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Leaving me breathless - analysing your exhalation

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cstanton over 4 years ago

For medical reasons, I'm interested in measuring the following, with the ability to capture the data and plot it over time from the air that you exhale / breathe out:

 

- hydrogen sulfide

- nitric oxide

 

I would be tempted to also say that heart rate would be nice at this point as well, but that can be pulled from other devices that somewhat do it better (eg. fitbit - though it'd be nice to plot the data against one another..)

 

I don't know what sensors I'd use for this or where to start looking?

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 4 years ago +4
    Here's a small device that does that: https://www.rkiinstruments.com/product/portable-gas-detector/ They measure : Combustible Gases (Methane as standard) Oxygen (O2) Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) Carbon Monoxide…
  • Gough Lui
    Gough Lui over 4 years ago +1
    Perhaps there are MOX-based gas sensors that could detect them, but I wouldn't necessarily trust them to be all that selective as cross-sensitivity is a known issue. Because these operate on a hotplate…
  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 4 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps +1
    I checked the price. It's around $ 500. As an alternative, we can check with Randall if a combination of these sensors would be up for a road test. Or maybe a design challenge?
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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 4 years ago

    Here's a small device that does that: https://www.rkiinstruments.com/product/portable-gas-detector/

    They measure :

    Combustible Gases (Methane as standard)

    Oxygen (O2)

    Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S)

    Carbon Monoxide (CO)

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    cstanton over 4 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    Mmm, doesn't appear to do NO (Nitric Oxide) ?

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    cstanton over 4 years ago in reply to Jan Cumps

    Mmm, doesn't appear to do NO (Nitric Oxide) ?

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 4 years ago in reply to cstanton

    No. It can either do one of these combinations:

    CH4, O2, NO2 (natrium dioxide) & CO or

    CH4, O2, H2S & CO

     

    Design Contest Time!

     

    (contenders would need to have access to characterised samples of the gasses though)

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