Breath analysis system

US9494495B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Pulse Health LLC · US

Inventors

• Steve Cooper · McMinnville, US
• Neal Andrews · McMinnville, US
• Maura Mahon · Lake Oswego, US
• Rachel Dreilinger · Beavercreek, US
• David Barsic · Portland, US
• Weston Myler · McMinnville, US
• Martin Krauss · Fort Myers, US
• Scot Herbst · San Jose, US
• James Ingle · Ellettsville, US
• Gerald Thomas · Springfield, US
• Rick Myers · Brentwood, US
• Brian J. Young · Slinger, US
• Juven Lara · Portland, US
• Charles Noll · Portland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2016
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T436/202499
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A breath analysis system that includes a handle assembly with an analysis cartridge on an upper end thereof. The handle includes a main body portion with a pressure opening and a pressure transducer therein. The analysis cartridge includes a main body portion with an upper portion that defines a breath chamber, a lower portion that defines a fluid chamber and a filter assembly that is movable between a breath capture position and an analysis position. The filter assembly has an opening defined therethrough. In the breath capture position, the opening partially defines the breath chamber and in the analysis position the opening partially defines the fluid chamber. The system also includes an analysis device with a case, a door, a controller that controls the motor and a fluorescence detection assembly and a rotation assembly positioned in the case interior. The rotation assembly includes a shroud with a funnel portion for receiving the analysis cartridge.