Patent ID: 9709581
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: A61B,C07D,G01N

Claim:
1. A device for measuring one or more substances in human breath, comprising: a breath capture section configured to receive one or more breath samples; a collection section wherein one or more substances are removed from the one or more breath samples and adsorbed onto a catch media; an elution mechanism configured to elute the one or more substances from the catch media into a solvent to form a solution; a reaction section configured to add a diazo-functionalized reactant to the solution to react with at least one of the one or more substances to form an adduct; a light source configured to expose the adduct to light from the light source to cause the adduct to produce a luminescence; and a measurement unit configured to measure an amount of the luminescence while the adduct is subjected to the light from the light source and to determine an amount of the at least one of the one or more substances based on the measured amount of the luminescence.