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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011
Filed:
May. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Pierre C. Trepagnier, Medford, MA (US);
Philip D. Henshaw, Carlisle, MA (US);
Inventors:
Pierre C. Trepagnier, Medford, MA (US);
Philip D. Henshaw, Carlisle, MA (US);
Assignee:
Sparta, Inc., Lake Forest, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for detection of agents such as pathogens or toxic substances and, in particular, to methods and systems for determining the most important background constituents to suppress in a sample, e.g., in a bulk aerosol sample, in order to reduce the probability of false alarms and improve the level of detection of potentially harmful airborne agents.