US Patent Issued to University of Central Florida Research Foundation on May 12 for "Antiviral electrospun fibers and methods of reducing airborne pathogen spread" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,473, issued on May 12, was assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Antiviral electrospun fibers and methods of reducing airborne pathogen spread" was invented by Lei Zhai (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of forming an antiviral facial mask that is capable of not only filtering pathogen particles, but also deactivating pathogen particles prior to exposure by the wearer. Typical facial masks do not deactivate pathogen particles, but rather merely capture viral particles on an outer surface of the mask. As such, the masks present a risk of interaction between the mask wear...