Abstract
The function of the recently described viscometric affinity sensor (VAS), which measures glucose due to its strong effect on the viscosity of a sensitive liquid containing Concanavalin A (ConA) and dextran, was analysed for osmotic and colloid-osmotic effects on the glucose reading. The suction of low- and high-molecular weight osmotica on the membrane of the microdialysis fibre was measured using a membrane osmometer built from the microdialysis probe of the VAS. The reduction of the sensor read-out in blood plasma can be completely explained by a change in small osmotic volume fluxes through the dialysis membrane, which affect the ConA concentration and the viscosity after the flow of the sensitive liquid through the dialysis probe. The measuring error could be prevented by the presence of the polyethylene glycol 6000 at an isotonic concentration in the glucose standard solutions used for sensor calibration.
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