SLIDE 9 Accuracy - Definitions
Biosensor (IUPAC 1999)
“a self-contained integrated device, which is capable of providing specific quantitative or semi-quantitative analytical information using a biological recognition element (biochemical receptor) which is retained in direct spatial contact with an electrochemical transduction element”
- D. R. Thévenot et al. Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 71, No.
12, pp. 2333-2348, 1999.
Biomaterials (Williams 1999)
“a material intended to interface with biological system to evaluate, treat, augment or replace any tissue, organ, or function of the body”
The Williams dictionary of biomaterials. University Press, 1999.
Biomaterials: biological origin or application?