Detectors | Appealing Products, Inc.

General Description
The POISON DETECTORS use a single prepared sample of the food to detect INSTANTLY three classes of poisons, including about 30 of the poisons most used to kill people. The poisons are detected via a characteristic color change. The EXPLOSIVES Detectors use a single sample of the suspect material or surface to detect INSTANTLY five classes of explosives, including aromatic nitro compounds, aliphatic nitro compounds, nitramines inorganic nitrates and precursors to homemade explosives. The explosives are detected via a characteristic color change. The TOXIC GASES Detectors and DOSIMETERS use a nanofilm of chromogenic material which changes its color in relation to the exposure dose of the toxic gas. The color change can be read manually and compared to a color chart or electronically using a reader attached to a computer. The electronic reader may be stationary or wireless.

Technical Description
All the detectors use thin micro or nano layers with chromogenes embedded or bonded to the later. The material to be detected causes a color change in the layer which is subsequently detected visually or electronically.

Evaluation Criteria

THROUGHPUT:

Detection is instantaneous
1 sample, >10 tests/sample per run
349-96 samples every 2 hours
The system or approach is not amenable to full or semi-automation
Device or system is designed for a single use
0-1 solutions, buffer, eluents, and/or reagents
0 components
No set-up of the system is required
1-2 steps are required for detection

LOGISTICS:

Very brief (minutes-hours) training and minimal technical skills
Approximately the size of a soda can
Less than 1 kg
This system is not capable of transmitting data
There is no electrical requirement

OPERATIONS:

Can be used from < -21°C to > 42°C (All temperatures)
Components must be stored at room temperature (27°C)
Performance is not influenced by relative humidity
Between 1 to 3 years shelf 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 open but modification requires licensing

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 50 µL
Poor specificity. System has a consistently high level of false alarms (>10%)
< 1x10-6 mg/m3
< 1 ppb
System currently can identify aerosolized chemical agent
System currently can identify liquid chemical agent