RADSticker | JP Laboratories, Inc. | WMD Detector Selector

General Description
RADSticker is a peel-&-stick postage stamp sized (3cm x 3cm x 0.2mm, weight: 0.2g), instantly color developing, casualty dosimeter, can be carried 24/7 and always ready. Needs no power, has no electronics or moving parts, reliable, robust, rugged and useful for triaging radiation exposure information and medical treatment in a major radiological incident, such as a nuclear or dirty bomb explosion, nuclear power plant accident or mishandling of radiation sources. It can be applied on many objects and carried for a few years. RADSticker monitors 50–10,000 mSv. When exposed to ionizing radiation, the sensor of the dosimeter develops blue color instantly and the color intensifies as the dose increases. Radiation exposure can be estimated simply by matching the colors of the sensor with the adjacent color reference bars. If used as per instruction, RADSticker will not give false signals. The operating temperature range is from -30oC to 90oC. All essential information is printed on the front and back of the dosimeter. Additional information is provided in one page manual. The first generation of the dosimeter was field tested by DHS with 800 first responders for one year (http://www.tswg.gov/subgroups/cbrnc/detection/EML627SiradReport.pdf). It can be used by first responders (police, firefighters and emergency responders), military, hospital radiation workers, occupational and contract workers at nuclear power plants and the general public, especially in an event of a radiological incident.

Technical Description
The materials used for monitoring radiation are fine particles of colorless solid diacetylenes dispersed in a polymeric binder. Upon exposure to ionizing radiation, diacetylenes polymerize to blue colored polymers. The reaction is irreversible. As radiation dose increases more monomeric diacetylene molecules polymerize and color of the sensor intensifies.

Evaluation Criteria

THROUGHPUT:

Detection is instantaneous
1 sample, single test/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 designed for a single use
0-1 solutions, buffer, eluents, and/or reagents
0 components
No set-up of the system is required
Automatic detection

LOGISTICS:

Very brief (minutes-hours) training and minimal technical skills
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)
Performance is not influenced by relative humidity
Greater than 3 years shelf life
Results can be viewed in real-time
The system or device is currently fully autonomous

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
Superior specificity. System has a false alarm rate approaching zero (~0%)
Only total dose and dose rate
System is used for personnel detection

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