Cdex

Cdex files apparatus patent application for portable illicit drug detector

Published in Medicine and Law Weekly, August 4th, 2006

Cdex, Inc., (CEXI) has filed an apparatus patent application for its Portable, Hand-held Methamphetamine and Illicit Drug Detector in preparation for its entry into the Homeland Security market.

The apparatus is capable of detecting trace amounts of methamphetamine, other illicit drugs, and other chemical substances. The apparatus incorporates Cdex core technology and will provide first responders (i.e., law enforcement, fire fighters, and HAZMAT teams) with a cost effective, real time method of conducting non-contact, non-destructive, field tests of suspicious substances.

Detection is accomplished by scanning a spectral beam across a surface to...

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Source: Medicine and Law Weekly (2006-08-04)

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