Biomedical Measurements

What is a Biosensor?

This is a biological sensor that has the following features:

  1. A biological recognition component (selectivity).
  2. A supporting structure in intimate contact with a biological component.

Biosensors are typically miniature and include monitoring of blood gas and biochemical concentrations additionally, physical quantities such as force, shear, potential, etc.

What is a biosensor

Biosensors can be divided into those that measure electrical properties e.g. pH meters, CO2 electrodes, O2 electrodes, field-effect transistor-based biosensors, etc. and those that measure optical properties like fiber-optic based biosensors.

Related: Blood Glucose Sensors

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