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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2018
Ionsense Inc., Saugus, MA (US);
Brian D Musselman, Melrose, MA (US);
IONSENSE, INC., Saugus, MA (US);
Abstract
In various embodiments of the invention, a cargo container can be monitored at appropriate time intervals to determine that no controlled substances have been shipped with the cargo in the container. The monitoring utilizes reactive species produced from an atmospheric analyzer to ionize analyte molecules present in the container which are then analyzed by an appropriate spectroscopy system. In an embodiment of the invention, a sorbent surface can be used to absorb, adsorb or condense analyte molecules within the container whereafter the sorbent surface can be interrogated with the reactive species to generate analyte species characteristic of the contents of the container.