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System for monitoring and encumbering use of a hand-operated machine by an impaired individual through detection of toxins in the individual

  • US 5,969,615 A
  • Filed: 04/28/1998
  • Issued: 10/19/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for monitoring and encumbering use of a hand-operated machine by an impaired individual comprising:

  • means for detecting a pH level of perspiration in the individual'"'"'s hand when the individual grasps an article for operating the machine;

    means for detecting ethanol in perspiration from the individual'"'"'s hands; and

    means for providing an electrical signal for energizing a mechanism for encumbering operation of the machine when said means for detecting ethanol detects an amount of ethanol which exceeds a predetermined level or when said means for detecting a pH level detects either no pH level or a pH level indicative of a toxin produced from the consumption of alcohol.

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