Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Ernest D. Bugg & Associates LLC
  • Hand-held detection system using GC/IMS
    Patent number: 6481263
    Abstract: A sampling and gas chromatographic separation detection system and method which is capable of sampling and analyzing particulate and vapors containing drug and explosive residues in real time. The system and method provide high speed and low power consumption from the combination of a cold ion mobility spectrometer (IMS) with a “heat-on-demand” gas chromatographic (GC) system which eliminates the need to continuously heat the device, thus making the detection system battery operable and portable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Intelligent Detection Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence V. Haley, Govindanunny Thekkadath