DEVICE AND METHOD FOR biometric markers in exhaled breath condensate

摘要

The present invention includes an apparatus (10) and a method for testing exhaled breath condensate for at least one biometric marker, including a substrate (20) for collecting exhaled breath condensate, the substrate capable of being brought to a temperature below a dew point of vapor in exhaled breath, a collector (30) for retaining the substrate and for receiving a biometric marker reagent (35). The invention may further include receiving exhaled breath in a collector, the collector comprising a substrate, the substrate being at a temperature below a dew point of vapor in exhaled breath, collecting the exhaled breath condensate on the substrate, and bringing a biometric marker reagent in contact with the substrate.