CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor: Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) is disclosed as means for detecting the blood component concentration of a living body with high accuracy.
- CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor: Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- a non-invasive blood glucose measurement using an image sensor is described.
- images of glucose solution dripping, convection, and diffusion in physiological saline in a cell were captured by irradiating light with a wavelength of 1050 nm, which is one of the absorption peaks of glucose. Experiments are described and suggested using this image to determine glucose concentration.
- a vascular site is specified using light with a wavelength of 800 to 900 nm or 810 to 940 nm, which absorbs hemoglobin strongly, and further, by using light with a wavelength of 1500 to 1700 nm, which absorbs glucose strongly. , obtain data containing glucose intensity data only from the vascular site.
- light with a wavelength of 1,500 to 1,700 nm is used to measure the concentration of glucose, it is affected by the absorption of light by moisture in the living body, and the blood sugar level cannot be measured with high accuracy.
- a first light source that emits light with a wavelength of 800 to 900 nm or 810 to 940 nm for identifying a blood vessel site, and a light source with a wavelength of 1500 to 1700 nm for measuring glucose concentration. It is necessary to provide a second light source for irradiating light respectively, and to alternate between light emission by the first light source and light emission by the second light source. As described above, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to provide two light sources, and it is necessary to introduce a control unit for appropriately controlling the light emission timing of the two light sources, which makes the device complicated. , there is also the problem of increased costs required for development and introduction.
- Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2 light with a wavelength of 1050 nm, which is one of the absorption peaks of glucose, is used when imaging a glucose solution, but the photodiode quantum efficiency at this wavelength is necessarily relatively high. There is a problem that there is no (26.7% @ 1050 nm).
- Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2 although the glucose solution in the cell is imaged, a specific measurement method and measuring device for actually non-invasively measuring the blood glucose level in the living body are described. is not listed.
- the present inventors have found that by irradiating light in a specific wavelength band of near-infrared light, while suppressing noise caused by light absorption by moisture in the living body, It was found that it is possible to discriminate a minute difference in light intensity due to the glucose concentration of
- the present inventors prepared blood with different glucose concentrations by adding glucose to the blood, and performed spectroscopic analysis. was found to be dependent on the glucose concentration.
- the present inventors found the usefulness of using the wavelength band of 800-950 nm as the wavelength for measuring glucose concentration.
- a blood glucose level measuring device comprises a light source that emits light of a wavelength selected from a wavelength band of 800 to 950 nm, and receives light that is transmitted, reflected, or scattered in vivo by the light emitted from the light source. a sensor that outputs information according to the amount of light received; and a blood sugar level acquiring unit that acquires the blood sugar level in the blood in the living body based on the information obtained by the sensor. and
- a blood sugar level measuring instrument capable of measuring the blood sugar level while suppressing the influence of light absorption by water in the living body.
- the senor may be an image sensor having a plurality of pixels arranged in an array within a two-dimensional plane.
- a blood sugar level measuring instrument capable of measuring the blood sugar level in blood based on image information obtained from the image sensor.
- the SN ratio of the sensor may be 60 dB or more.
- a blood sugar level measuring instrument capable of measuring the blood sugar level in blood with high accuracy and reliability while suppressing the influence of light absorption by moisture in the living body.
- the number of saturated charges of the sensor may be 1 million or more.
- a blood sugar level measuring instrument capable of measuring the blood sugar level in blood with high accuracy and reliability while suppressing the influence of light absorption by moisture in the living body.
- the sensor may have a photodiode quantum efficiency of 50% or more with respect to near-infrared light emitted from the light source.
- a blood sugar level measuring instrument capable of measuring the blood sugar level in blood with high accuracy and reliability while suppressing the influence of light absorption by moisture in the living body.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a blood glucose meter according to an embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the optical sensor part of the CMOS image sensor which can be used suitably in embodiment of this invention.
- 1 is a schematic pixel cross-sectional view of a CMOS image sensor that can be preferably used in an embodiment of the present invention, and is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a cross section of a pixel array
- FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3, and is a schematic pixel cross-sectional enlarged view of a photodiode and its periphery.
- 4 is a graph showing the concentration dependence of the light transmittance of glucose.
- 4 is a graph showing the wavelength dependence of the light transmittance of physiological saline.
- 4 is a graph showing experimental results for evaluating the usefulness of the present invention.
- a blood glucose meter comprises a light source that emits near-infrared light, receives the light emitted from the light source that is transmitted, reflected, or scattered within a living body, and obtains information corresponding to the amount of received light. and a blood sugar level acquisition unit that acquires the blood sugar level in the blood in the living body based on the information output by the sensor, and the near-infrared light emitted from the light source has a wavelength of 800 to 950 nm. is selected from the wavelength band of
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a blood glucose meter according to this embodiment.
- the blood glucose level measuring instrument 10 shown in FIG. 1 The blood glucose level measuring instrument 10 shown in FIG.
- the light source 11 is a device that emits light used to measure the blood sugar level of blood in the living body.
- the light source 11 in this embodiment is configured to emit light of a suitable wavelength for measuring the blood sugar level.
- the light source 11 is configured to emit light having a wavelength selected from a wavelength band of 800 to 950 nm.
- the light source 11 is not particularly limited, but for example, a laser device capable of emitting laser light can be used, and for example, a GaAs (gallium arsenide) laser diode can be used.
- the light source 11 in the present embodiment is preferably capable of emitting light of high light intensity (high illuminance), and for example, a laser device with a maximum output of approximately 500 mW may be used.
- the subject S which is a living body, is placed in the irradiation direction of the light emitted by the light source 11 when measuring the blood sugar level.
- the light applied to the subject S is transmitted, reflected, or scattered within the subject S.
- the sensor 13 is arranged at a position capable of receiving light transmitted, reflected, or scattered within the subject S.
- the sensor 13 has a function of outputting an electrical signal corresponding to the received light.
- a CMOS image sensor capable of outputting an electrical signal that can be finally processed as image information from the received light is used. can be used.
- a CMOS image sensor applicable to the present invention preferably satisfies specific conditions, the details of which will be described later.
- a filter 12 that transmits only light of a specific wavelength may be provided in front of the light receiving portion of the sensor 13 .
- the light source 11 is configured to emit light of a wavelength selected from the wavelength band of 800-950 nm. Only the light having the same wavelength as the light emitted from the light source 11 may reach the subsequent sensor 13 by providing the filter 12 that transmits only the light having the same wavelength as the light emitted from the light source 11 . Further, in order to further narrow down the light wavelength, the transmission characteristics of the filter 12 may be adjusted so that only the light of a part of the wavelength band included in the light emitted from the light source 11 reaches.
- the signal processing unit 14 is configured to process information output from the sensor 13 .
- the signal processing unit 14 has a function of performing image processing based on information output from the sensor 13 and a function of outputting image information to the display unit 15 and the data storage unit 16 .
- the signal processing unit 14 has a blood sugar level acquiring unit 14a.
- the blood sugar level acquisition unit 14 a has a function of acquiring the blood sugar level of the subject S based on the information obtained by the sensor 13 .
- the method for acquiring the blood sugar level of the subject S is not particularly limited.
- a blood sugar level glucose concentration in blood
- a calibration curve representing the relationship between the amount of light received by the sensor 13 and the blood glucose level may be obtained in advance, and the blood glucose level may be specified from the amount of light received at the blood vessel site by referring to the calibration curve.
- the blood sugar level acquiring unit 14a can acquire the blood sugar level of the subject S from one piece of image information. S's blood glucose level may be obtained.
- the blood sugar level acquisition unit 14a may acquire blood sugar levels from each of a plurality of pieces of image information, and calculate the average value or median value thereof.
- the signal processing unit 14 has a function of outputting the blood sugar level acquired by the blood sugar level acquiring unit 14a to the display unit 15 and the data storage unit 16, as well as outputting image information.
- the signal processing unit 14 can be realized by a processor that performs digital signal processing.
- An AFE (Analog Front End) board may be provided between the sensor 13 and the signal processing unit 14 to adjust the analog signal output from the sensor 13, convert it to a digital signal, and output it.
- the sensor 13 may be provided with an analog-digital conversion circuit to output a digital signal from the sensor 13 .
- the display unit 15 is, for example, a monitor such as a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display, and has a function of displaying the image information processed by the signal processing unit 14 and the blood sugar level calculated by the signal processing unit 14 as visual information. ing.
- the data storage unit 16 is an auxiliary storage device such as an HDD (hard disk) or SSD (solid state disk), and has a function of storing image information and blood sugar level data.
- Various data stored in the data storage unit 16 can be read out afterward, displayed on the display unit 15 at a desired timing, or transferred to another device via a data transfer unit (not shown). can do.
- Communication means for data transfer may be wired or wireless.
- the operation unit 17 has a function of accepting operation instructions from the user for the blood glucose meter 10 .
- the operation unit 17 is an operation input device, such as a mouse or a keyboard, used by the user to input operation instructions.
- the control unit 18 has a function of controlling the operation of the blood glucose meter 10 .
- the control unit 18 is connected to the light source 11, the sensor 13, the signal processing unit 14, the display unit 15, the data storage unit 16, and the operation unit 17, for example.
- the control unit 18 has a function of realizing appropriate operations in the blood glucose level measuring device 10 by controlling processing in each component.
- the control unit 18 can be realized by a processor having a function of performing digital signal processing like the signal processing unit 14.
- the signal processing unit 14 and the control unit 18 may be implemented by different processors or may be implemented by the same processor.
- the operation control in the blood glucose level measuring device 10 may be realized by, for example, preparing a program written to perform a desired operation, and executing the program appropriately in the signal processing unit 14 and the control unit 18. good.
- part of the blood glucose meter 10 may be configured by a computer such as a personal computer.
- the signal processing unit 14 and the control unit 18 can be implemented by a CPU that executes a program written to perform desired operations.
- the display unit 15, the data storage unit 16, and the operation unit 17 can each be realized by a monitor connected to a computer, an auxiliary storage device such as an HDD, a mouse, a keyboard, and the like.
- the light source 11 , subject S, and sensor 13 are not particularly limited.
- the sensor 13 may be arranged in the irradiation direction of the light emitted by the light source 11 so that the sensor 13 directly receives the light transmitted through the subject S.
- the sensor 13 may be arranged at a position where the sensor 13 does not directly receive light that has passed through the subject S, and the sensor 13 may be configured to mainly receive reflected light or scattered light from the subject S.
- the subject S may be a part of the subject's living body, and for example, the subject's fingers, wrists, arms, ears, etc. can be used as measurement sites.
- the blood sugar level measuring device 10 is configured to capture an image of the blood in the living body and to obtain the blood sugar level in the blood from the image information obtained by the imaging.
- the blood glucose level measuring device 10 may be a wearable terminal that can be worn by the subject.
- Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2 can be preferably used as the sensor 13 in this embodiment.
- the disclosures of Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2 are incorporated herein by reference.
- Non-Patent Documents 1 and 2 each pixel on a low-impurity-concentration p-type Si substrate whose impurity concentration is lowered to about 10 12 cm ⁇ 3 is mounted with a lateral overflow storage trench capacitor, and 10 million pieces are mounted.
- a CMOS image sensor that achieves both a high saturation electron number exceeding the above and a high quantum efficiency in the near-infrared region is described.
- This CMOS image sensor has a linear response to light from low to high illumination, 24.3 million saturated charges, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 71.3 dB, and high quantum efficiency in a wide light wavelength band from 200 to 1100 nm. is achieved.
- SNR signal-to-noise ratio
- Non-Patent Document 1 The outline and features of the CMOS image sensor described in Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2 will be described below with reference to FIGS.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an optical sensor section of a CMOS image sensor that can be preferably used in this embodiment.
- FIG. 2 schematically shows an equivalent circuit diagram including a pixel circuit and a readout circuit for one column as part of the photosensor section of the CMOS image sensor.
- the optical sensor section of the CMOS image sensor shown in FIG. 2 is composed of a pixel array section 101 and a reading section 102 including sample-and-hold analog memories M1 and M2. Pixels 105 included in the pixel array section 101 and the readout section 102 are electrically connected via pixel column output signal lines 103 .
- a current source 104 composed of, for example, a MOS transistor is connected to the pixel column output signal line 103 .
- the pixel 105 includes an embedded fully depleted photodiode PD that generates photocharges according to the intensity of light, a transfer gate T that transfers photocharges from the photodiode PD, and a floating diffusion that transfers photocharges through the transfer gate T.
- a capacitor FD a capacitor FD
- a lateral overflow storage trench capacitor LOFITreC that stores photocharges overflowing from the photodiode PD during photocharge storage operation
- a connection switch S that electrically couples or divides the floating diffusion capacitor FD and the lateral overflow storage trench capacitor LOFITreC, It is directly connected to the lateral overflow storage trench capacitor LOFITreC and is also connected to the floating diffusion capacitor FD via the connection switch S, for discharging photocharges in the lateral overflow storage trench capacitor LOFITreC and the floating diffusion capacitor FD.
- a reset gate R for amplifying and converting photoelectric charges in the lateral overflow storage trench capacitor LOFITreC and the floating diffusion capacitor FD into a voltage signal, and a pixel selection pixel formed to be connected to the source follower amplifier SF. It is composed of a selection switch X.
- a plurality of pixels 105 having the above configuration are arranged in an array in a two-dimensional plane in the optical sensor section of the CMOS image sensor.
- Selection switches SS are provided at both ends of the pixel array section 101 in which the pixels 105 are arranged in an array in order to control the voltage of the drive line connected to the gate electrode of the reset gate R.
- FIG. Either the PD reset voltage VR1 or the reference voltage VR2 can be selected by switching the selection switch SS with the selection pulse ⁇ VR.
- Sample-and-hold analog memories M1 and M2 are connected to the pixel column output signal line 103 .
- the sample-and-hold analog memory M1 is a column circuit section that outputs a voltage signal obtained by converting the photocharge transferred into the floating diffusion capacitor FD.
- the sample-and-hold analog memory M1 outputs a reference signal containing thermal noise captured when the floating diffusion capacitor FD is reset to a predetermined voltage and a voltage signal in which a voltage signal based on the amount of photocharge is superimposed on the thermal noise,
- An operational amplifier outside the pixel chip eliminates fixed pattern noise and thermal noise caused by variations in the characteristics of the source follower amplifier SF, and is configured to obtain a high-sensitivity signal S1 that captures light emission under low illuminance.
- the sample-and-hold analog memory M2 is a column circuit section that outputs a voltage signal obtained by converting photoelectric charges transferred to the horizontal overflow storage trench capacitor LOFITreC and the floating diffusion capacitor FD.
- the sample-and-hold analog memory M2 outputs a voltage signal based on the amount of photocharge and a reset level signal. It is configured to obtain a highly saturated signal S2 that captures light emission under illuminance.
- the sample-and-hold analog memory M2 changes the signal voltage level after the accumulation period and the reference voltage.
- a high saturation signal S2 that indicates the difference from the voltage VR2 and amplifying the signal using a gain amplifier or the like in the signal readout circuit in the subsequent stage, it is possible to accurately capture minute changes in the amount of light under high illuminance. It is configured to output a high saturation signal S2 that can be obtained.
- the optical sensor part of the CMOS image sensor shown in FIG. 2 has two operation modes (LOFIC operation mode) that supports a wide dynamic range and an operation mode (Dual VR operation mode) that can capture changes in the amount of light in a high illuminance area. It can operate in two modes of operation.
- the photosensor part of the CMOS image sensor In the LOFIC operation mode, the photosensor part of the CMOS image sensor can output the high sensitivity signal S1 and the high saturation signal S2 described above, can achieve a wide dynamic range in a single exposure, and can detect a minute image under low illumination. It can also be applied to luminescence imaging that captures luminescence and imaging objects with a large difference in brightness.
- the optical sensor part of the CMOS image sensor is specialized for, for example, absorption imaging under high illuminance, making it possible to clearly capture minute changes in light intensity even under high illuminance. ing.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic pixel cross-sectional view of a CMOS image sensor that can be suitably used in this embodiment, and is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a cross section of a pixel array.
- 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 3, which is a schematic enlarged cross-sectional view of a pixel in a photodiode and its surroundings.
- CMOS image sensors shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 use low impurity concentration p-type Si substrates (high resistance substrates) made of wafers with low impurity concentration and extremely low oxygen concentration manufactured by the Cz (Czochralski) method. It is A CMOS image sensor is manufactured by, for example, processes of forming STI (Shallow Trench Isolation), which is an element isolation region, forming a lateral overflow storage trench capacitor LOFITreC, forming a transistor portion and a photodiode, and forming metal wiring.
- STI Shallow Trench Isolation
- This CMOS image sensor achieves high quantum efficiency in a wide optical wavelength band from 200 to 1100 nm.
- This CMOS image sensor employs a surface-illuminated structure so that near-infrared light with long wavelengths does not affect the operation of the transistors in the pixels. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4, a p + layer having a steep concentration profile is formed on the surface of the photodiode PD.
- a pixel array is formed by arranging photodiodes PD and transistor portions on the surface of the Si substrate.
- the size of the pixel array is 2.1 mm in the horizontal direction ⁇ 2.1 mm in the vertical direction
- the number of pixels is 128 in the horizontal direction ⁇ 128 in the vertical direction
- the pixel size is 16 ⁇ m in the horizontal direction ⁇ 16 ⁇ m in the vertical direction
- the aperture ratio is 52.8%.
- a lateral overflow storage trench capacitor LOFITreC is provided in each pixel.
- the lateral overflow storage trench capacitor LOFITreC is a capacitor including a three-dimensional structure, and includes a trench (shallow trench) formed in a pixel of a Si substrate, an oxide film formed along the trench, and an oxide film embedded in the trench. doped poly-Si electrode nodes.
- a leakage current may occur between the embedded n-type layer of the photodiode PD and the inversion layer induced in the lateral overflow storage trench capacitance LOFITreC.
- a deep p-well DPW
- the concentration of DPW is optimized to obtain uniform capacitance in the signal voltage range (eg, 0.5 to 3.0 V) of the lateral overflow storage trench capacitor LOFITreC.
- the charges overflowing from the photodiode PD and the floating diffusion capacitor FD are stored in the electrode node in the lateral overflow storage trench capacitor LOFITreC.
- near-infrared light has a large penetration depth from the surface of the photodiode PD, and in order to detect near-infrared light, it is necessary to accumulate and detect photocharges photoelectrically converted deep in the photodiode PD.
- a potential gradient is formed between the p-well and DPW under the region of the transistor section in order to drift the photocharge generated by the near-infrared light generated in the deep part of the photodiode PD to the photodiode PD.
- the inversion layer and n + layer induced at the Si substrate side interface of the lateral overflow storage trench capacitance LOFITreC are connected to the ground (GND).
- a negative potential for example, a potential of about 3.0 V at maximum
- a negative potential may be applied to the back side of the Si substrate (lower side in FIGS. 3 and 4) to form an electric field in the depth direction of the Si substrate.
- the thickness of the Si substrate may be reduced.
- the CMOS image sensor described above with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4 describes the CMOS image sensor described in Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2.
- the CMOS image sensors described in Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2 can be preferably used.
- the present invention is not limited to the use of the CMOS image sensor described in Non-Patent Document 1 and Non-Patent Document 2.
- sensors satisfying the following specific conditions may be applied to the present invention. can be done.
- the sensor 13 applicable to the present invention is a sensor with a saturated charge number of 1 million or more, preferably a saturated charge number of 3.2 million or more, and particularly preferably a saturated charge number of 10 million or more. Further, the sensor 13 applicable to the present invention has an SN ratio of 60 dB or more (equivalent to about 1 million or more saturated charges), preferably 65 dB or more (equivalent to about 3.2 million or more saturated charges), especially Preferably, it is a sensor with 70 dB or more (corresponding to a saturated charge number of about 10 million or more).
- a sensor whose saturated charge number or S/N ratio satisfies the above conditions has high S/N ratio performance and is suitable because it can capture minute differences in the amount of light under high illuminance.
- the sensor 13 according to the present invention is preferably capable of clearly imaging a fluid (eg, blood cells in blood) moving in a living body at a high frame rate.
- a sensor that satisfies the above conditions for the number of saturated charges or the SN ratio can increase the amount of signal per frame. It is preferable because it outputs a clear image that captures a minute difference in light intensity and, as a result, enables accurate measurement of the blood sugar level.
- a high output that can emit a high amount of light corresponding to this sensor is preferably used.
- a sensor that has a capacitor including a three-dimensional structure in the pixel and can store photocharges.
- the saturated charge number can be increased by using a capacitor with a three-dimensional structure in the pixel.
- a capacitor having a three-dimensional structure can employ, for example, a silicon trench structure, and furthermore, by adopting a structure in which photocharges are accumulated in trench-embedded electrode nodes, leakage current can be reduced.
- the capacitor including the three-dimensional structure is not limited to the silicon trench structure, and a metal-insulating film-metal type capacitor having a three-dimensional structure formed in the wiring layer may be used.
- the sensor 13 it is preferable to apply a sensor provided with a deep p-well (DPW) so as to cover the region of the capacitor including the three-dimensional structure.
- DPW deep p-well
- the sensor 13 it is preferable to apply a sensor having a capacitor with a uniform capacitance in a specific signal voltage range.
- the specific signal voltage range is preferably 0.5 to 3.0 V, for example, and it is preferred that a linear response to the amount of received light is obtained within the specific signal voltage range.
- the senor 13 it is preferable to apply a sensor having a photodiode quantum efficiency of 50% or more for near-infrared light (light with a wavelength of 800 to 950 nm) used in the present invention.
- a sensor whose photodiode quantum efficiency satisfies the above conditions, received near-infrared light is efficiently converted into electric charge, and high sensitivity to near-infrared light is realized.
- a sensor capable of forming an electric field in the depth direction of the substrate by applying a potential to the substrate as the sensor 13 according to the present invention.
- a potential to the substrate as the sensor 13 according to the present invention.
- the present inventors diligently studied the wavelength of near-infrared light that is effective for noninvasive blood glucose measurement.
- FIG. 5 is a graph showing the concentration dependence of the light transmittance of glucose.
- the vertical axis represents the light transmittance obtained by spectroscopic analysis.
- the horizontal axis represents the wavelength of light used for spectroscopic analysis.
- FIG. 5 shows the light transmittance in the wavelength band from 800 to 1100 nm for blood prepared to have glucose concentrations of 0 mg/dl, 500 mg/dl, 1000 mg/dl, and 2000 mg/dl. From the graph of FIG. 5, it can be seen that the higher the glucose concentration, the lower the transmittance of light of the same wavelength. From the above, the present inventors have found that the light transmittance of glucose in the wavelength band of 800 to 1100 nm depends on the glucose concentration.
- FIG. 6 is a graph showing the wavelength dependence of the light transmittance of physiological saline.
- the vertical axis represents the light transmittance obtained by spectroscopic analysis.
- the horizontal axis represents the wavelength of light used for spectroscopic analysis.
- the light transmittance of saline is greatly reduced in the wavelength band of 950 to 1040 nm, while the light transmittance of saline is nearly 1.0 in the wavelength band of 800 to 950 nm. It can be seen that From the above, the present inventors have found that in the wavelength band of 950 to 1040 nm, the light transmittance is greatly reduced and the absorption of light by physiological saline has a large effect, while in the wavelength band of 800 to 950 nm, the light by physiological saline It was found that there was almost no absorption of Even when ion-exchanged water was used instead of physiological saline, similar results to those shown in the graph of FIG. I'm sure there is.
- the present inventors have found that it is effective to use light with a wavelength selected from 800 to 1100 nm in order to measure the glucose concentration. Based on the knowledge that it is effective to use light with a wavelength selected from 800 to 950 nm in order to suppress the decrease in the amount of light received by the sensor while being almost unaffected by the absorption of light by the same physiological saline solution. , have completed the present invention. That is, the blood sugar level measuring device 10 according to the present invention is characterized by measuring the blood sugar level using light with a wavelength selected from 800 to 950 nm.
- Patent Document 1 described above uses a wavelength (a wavelength of 800 to 900 nm or 810 to 940 nm) at which hemoglobin has a high absorbance in order to specify a blood vessel site.
- the light in the wavelength band of 800 to 950 nm used in the present invention is not used to identify blood vessel sites, but is used to measure the blood sugar level in blood.
- the light in the wavelength band of 800 to 950 nm used in the present invention may be affected by light absorption by hemoglobin.
- the object to be measured in the present invention is the glucose concentration (blood sugar level) in the blood, and it is necessary to irradiate the blood with light.
- the light transmittance in the wavelength band of 800 to 950 nm depends on the glucose concentration. It measures the blood sugar level using light in the wavelength band of 800 to 950 nm.
- vascular sites may be imaged relatively darker than other sites (non-vascular sites). For this reason, it is preferable to use a sensor with a saturated charge number of 1,000,000 or more to capture high-intensity light so that the blood vessel region can be imaged brightly and clearly. In order to capture high-intensity light using a sensor having a saturated charge number of 1,000,000 or more, it is preferable to irradiate a living body with a high-intensity light using a high-output light source.
- the present inventors put blood in which the glucose concentration was adjusted in a cell, and used an LED capable of irradiating near-infrared light of 810 nm to obtain near-infrared light.
- An experiment was conducted in which the cell was irradiated with light to measure the blood glucose level. The results of this experiment are shown in FIG.
- FIG. 7 is a graph showing experimental results for evaluating the usefulness of the present invention.
- the vertical axis represents the measured value of the glucose concentration (blood sugar level) in blood noninvasively measured by irradiating near-infrared light of 810 nm.
- the horizontal axis represents the measured value of the glucose concentration (blood sugar level) in blood by a conventional blood sugar level meter that invasively measures the blood sugar level.
- the present invention irradiates a living body with light of a wavelength selected from the wavelength band of 800 to 950 nm, and based on the amount of light received that is transmitted, reflected, or scattered in the living body, blood in the living body It is possible to acquire the blood sugar level in the body, and it is applicable to the technique of non-invasively measuring the blood sugar level in the living body using near-infrared light.
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14 信号処理部
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Claims (5)
- 800~950nmの波長帯域から選択される波長の光を照射する光源と、
前記光源から照射される光が生体内で透過、反射または散乱した光を受光し、受光した光の光量に応じた情報を出力するセンサと、
前記センサで得られた情報に基づいて、前記生体内の血液中の血糖値を取得する血糖値取得部と、
を備えることを特徴とする血糖値測定器。 - 前記センサが、2次元面内にアレイ状に配置された複数の画素を有するイメージセンサであることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の血糖値測定器。
- 前記センサのSN比が60dB以上であることを特徴とする請求項1または2に記載の血糖値測定器。
- 前記センサの飽和電荷数が100万個以上であることを特徴とする請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載の血糖値測定器。
- 前記光源から照射される近赤外光に対する前記センサのフォトダイオード量子効率が50%以上であることを特徴とする請求項1~4のいずれか1項に記載の血糖値測定器。
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