EGIS™ Defender - Portable, Lightweight Explosives Trace Detector with Dual Detection Technology
The combination of Thermo’s high-speed gas chromatography (HSGC) and Micro Differential Ion Mobility Spectrometry (microDMxTM ) technologies enable the EGIS™ Defender to simultaneously detect plastic, commercial and military explosives, TATP, HMTD, and Nitrates as well as marker compounds the highest degree of sensitivity.
Due to this highly flexible dual technology platform, one of the EGIS™ Defender’s most significant features is its ability to respond to new and emerging threats through future software upgrades, thus ensuring effective maximum protection from explosives attacks well into the future. The EGIS™ Defender is used at airports, security checkpoints, nuclear facilities border crossings and any sensitive security points around the world that require protection from explosives.
Highest Sensitivity and Specificity at Lowest False Alarm Rate:
The EGIS™ Defender first applies HSGC to separate compounds of interest with extreme accuracy. Once the explosive samples have been separated the EGIS Defender then employs the unique ion filtering capabilities of microDMxTM to provide additional positive identification of trace amounts of explosives down to the sub-nanogram level.
Unlike existing analytical methods, Sionex's microDMxTM employs dedicated positive and negative ion detectors running simultaneously, significantly improving the ability to detect peroxide-based explosives such as TATP, as well as providing the ability to detect narcotics within the same analysis. Competing systems either alternate between detecting positive/negative ions, greatly reducing sensitivity and overall effectiveness in detecting the full range of threats.
