ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,248, issued on April 14, was assigned to AirTulip Inc. (New York).

"Systems and method for eliminating airborne contaminants" was invented by Arjen de Jong (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for removing airborne contaminants from a defined space above a bed. The apparatus includes a headboard having an air flow outlet adjacent to the defined space and an air flow inlet incorporated into the bed or the headboard outside of the defined space. The apparatus then provides a conduit for transporting air from the inlet to the outlet, an air treatment module within or adjacent the conduit for extracting air-...