Biotechnix - Volume Particle Collection Technology
Aerosols from natural, anthropogenic and industrial sources—as well as airborne chemical and biological warfare agents—are a significant threat to human health and safety. Effective sampling and collection of aerosol particles is a critical first step in the detection and identification of these hazards. Identification methods such as immunological or nucleic acid assays typically require the aerosol particles to be delivered in a liquid medium. Biotechnix has filled the need for a “front-end” device that collects these aerosols and delivers them in a concentrated suspension or solution.
Aerosol sampling is especially challenging in windy, misty, dusty or rainy locations, and can be complicated when the aerosol sampling device is mounted on a mobile vehicle such as a truck, airplane, marine vessel, or riverine vehicle. Biotechnix has developed a novel aerosol sampling inlet which is insensitive to wind direction and speed, and is weather and wave tolerant.
The Biotechnix aerosol-to-liquid collection and delivery system accepts raw or concentrated aerosols and delivers aerosol particles in small droplets of fluid. This can serve as the front end to a number of biochemical or physical detection platforms in the security, military, and biomedical fields, as well as in environmental and industrial sampling and monitoring applications.