Development of a solid state analyzer for breath analysis

Breath analysis is a non-invasive procedure for the potential diagnostics of a broad range of medical pathologies which could be easily performed at clinics and doctor rooms. The development of a breath analyzer based on MOS sensors and designed for this scope is here described. The developed analyzer should replace and improve the analytical procedures so far performed with conventional techniques (e.g. GC-MS) which are generally expensive and time consuming and therefore not suitable for routine analysis in clinical environment.