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Thanks for that info GJB, I appreciate it
@somersetgreen There are many infectious diseases and you touch on just two - Norovirus and SARS-CoV-2, but up to 150 viruses can exist in Blackwater (waste from toilets that contain pathogens). Depending on the position of the detection unit a cruise ship may be able to identify a deck, a row of cabins or a column, assuming each floor includes the toilets in a stack from lower to higher deck.
As for identification, each pathogen binding agent is very specific to the target. The units will be single (1 target) detection or multiple as an in-line series of 4 for up to 4 pathogenic targets. If an alert is triggered, the crew doctor will be able to isolate the hotspot and individually test passenger cabin occupants before it spreads and isolate accordingly.
Once the detection occurs it will be necessary to replace the optical glass unit in the cartridge. It is not possible to insert an image here but you can see what I mean from the 3D animation and the image of the optical glass with the binding agent attached. here
https://twitter.com/gjbrandon/status/1267447643619364864?s=20
https://twitter.com/gjbrandon/status/1266014306329669635?s=20
Hi all, newly invested here
Looking beyond the immediate Covid application for Rhincloud testing of waste/sewage water, I see really interesting possibilities for the product on cruise ships, I work in the cruise industry. There is a constant air of paranoia on cruise ships about infectious disease, mostly norovirus. One of the difficulties of early detection is that guests (and to a lesser degree crew) are reluctant to report symptoms as they know they will be placed in isolation, effectively ruining their holiday, so will try to get away with it rather than going to the ships doctor. A method of detecting such diseases immediately and thus informing ships management of the need to introduce increased sanitation would be really useful.
I wonder, if testing devices were fitted in ships (or anywhere else) upon global recognition of an outbreak of a new disease such as Covid or its inevitable successors, would the software be able to be updated remotely to identify the new threat, or would new cartridges need to be retrofitted?