System and method for eluting and testing substance from exhaled aerosol sample
US9429564B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 11, 2013 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 11, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01J49/0427
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method recovering one or more nonvolatile compounds from an exhaled aerosol collected on an electrostatic filter membrane (205) comprises eluting the nonvolatile compounds from the filter with a polar solvent and collecting the eluate. The method is useful for processing samples collected from a portable breath analysis device comprising a sampling filter membrane for analysis.
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