µRAID Portable Chemical Identifier | Bruker Detection Corporation

General Description
Bruker's µRAID Portable Chemical Identifier is the newest IMS based detector on the market today. It has highly advanced capabilities with a combined chemical warfare agent and industrial toxic chemical vapor library and four additional libraries. It also has built in interference rejection for more common harmless chemicals. It is extremely fast to respond with actual agent identification without comprising sensitivity. Its new design makes it half the size and weight of Bruker's established RAID-M with much more library capability. The µRAID Portable Chemical Identifier has flexible battery configurations for either military or commercial battery packs and can detect at altitudes up to 21000 ft. Recent field trials conducted by DHS S&T showed impressive results in which it even beat the ground truth instrument in speed and accuracy.

Technical Description
Bruker's µRAID Portable Chemical Identifier employs ion mobility spectrometry suing spectral matching software to locate, classify, and identify chemical warfare agents and toxic industrial chemicals simultaneously. It features a membrane inlet to protect from contamination and environmental effects as well as agent specific automatic back flush to protect from saturation. The µRAID Portable Chemical Identifier also features Bluetooth, USB, and serial interfaces.

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 components
Less than 5 minutes is required for set-up
No steps for a single detection assay

LOGISTICS:

Very brief (minutes-hours) training and minimal technical skills
Approximately the size of a toaster
Between 1 and 5 kg
Wireless and wired connections are available
System or device uses batteries
4-8 hours battery life
Is commercially available and meets military specifications

OPERATIONS:

Can be used from < -21°C to > 42°C (All temperatures)
This system does not require consumable components
Performance is not influenced by relative humidity
Greater than 10 years expected life of system
Results can 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:

Not possible for the system to achieve 510K clearance
Not possible for the system to achieve FDA approval
This system does not test liquids
Excellent specificity. System has occasional false alarms under certain conditions (<2%)
<1x10^-6 mg/m3 chemical agent in air
System currently can identify aerosolized chemical agent
Not possible for the system to identify liquid chemical agent

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