Volatile organic compound detection device

Patent · 15 March 2022

OSTI ID:1892702

Arnold, Gary Stephen; Moorman, Matthew Wallace; Whiting, Joshua Jonathan

A volatile organic compound collector can include a collector material configured to collect volatile organic compounds given off from a patient's skin; a wrapping configured to isolate the collector material from an external environment; a heater comprising a heating element, the heating element configured to emit a thermal pulse to desorb the volatile organic compounds from the collector material; and a mesh layer configured to prevent the collector material from contacting the patient's skin, wherein the collector material is received between the wrapping and the mesh layer.

• Research Organization: Know Biological, Inc., Milton, GA (United States); Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: NA0003525
• Assignee: Know Biological, Inc. (Milton, GA); National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)
• Patent Number(s): 11,272,875
• Application Number: 17/242,441
• OSTI ID: 1892702
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English