GID-3 | Smiths Detection | WMD Detector Selector

General Description
GID-3 is highly portable, easy to use and rapidly deployed. As well as point detection, it can monitor the integrity of collective protective systems in vehicles, command bunkers and small ships. GID-3 detects, identifies and measures the concentration levels of Chemical Warfare agents and Toxic Industrial Chemicals (TICs). Operated remotely, the GID-3 provides perimeter protection either as a stand-alone unit, or networked together using hardwired or wireless systems. Vehicle-or ship-mounted, it can monitor contamination of the outside air or alert personnel to the presence of a chemical agent in the vehicle interior.

Technical Description
GID-3 employs ion mobility spectrometry technology.

Evaluation Criteria

THROUGHPUT:

Detection is instantaneous
Continuous operation with no defined runs
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
0-1 solutions, buffer, eluents, and/or reagents
2 components
Less than 5 minutes is required for set-up
Automatic detection

LOGISTICS:

Very brief (minutes-hours) training and minimal technical skills
Approximately the size of a toaster
Between 5 and 25 kg
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
Greater than 3 years shelf life
Greater than 10 years expected life
Results cannot be viewed in real-time
The system or device is currently fully autonomous
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
Less than 10 µL
Excellent specificity. System has occasional false alarms under certain conditions (<2%)
>1x10-3 mg/m3
1 ppb-1 ppm
Possible system could identify aerosolized chemical agent
System currently can identify liquid chemical agent