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Title: Real time chemical exposure and risk monitor

Patent ·
OSTI ID:512407

The apparatus of the present invention is a combination of a breath interface and an external exposure dosimeter interface to a chemical analysis device, all controlled by an electronic processor for quantitatively analyzing chemical analysis data from both the breath interface and the external exposure dosimeter for determining internal tissue dose. The method of the present invention is a combination of steps of measuring an external dose, measuring breath content, then analyzing the external dose and breath content and determining internal tissue dose. 7 figs.

Research Organization:
Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
Assignee:
PTO; SCA: 550600; PA: EDB-97:113601; SN: 97001827914
Patent Number(s):
US 5,645,072/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-535,929
OSTI ID:
512407
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 8 Jul 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English