US Patent Issued to New Jersey Institute of Technology on Jan. 20 for "Ultrasound device for destruction of organic chemicals" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,721, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, N.J.).

"Ultrasound device for destruction of organic chemicals" was invented by Jay Meegoda (Orange, N.J.) and Jitendra Kewalramani (Iselin, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment method and system using high-frequency ultrasound for treating a waste stream containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) is disclosed. The system has one or more reactors including one or more transducers configured to operating at one or more frequencies to destroy or mineralize the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the waste stream using sono...