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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Elemental Sensor Llc, Aptos, CA (US);
Oliver P. King-Smith, Aptos, CA (US);
Eric K. Hoobler, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Bernardus H. Smit, San Francisco, CA (US);
Elemental Sensor LLC, Aptos, CA (US);
Abstract
A device for measuring the concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air. The device includes a sample chamber for accepting a sample of air; at least one ionization source for ionizing VOCs in the sample; an ionic liquid trap containing an ionic liquid that captures the ionized VOCs; a circuit for generating a electric current through the device to run the ionization and capture of the ionized VOCs; and a chemical sensor for detecting and measuring concentrations of the VOCs in the sample of air. The device, which may be hand-held, portable, or designed to sit on a bench top, may be used on any animal, including humans.