General Description
MailPoint is a mail inspection workstation for biological threat screening of letters and parcels. Designed around a down-draft table, MailPoint pulls air inward and downward, away from the operator’s breathing zone through perforated table grates and finally through a high-performance filtration system. MailPoint provides tiered detection and sampling of biological hazards. The collected sample may be used with a presumptive identifier, sold separately, for analysis. The MailPoint system is a containment hood that can be used to safely handle mail or other items that are suspected of containing a biological threat.
Technical Description
The system contains FLIR AirSentinel® and BioXC® systems. The BioXC continuously collects some of the particles that are flowing through the MailPoint system. When the AirSentinel OPC detects a potential threat it will alert the user to dispense the fluid sample collected by the BioXC. The sample fluid can then be analyzed by a separate identifier to determine if the particulate is a true biological threat and, if so, the character of the threat.
Evaluation Criteria
THROUGHPUT:
- 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 semi-automated
- Device or system is intended for multiple detection assays
- 0-1 solutions, buffer, eluents, and/or reagents
- 2 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
- Larger than a home dishwasher
- More than 50 kg
- Wired connections are available
- System or device has 110V electrical requirement
OPERATIONS:
- Components must be stored at room temperature (27°C)
- Performance is not influenced by relative humidity
- Between 1 to 3 years shelf life
- 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
- This system does not test liquids