General Description
“DISe” - A rugged, portable, hand-deployable environmental sensor that provides remote situational awareness to damage control teams in hazardous areas by providing video, audio, and environmental data wirelessly.
Technical Description
Not provided.
Evaluation Criteria
THROUGHPUT:
- 2 minutes or less for detection
- Multiple samples, multiple tests/sample per run
- System is continuous and provides real time analysis with no defined tests/samples
- The system or device is currently fully automated
- Device or system is intended for multiple detection assays
- 5 or more solutions, buffer, eluents, and/or reagents
- 1 component
- No set-up of the system is required for set-up
- 1-2 steps are required for detection
LOGISTICS:
- Very brief (minutes-hours) training and minimal technical skills
- Approximately the size of a soda can
- Between 1 and 5 kg
- Wireless and wired connections are available
- System or device uses batteries
- 4-8 hours battery life
OPERATIONS:
- Can be used from < -21°C to > 42°C (All temperatures)
- Performance is not influenced by relative humidity
- Between 1 to 3 years shelf life
- 5-10 years expected life
- Results can be viewed in real-time
- The system could easily be adapted into a fully autonomous system
- The system software is open and available for modification
- The system hardware is open and available for modification
DETECTION:
- Not possible for the system to achieve 510K clearance
- Not possible for the system to achieve FDA approval
- This system does not test liquids
- < 1x10-6 mg/m3
- < 1 ppb
- Possible system could be adapted to identify aerosolized chemical agent