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US 12,761,122 B2Granted
Wearable air pollutant monitoring device
AssigneeYale University
InventorsKrystal Pollitt, Elizabeth Lin, Jeremy Koelmel
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Abstract
Wearable pollutant monitoring devices, associated methods of manufacture, and methods for pollution analysis are described herein. The device can concentrate airborne pollutants onto a substrate which can subsequently be analyzed for a broad range of compounds using mass spectrometry (MS) (with or without chromatography), spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, electronic detectors, or other analytical platforms and biological/environmental assays.
Claims7
A device for capturing chemical and biological compounds, comprising:
- at least one sorbent rod, comprising:
- a glass tube having a predefined length and a predefined diameter, and
- a sorbent material coating at least a portion of a surface of the glass tube;
- and
- a housing chamber defining an inner cavity,
- wherein the at least one sorbent rod is positioned within the housing chamber,
- wherein an inner diameter of the glass tube defines an inner cavity running the predefined length of the glass tube,
- wherein the device further comprises a metallic wire having a length greater than the length of the glass tube and a diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the glass tube,
- wherein the metallic wire is positioned within the inner cavity of the glass tube such that a first end and a second end of the metallic wire are positioned external to the inner cavity of the glass tube, and
- wherein the first end and the second end of the metallic wire are coupled to an inner surface of the housing chamber via a magnet, thereby positioning the sorbent rod within the housing chamber.
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