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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
C. William Hanson, III, Radnor, PA (US);
Erica R. Thaler, Merion Station, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 ;
Abstract
The presence of a pathologic process in a lung of a mammal is detected by applying exhaled gas of a mammal to an electronic nose ( ). Data derived from the electronic nose ( ) is used to determine whether a pathologic process is present in the lung of the mammal. The pathologic process may also be a lung infection such as pneumonia. Also, a mammalian fluid sample obtained from the sinus or nose is applied to an electronic nose ( ) to determine if the fluid sample contains significant amounts of cebrospinal fluid.