Patent ID: 8729496
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G01N,H01J

Abstract:
1. A system for analyzing a cargo comprising: a container, where the container can be substantially confined on all sides, where the container includes at least a distal end and a proximal end; an atmospheric ionization sorbent module (AISM) including a sorbent surface and a region in front of the sorbent surface, where the AISM is located one or both of inside the container and outside the container, where the AISM is adapted to be connected to one or more sites inside the container, where the AISM is adapted to be connected to one or more sites outside the container; and a heater, where the heater is positioned to heat the sorbent surface to one or both initialize the system and to assist in analysis of the AISM, where the AISM is adapted to receive an atmospheric ionizer directed at the region in front of the sorbent surface, where the atmospheric ionizer forms ions of molecules present one or both in the region in front of the sorbent surface and on the sorbent surface, where the AISM is adapted to connect to a spectroscopy system, where the spectroscopy system analyzes the ions formed by the atmospheric ionizer.