Method and Apparatus for Bioweapon Decontamination
Description of Invention:
It is in the interest of the public health and national security that the Public Health Service find a licensee for the commercial development and rapid dissemination of the apparatus and method of this invention.
The apparatus enables the decontamination of articles contaminated with bioweapons, more particularly sporolated bioweapons of which anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) is of notable concern. The system includes enclosing the article to be decontaminated in a humidified environment thus enhancing the susceptibility of spores to decontamination gases such as chlorine dioxide. Vacuum sealing the chamber and exposing the contaminated article to decontamination gases kills 100% of the spores.
Inventors:
Deborah S. Wilson (ORS)
Patent Status:
DHHS Reference No. E-218-2003/0-US-01 -- U.S. Provisional Application 60/537,457 filed 16 Jan 2004
DHHS Reference No. E-218-2003/0-PCT-02 -- PCT Application No. PCT/US05/00766 filed 13 Jan 2005
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