Title: Health monitoring device

Abstract

Example aspects of a volatile organic compound detection device, a wearable health monitoring device, and a method of monitoring a user's health are disclosed. The volatile organic compound detection device can comprise a collector comprising a collector material configured to collect volatile organic compounds given off from a user's skin; a separator comprising a gas chromatography column configured to separate mixtures of the volatile organic compounds into their constituent chemicals; and an identifier comprising a detector and a processor, the detector configured to transduce the constituent chemicals into a signal, the processor configured to process the signal to identify specific volatile organic compounds indicative of a health condition.

Inventors:

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

Issue Date:

2023-01-24

Research Org.:

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Know Biological, Inc., Milton, GA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:

1987058

Patent Number(s):

11559246

Application Number:

17/340,195

Assignee:

Know Biological, Inc. (Milton, GA); National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):

A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

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A - HUMAN NECESSITIES A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE A61B - DIAGNOSIS

A61B10/00 - Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. instruments for taking a cell sample, for biopsy, for vaccination diagnosis
A61B2010/0083 - {for taking gas samples}
A61B5/14546 - {for measuring analytes not otherwise provided for, e.g. ions, cytochromes}
A61B5/4094 - {Diagnosing or monitoring seizure diseases, e.g. epilepsy}
A61B5/443 - {Evaluating skin constituents, e.g. elastin, melanin, water}
A61B5/6831 - {Straps, bands or harnesses}
A61B5/6833 - {Adhesive patches}

G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

G01N2030/0095 - {Separation specially adapted for use outside laboratory, e.g. field sampling, portable equipments}
G01N2030/025 - {Gas chromatography}
G01N2030/062 - {extracting sample from raw material}
G01N2030/884 - {organic compounds}
G01N30/00 - Investigating or analysing materials by separation into components using adsorption, absorption or similar phenomena or using ion-exchange, e.g. chromatography
G01N30/20 - using a sampling valve
G01N30/60 - Construction of the column
G01N30/64 - Electrical detectors
G01N30/80 - Fraction collectors

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DOE Contract Number:  

NA0003525

Resource Type:

Patent

Resource Relation:

Patent File Date: 06/07/2021

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English

Subject:

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