Patent ID: 11903695
Assignee: BIOLUM SCIENCES LLC
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 51:
52. A system for measuring a disease marker in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) comprising,
(I) an article comprising,
(a) a vehicle chamber containing a vehicle for a probe for the detection of the marker;
(b) an auxiliary chamber that is physically separated from the vehicle chamber via a first separator, wherein the auxiliary chamber contains the probe that is specific to the marker; and
(c) a reaction chamber that is physically separated from the vehicle chamber or the auxiliary chamber or both the reaction chamber and the auxiliary chamber via a second separator, wherein the reaction chamber contains an surface for detection of the interaction between the probe and the marker;
(II) a collection unit comprising a first end that is attachable to the article and a second end that contains a breathing inlet;
and;
(III) a receptacle for analytically measuring a signal generated by the probe-marker interaction.