Biosensor system for detecting organic trace compounds produced by smoldering fires

US6024924A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Michael Schoning · Jülich, DE
• Stefan Schutz · Gießen, DE
• Armin Riemer · Grevenbroich, DE
• Bernhard Weissbecker · Grundau, DE
• Axel Schwarz · Baden-Baden, DE
• Marion Thust · Neunburg vorm Wald, DE
• Claus-Dieter Kohl · Gießen, DE
• Hans-Ulrich Hummel · Iphofen, DE
• Peter Kordos · Jülich, DE
• Hans Luth · Aachen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 27, 1998
• Grant date: Feb 15, 2000
• Expiry date: Mar 27, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/54373
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a biosensor system for detecting trace compounds resulting from a fire or from plants damaged by destructive insects, a live chemoreceptor is provided for sensing the trace compounds, and a semiconductor component is connected to the chemoreceptor for providing sensor signals when the chemoreceptor senses the presence of trace compounds.