Hound is a complete device that integrates Raman spectroscopy, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), and microscopy to characterize any particle. Hound enables users to size, count, and ID particles by their elemental or chemical fingerprints.
Hound is equipped with all of these capabilities in one platform and collects the data that users need about their particles, in just a few minutes.
- Shape
- Size
- Count
- Elemental ID
- Chemical ID
Key Applications
- Assess pharmaceutical delivery devices such as injectables, inhalers, syringes, etc.
- Visible and subvisible particle counting and identification
- Particle characterization in wet samples or powder dispersions
- Particle characterization by size and morphology
- Root cause analysis and identification of contaminants or unknown particles
- Identify particles by Raman and/or laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)
Key Features
- 532 nm Raman, 785 nm Raman, and LIBS in a single instrument
- Up to 50X microscopic imaging in bright and dark field
- Image capture at 5.1 megapixels
- Measures particles between 2 microns and 15 mm
- Identifies particles by Raman as small as 2 microns
- Identifies particles by LIBS as small as 20 microns
- Size and/or morphology-directed particle identification
- Manual or automated operational modes
- Up to 4 samples analyzed in an automated experiment
- Gold-coated filters and glass surfaces, which improve signal/noise and are Raman inactive
- Guided software for manual or automated particle identification with Raman and/or LIBS
- User-defined, transferrable experimental methods to store and share experiment parameters
- Built-in data integrity checks with experiment, method, database, and report file validations
- 21 CFR part 11 compliance tools included
- Preloaded with 532 nm Raman, 785 nm Raman, and LIBS spectral information for 200+ common particles
- Expandable and customizable spectral reference library to refine identifications
Unchained Labs Hound Demo Video