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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2017
Invoy Holdings, Llc, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Lubna M. Ahmad, Chandler, AZ (US);
Rhett L. Martineau, Chandler, AZ (US);
Invoy Holdings, LLC, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect of the invention, an apparatus is provided for sensing an analyte, such as acetone, in breath. The apparatus includes a conditioning device that dehumidifies a breath sample, a sorbent material that extracts the analyte from the dehumidified breath sample, and a nanoparticle-based sensor. The apparatus produces first and second gas streams that flow over the nanoparticle-based sensor. The first gas stream is used to generate a baseline signal, and the second gas stream is used to carry the extracted analyte from the sorbent material to the nanoparticle-based sensor. Various additional designs of analyte sensing devices are also disclosed.