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US 7,114,370 B2Granted
Air quality sampler using solid phase coated material
AssigneeMidwest Research Institute
InventorGiuliano Radolovich
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for monitoring air quality is provided.
Claims29
A method for monitoring air quality which comprises:
- (a) contacting a collection device comprising a carbon-based adsorbent resin which additionally comprises polydimethylsiloxane and a platinum catalyst with air;
- (b) collecting a sample from said air over a period of time from about 24 hours to about one week using said collection device;
- (c) removing adsorbed material from said collection device;
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- (d) analyzing said removed material,
- wherein said sample is a biological sample.
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An apparatus for monitoring air quality which comprises a collection device comprising an adsorbent material, wherein said adsorbent material is a carbon molecular sieve which additionally comprises polydimethylsiloxane and a platinum catalyst, and wherein said adsorbent material adsorbs at least one biological sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.