PORTABLE DEVICE FOR DETECTING DRUGS IN BREATH
A diagnostic device for verifying and also measuring the presence of drugs and/or psychotropic substances in the human body and/or of the metabolites deriving there from, by means of the analysis of the exhalation with the electromagnetic radiation absorption spectrograph technique, comprising: - an ampulla (1) for collecting the sample exhalation, with single-use mouthpieces (2) or similar means; - one electromagnetic radiation emission source (3); - a system (5) for the captation, analysis and taking over of the electromagnetic absorption spectrum of the sample exhalation, or only of some specific frequencies of the same; - a processing unit (8, 9) for the comparative or differential analysis of the electromagnetic absorption spectrum of the exhalation sample, with the absorption spectra of special reference exhalations, for working out from said analysis the presence of drugs and/or psychotropic substances, and/or of the metabolites deriving there from, in the body of the individual to be tested, and/or the different kinds of substances taken, as well as the amounts thereof and the time passed since their consumption; - updatable memory supports (10), containing the absorption spectra of said reference exhalations; - output peripherals (11), arranged for the display of the results of the analysis performed on the sample exhalation, and in case for recording the same onto a relevant support.
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