Patent ID: 9400284
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G01N,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method of determining a subject's cyanide level, said method comprising the steps of: removing food particles from the subject's mouth; rinsing the subject's mouth with a first volume of cyanide-free water; adding a second volume of cyanide-free water to the subject's mouth after said rinsing; collecting a portion of the second volume of cyanide-free water from the subject's mouth, wherein said portion has a third volume X; diluting the collected portion of cyanide-free water with a fourth volume Y of cyanide-free water to form a test sample having a fifth volume Z; contacting the test sample with reagents suitable to detect cyanide if present in the test sample; detecting, as a result of said contacting, an amount of cyanide in milligrams/liter if present in the test sample; and determining the subject's cyanide level in milligrams/liter by dividing Z by X to equal a quotient and multiplying said quotient by the milligrams/liter of cyanide detected in said test sample.