JBPDS Joint Biological Spot Detection System

The Joint Biological Point Detection System is a robust biodetection instrument suite that is fully functional in any operational environment the user may encounter. JBPDS provides automatic detection and identification of airborne biological agents at very low levels, triggers local and remote warning systems, and communicates threat information over standard communication systems. Using laser-induced fluorescence, the trigger/detector continuously evaluates the atmospheric background for traces of potential biological agents. When the system detects something of a suspicious nature, the collector/concentrator is initiated to sample hundreds of liters of air per minute, providing a small amount of liquid containing the collected aerosol sample. This sample is then evaluated for specific biological agents using immune assays (similar to a pregnancy test strip) with an automated reader assembly. If the assay shows signs of biological agents, an alarm is sounded and a portion of the collected sample is provided for gold-standard laboratory analysis.