ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,686, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Jerome Canady Research Institute for Advanced Biological and Technological Sciences (Takoma Park, Md.).
"Air flow treatment system and method for ventilation systems" was invented by Jerome Canady (Lakeland, Fla.), Taisen Zhuang (Rockville, Md.), Xiaoqian Cheng (Fairfax, Va.) and Saravana Murthy (Owings, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for using cold atmospheric plasma to treat an air flow to inactivate viruses and sterilize the air flow. The system comprises a source of a carrier gas, a humidifier connected to said source of a carrier gas, a source of a feed gas, a plasm...