Mobile analytical screening, verification, and containment system

摘要

This mobile sample isolation and containment system is designed to provide a chemical and biological screening and verification capability within an environmentally-controlled area while minimizing exposure of analytical instruments to contamination. Only those parts of the analytical instrument absolutely necessary for retrieving sample information are disposed within the potentially contaminated enclosure, while other electrical or optical components remain outside said enclosure. The system uses multiple technologies that target, interrogate, and describe the same sample. Therefore, an analyst will not need to remove a hazardous sample from containment before it is identified.

主权项

1. A mobile analytical sample containment system, comprising:
a sealed enclosure having at least one transparent face; a plurality of analytical instruments, each coupled to an outer surface of at least one face of the sealed enclosure, wherein only a sampling portion of each analytical instrument necessary to retrieve sample information is positioned inside and accessible from inside the sealed enclosure; at least one manipulation means for manipulating a sample contained within the sealed enclosure; and means for controlling the conditions within the sealed enclosure.