BREATH COLLECTION DEVICE AND METHOD

摘要

The present invention relates to a simple, efficient and accurate breath collection device and a corresponding method for collecting the breath of a patient for analysis. The device comprises a gas mixture container (1) containing a gas mixture for inhalation by the patient, and a breathing unit (2) containing an inlet (21) connected to said gas mixture container (1) for letting in gas from the gas mixture container (1), an outlet (22) for letting out gas exhaled by the patientand a breathing element (23) for inhaling gas from the inlet (21) and exhaling gas to the outlet (22). The gas mixture container (1) contains a gas mixture containing a predetermined set of volatile organic compounds (VOC) markers.