General Description
Hand Held, Portable and small laboratory infrared spectrometers that can be used for the identification and quantification of liquid and solid chemical entities
Technical Description
FTIR infrared spectrometers that provided chemical signatures or spectra of liquids and solids. This provides identification via commercial libraries or user built libraries
Evaluation Criteria
THROUGHPUT:
- 2 minutes or less for detection
- 1 sample, single test/sample per run
- 95-32 samples every 2 hours
- The system or approach is not amenable to full or semi-automation
- Device or system is intended for multiple detection assays
- 0-1 solutions, buffer, eluents, and/or reagents
- 0 components
- 5-10 minutes is required for set-up
- 3-5 steps are required for detection
LOGISTICS:
- An afternoon of training and some technical skills required
- Approximately the size of a toaster
- Between 1 and 5 kg
- Wireless and wired connections are available
- System or device uses batteries
- 2-4 hours battery life
OPERATIONS:
- Can be used from -21°C to 41°C
- Performance is not influenced by relative humidity
- Greater than 10 years expected life
- Results can be viewed in real-time
- The system is not capable of autonomy
- The system software is closed and not available for modification
- The system hardware is closed and not available for modification
DETECTION:
- Possible the system could receive 510K clearance, no current efforts at this time
- Possible the system could receive FDA approval, no current efforts at this time
- Greater than 250 µL
- Good specificity. System has a consistently low level of false alarms (2-5%)
- 100 ppm-1 ppt
- Possible system can identify aerosolized chemical agent
- System currently can identify liquid chemical agent
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