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System and method for drug detection in exhaled breath

US10520439B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17References

24Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Sensa Bues AB · SE

Inventors

Goran Palmskog · Järfälla, SE
Olof Beck · Boo, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 9, 2010
Grant date	Dec 31, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 15, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF05D2250/51
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A portable system (10) is disclosed for collecting a sample from exhaled breath of a subject. Drug substance in the exhaled breath are detected or determined. The sample is collected for further analysis using mass-spectroscopy. The system comprises a sampling unit (14) and a housing (12) arranged to hold the sampling unit (14), the sampling unit (14) is adapted to collect non-volatile and volatile compounds of the at least one drug substance from the exhaled breath from the subject. The housing (12) has at least one inlet (15) for the subject to exhale into the housing (12) to the sampling unit (14) and at least one outlet (16) for the exhaled breath to exit through.

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