System and method for detection of a contaminated beverage

a technology for detecting systems and beverages, applied in the field of system and methods, can solve problems such as the user that the beverage in the beverage container is contaminated before too much, and achieve the effect of improving the detection accuracy and reducing the detection cos

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-06-28
ABRAMSON MICHAEL T
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[0010]Advantageously, by using the beverage container itself as the testing material, the is user is provided with a (near) effortless and continuous monitoring of the beverage within the beverage container without such illustrative burdens required by the prior art, such as, inter alia, remembering to bring a testing kit (disguised or otherwise) with a sufficient number of testin

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The reaction, e.g., color change, may then rapidly alert the user that the beverage in the beverage

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[0023]As can be appreciated by those skilled in the art, there are well known techniques and testing materials that may be used to detect the presence of drugs in a liquid. For example, as noted above with reference to U.S. Pat. No. 6,153,147, a device or testing strip may comprise one or more reagent indicators deposited on an absorptive carrier (e.g., filtration paper). Different reagent indicators may be used for detecting different drugs. For example, flunitrazepam, which is commonly known as Rohypnol or “Ruffies”, is a member of a class of compounds known as benzodiazepines. A reaction with Zimmermann's reagent, or a reaction with a platinum / potassium iodide test system, for example, can illustratively detect this class of compound. 4-Hydroxybutanoic acid, also known as gamma hydroxy butyrate (GHB), is a commonly known anesthetic. GHB can illustratively be identified in a reaction system with, e.g., bromo cresol purple. Ketamine is another anesthetic which can illus...

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A system and method for a beverage container configured to test for a contaminated beverage in the beverage container comprises a base of the beverage container, an upper portion of the beverage container, and a sidewall with an inner surface and an outer surface that extends from the base to the upper portion, and a testing material. A portion of the beverage container is the testing material configured to visibly react when the portion of the beverage container is contacted with the contaminated beverage.

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FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE[0001]The present disclosure relates generally to contamination detection, and, more particularly, to detecting when a beverage has been contaminated.BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE[0002]Drug facilitated sexual assaults are a ubiquitous problem. Commonly known as “date rape”, the sexual assault generally occurs while the victim is incapacitated due to unknowingly imbibing chemical substances (i.e., drugs) surreptitiously placed in the victim's beverage by an assailant. Some common drugs associated with date rape are, e.g., Rohypnol, Ketamine, GHB (Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate), GBL (Gamma Butyrolactone), and 1,4-butanediol. Once ingested, the chemicals may act rapidly in the human body, often within 20 minutes, causing physical and psychological symptoms such as disinhibition, muscle relaxation, passivity, and loss of will to resist an assailant.[0003]There are known techniques for detecting when a victim has ingested such drugs. For example, Woods et al., Journal of Ch...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D85/00
CPCB01L3/5023B01L3/5025B01L2300/0825G01N33/94B01L2400/0406B65D79/02G01N33/14B01L2300/0854
Inventor ABRAMSON, MICHAEL T.
Owner ABRAMSON MICHAEL T
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