APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING HUMAN BREATH
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods of collecting and detecting compounds in a human breath sample, comprising: exhaling into a handheld sample collector to absorb at least one breath compound in an exhaled breath collector of said collector; connecting the handheld sample collector to a breath analyzer; transferring the breath compounds from the exhaled breath collector of the sample collector into the breath analyzer; and detecting breath compounds using two or more sensors. The method may be performed to detect breath compounds for determining health or disease diagnosis, or for drug monitoring.
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41 Claims
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1-26. -26. (canceled)
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27. An apparatus for collecting and detecting compounds in a human breath sample comprising:
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a handheld sample collector comprising a sorbent phase;
a breath analyzer comprising a thermal desorption column;
two or more sensors for detection of breath compounds; and
a flow controller for controlling the transfer of breath compounds from the sample collector into the breath analyzer, wherein the handheld sample collector and breath analyzer are configured for fluid communication with each other so that breath compounds from the sample collector can pass into the breath analyzer for detection. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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