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WAKEFIELD, Mass., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Implant Sciences Corporation (Amex: IMX; IMX.WS), which develops products for the radiation oncology, interventional cardiology, and orthopedic marketplaces, announced today that it has developed a system that can detect vapor from at least five types of explosives, at airborne concentrations measured in parts per trillion. The system is 100 to 1000 times more sensitive than the capabilities of explosive-sniffing dogs. It has been in research and development for over two years, can be portable and battery powered and is capable of detecting the presence of explosives from their natural vapor. This avoids having to harvest actual explosive particles and physically place them inside the machine, as must be done with certain other existing equipment.
A portable, battery powered prototype that has been completed can selectively identify a wide range of explosives, within one second, sound an alarm, and display and print out the concentrations in parts per trillion. The design of the system relies upon the Laser Resonant Enhanced Multi Photon Ionization (REMPI) phenomenon previously employed for isotope enrichment. The REMPI ion source is integrated with an Ion Mobility Spectrometer (IMS), an instrument that is currently used in explosives and narcotics detection. The combination of IMS with a REMPI ion source is a unique feature of Implant Sciences' system and gives it the enhanced sensitivity over other IMS systems. Management believes that the explosives detection market is expected to exceed $1 billion by 2003 worldwide. |
