A Low Cost, Portable Device for Breath Analysis and Self-monitoring, the Wize Sniffer

Danila Germanese, Marco Righi, Antonio Benassi, Mario D'Acunto, Giuseppe Riccardo Leone, Massimo Magrini, Paolo Paradisi, Dario Puppi, Ovidio Salvetti

Abstract: Here we describe the implementation of the first prototype of the Wize Sniffer 1.x (WS 1.x), a low cost, portable electronic device for breath analysis. The device is being developed in the framework of the Collaborative European Project SEMEOTICONS (SEMEiotic Oriented Technology for Individuals CardiOmetabolic risk self-assessmeNt and Self-monitoring). In the frame of SEMEOTICONS project, the Wize Sniffer will help the user monitor his/her state of health, in particular giving feedbacks about those noxious habits for cardio-metabolic risk, such as alcohol intake and smoking. The low cost and compactness of the device allows for a daily screening that, even if without a real diagnostic meaning, could represent a pre-monitoring, useful for an optimal selection of more sophisticated and standard medical analysis.