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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Smiths Detection-watford Limited, Watford Hertfordshire, GB;
David Sharp, Watford Hertfordshire, GB;
Alastair Clark, Watford Hertfordshire, GB;
William Munro, Watford Hertfordshire, GB;
Paul Arnold, Watford Hertfordshire, GB;
John FitzGerald, Watford Hertfordshire, GB;
David Cutmore, Watford Hertfordshire, GB;
Rod Wilson, Watford Hertfordshire, GB;
SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITED, Hertfordshire, GB;
Abstract
A portable ion mobility spectrometry apparatus () for detecting an aerosol and a method for using the apparatus. The apparatus comprises an ion mobility spectrometer (); a portable power source () carried by the apparatus for providing power to the apparatus (); an inlet () for collecting a flow of air to be tested by the spectrometer (); a heater () configured to heat the air to be tested to vaporize an aerosol carried by the air and a controller () configured to control the spectrometer () to obtain samples from the heated air, wherein the controller is configured to increase a heat output from the heater () for a selected time period before obtaining samples from the heated air.