General Description
HPGe-based (High Purity Germanium) Portable Hand-Held Radioisotope Identifier. High resolution gamma spectroscopy and neutron detection.
Technical Description
High-resolution, high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector. Mechanically cooled by miniature Stirling-cycle cooler. Internal GM tube provides gamma dose rate. Battery operated.
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
- 0 components
- Greater than 20 minutes is required for set-up
- 1-2 steps are required for detection
LOGISTICS:
- Very brief (minutes-hours) training and minimal technical skills
- Approximately the size of a toaster
- Between 5 and 25 kg
- Wireless and wired connections are available
- System or device uses batteries
- 2-4 hours battery life
OPERATIONS:
- Can be used from 4°C to 41°C
- Performance is not influenced by relative humidity
- 5-10 years expected life
- 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
- Possible the system could receive FDA approval, no current efforts at this time
- Superior specificity. System has a false alarm rate approaching zero (~0%)
- Total dose, dose rate and count rate with simultaneous display readout and automatic differentiation between types of radiation detected
- Down to background level radiation for dose rate
- Down to background level radiation for count rate
- System is used for surveying
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