Breath aerosol management and collection system
US7364553B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 2003 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/0836
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Aerosol collectors 10, 120 include pre-collection filters 100, 126, aerosol collection chambers 30, 130, and other exhaled breath conditioning and control features for providing not only accurate and efficient, but also reliable and reproducible aerosol collections that can be used in standardizations and can be compared in meaningful ways to other exhaled breath aerosol collections from the same test subject and from different test subjects. The aerosol collector 10 example includes electrostatic collection components 34, 40, and the aerosol collector 120 includes nucleating condensation components 168, 172 and vortex collection components 132, 138. Both include analyte extraction apparatus 50, 124.
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