Chemical and biological agent sensor array detectors
First Claim
1. A biological agent detection apparatus, comprising:
- a substrate;
an array of two or more sensors arranged on the substrate, wherein at least a first one of the sensors includes a sensing element configured to detect a biological agent; and
a processing module directly coupled to each of the sensors and configured to process signals received from the two or more sensors to produce an output signal.
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Abstract
Chemical and biological detector systems, devices and apparatus. Such devices may be portable and wearable, such as badges, that are analyte-general, rather than analyte-specific, and which provide an optimal way to notify and protect personnel against known and unknown airborne chemical and biological hazards. The devices of the present invention are advantageously low-cost, have low-power requirements, may be wearable and are designed to detect and alarm to a general chemical and biological threat. A sensor device of the present invention in one embodiment includes two or more sensor devices, a processing module coupled to each of the sensor devices and configured to process signals received from each of the two or more sensor devices to determine an environmental state; and a communication module that communicates information about the environmental state to a user.
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33 Claims
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1. A biological agent detection apparatus, comprising:
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a substrate;
an array of two or more sensors arranged on the substrate, wherein at least a first one of the sensors includes a sensing element configured to detect a biological agent; and
a processing module directly coupled to each of the sensors and configured to process signals received from the two or more sensors to produce an output signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A sensor system, comprising
a plurality of sensing devices, each device including an array of two or more sensors arranged on a substrate and a wireless communication module for remote communication; - and
a central processing node, located remote from said sensing devices, including a processing module and a communication module, said node being configured to receive and process signals from the plurality of sensing devices. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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