Patent ID: 8485984
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A portable system for collecting a plurality of samples of breath of a subject, the system comprising: a nasal cannula adapted to convey exhaled breaths from the subject to said system; a pump for collecting said breaths from the nasal cannula of the subject by means of the pump's suction effect, ensuring the inputting of the breath sample; said pump located in the system at a position post said cannula and post a capnographic analyzer and before a plurality of sample containers; said plurality of sample containers; said capnographic analyzer adapted to indicate the waveform of said exhaled breaths of the subject; a controller adapted to receive input at least from said capnographic analyzer; a sample distributor adapted to receive said breath motioned by said pump and to direct different predetermined samples of said exhaled breaths to different ones of said plurality of sample containers, according to said controller; and a valving system adapted to select at least part of said exhaled breaths for passing to said sample distributor, according to said controller.