Patents Assigned to Sensa Bues AB
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Patent number: 11567011Abstract: A portable system is disclosed for collecting a sample from exhaled breath of a subject. Drug substance in the exhaled breath are detected or determined. The sample is collected for further analysis using mass-spectroscopy. The system comprises a sampling unit and a housing arranged to hold the sampling unit, the sampling unit is adapted to collect non-volatile and volatile compounds of the at least one drug substance from the exhaled breath from the subject. The housing has at least one inlet for the subject to exhale into the housing to the sampling unit and at least one outlet for the exhaled breath to exit through.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Sensa Bues ABInventors: Göran Palmskog, Olof Beck
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Patent number: 10520439Abstract: A portable system (10) is disclosed for collecting a sample from exhaled breath of a subject. Drug substance in the exhaled breath are detected or determined. The sample is collected for further analysis using mass-spectroscopy. The system comprises a sampling unit (14) and a housing (12) arranged to hold the sampling unit (14), the sampling unit (14) is adapted to collect non-volatile and volatile compounds of the at least one drug substance from the exhaled breath from the subject. The housing (12) has at least one inlet (15) for the subject to exhale into the housing (12) to the sampling unit (14) and at least one outlet (16) for the exhaled breath to exit through.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Sensa Bues ABInventors: Göran Palmskog, Olof Beck
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Patent number: 10359417Abstract: A portable method and sampling device for collecting aerosols comprising biomarkers from exhaled breath of a subject for further sensor based analysis. The sampling device (41) comprising a housing (406) comprising at least one inlet (407) and at least one outlet (408) for the exhaled breath to exit through, and a sampling membrane arranged in the housing. The sampling membrane is arranged to collect the aerosols from said exhaled breath.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Sensa Bues ABInventors: Bo Hammarlund, Olof Beck
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Patent number: 9977011Abstract: A portable drug sampling device for handheldly collecting a sample from exhaled breath of a subject for further sensor based analysis. The device comprising: a housing (406) comprising at least one inlet (407) and at least one outlet (408) for the exhaled breath to exit through, and a sampling membrane (302) arranged in the housing. A tubular element (40) having a mouthpiece section (401) for the subject to exhale into, and a saliva trap section comprising baffles (103) to create a non-straight gas flow path for letting aerosols pass through the tubular element. The sampling membrane (302) is arranged to collect the aerosols from the exhaled breath. The portable drug testing device further comprises a volume collecting element (208).Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Sensa Bues ABInventor: Bo Hammarlund
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Patent number: 9429564Abstract: A method recovering one or more nonvolatile compounds from an exhaled aerosol collected on an electrostatic filter membrane (205) comprises eluting the nonvolatile compounds from the filter with a polar solvent and collecting the eluate. The method is useful for processing samples collected from a portable breath analysis device comprising a sampling filter membrane for analysis.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Sensa Bues ABInventor: Olof Beck
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Publication number: 20140366609Abstract: A portable drug sampling device for handheldly collecting a sample from exhaled breath of a subject for further sensor based analysis. The device comprising: a housing (406) comprising at least one inlet (407) and at least one outlet (408) for the exhaled breath to exit through, and a sampling membrane (302) arranged in the housing. A tubular element (40) having a mouthpiece section (401) for the subject to exhale into, and a saliva trap section comprising baffles (103) to create a non-straight gas flow path for letting aerosols pass through the tubular element. The sampling membrane (302) is arranged to collect the aerosols from the exhaled breath. The portable drug testing device further comprises a volume collecting element (208).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2012Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: SENSA BUES ABInventor: Bo Hammarlund
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Publication number: 20140204374Abstract: A device, system, and methods are disclosed for detecting the presence or determining a quantitative amount of at least one drug substance from exhaled breath of a subject in-situ. A collecting surface has a Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)-active layer that comprises at least one SERS-active material. The collecting surface is arranged as an outer surface of a waveguide for contact with exhaled breath, such that at least traces of said at least one drug substance in said exhaled breath can contact said SERS-active layer for read-out of a Raman shift spectrum that is detected in-situ for said detecting the presence or determining the quantitative amount of said at least one drug substance from said exhaled breath.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: Sensa Bues ABInventors: Göran Palmskog, Olof Beck, Per Ola Andersson
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Patent number: 8705029Abstract: A device, system, and methods are disclosed for detecting the presence or determining a quantitative amount of at least one drug substance from exhaled breath of a subject in-situ. A collecting surface has a Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)-active layer that comprises at least one SERS-active material. The collecting surface is arranged as an outer surface of a waveguide for contact with exhaled breath, such that at least traces of said at least one drug substance in said exhaled breath can contact said SERS-active layer for read-out of a Raman shift spectrum that is detected in-situ for said detecting the presence or determining the quantitative amount of said at least one drug substance from said exhaled breath.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Sensa Bues ABInventors: Göran Palmskog, Olof Beck, Per Ola Andersson
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Publication number: 20130128260Abstract: A device, system, and methods are disclosed for detecting the presence or determining a quantitative amount of at least one drug substance from exhaled breath of a subject in-situ. A collecting surface has a Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)-active layer that comprises at least one SERS-active material. The collecting surface is arranged as an outer surface of a waveguide for contact with exhaled breath, such that at least traces of said at least one drug substance in said exhaled breath can contact said SERS-active layer for read-out of a Raman shift spectrum that is detected in-situ for said detecting the presence or determining the quantitative amount of said at least one drug substance from said exhaled breath.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: May 23, 2013Applicant: SENSA BUES ABInventor: Sensa Bues AB
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Publication number: 20130066223Abstract: A drug interlock for vehicles based on exhaled breath directed onto said SERS-active substrate, wherein a detected drug substance in exhaled breath of a subject locks said vehicle from use for at least a pre-determined time or a repeated exhaled breath test where no drugs are detected. A collecting surface has a Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)-active layer that comprises at least one SERS-active material. The collecting surface is arranged as an outer surface of a waveguide for contact with exhaled breath, such that at least traces of said at least one drug substance in said exhaled breath can contact said SERS-active layer for read-out of a Raman shift spectrum that is detected in-situ for said detecting the presence or determining the quantitative amount of said at least one drug substance from said exhaled breath.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: SENSA BUES ABInventors: Olof Beck, Bo Hammarlund
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Patent number: 8368883Abstract: A sensor for detecting a drug substance (15) from exhaled breath of a subject in-situ. Its collecting surface has a Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)-active layer (14) of a SERS-active material. The collecting surface is arranged as an outer surface of a waveguide (12) for contact with exhaled breath, such that at least traces of said drug substance (15) in said exhaled breath can contact said SERS-active layer for read-out of a Raman shift spectrum.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Sensa Bues ABInventors: Göran Palmskog, Olof Beck, Per Ola Andersson
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Publication number: 20120302907Abstract: A portable system (10) is disclosed for collecting a sample from exhaled breath of a subject. Drug substance in the exhaled breath are detected or determined. The sample is collected for further analysis using mass-spectroscopy. The system comprises a sampling unit (14) and a housing (12) arranged to hold the sampling unit (14), the sampling unit (14) is adapted to collect non-volatile and volatile compounds of the at least one drug substance from the exhaled breath from the subject. The housing (12) has at least one inlet (15) for the subject to exhale into the housing (12) to the sampling unit (14) and at least one outlet (16) for the exhaled breath to exit through.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2010Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: SENSA BUES ABInventors: Göran Palmskog, Olof Beck
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Publication number: 20120212735Abstract: A sensor for detecting a drug substance (15) from exhaled breath of a subject in-situ. Its collecting surface has a Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)-active layer (14) of a SERS-active material. The collecting surface is arranged as an outer surface of a waveguide (12) for contact with exhaled breath, such that at least traces of said drug substance (15) in said exhaled breath can contact said SERS-active layer for read-out of a Raman shift spectrum.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2010Publication date: August 23, 2012Applicant: SENSA BUES ABInventors: Göran Palmskog, Olof Beck, Per Ola Andersson
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Patent number: D876257Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignees: Sensa Bues AB, Partnership for Clean CompetitionInventors: John Trainor, Michael Pearlmutter