Method and apparatus for bioweapon decontamination

US7776292B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• C-Dic Co., Ltd. · US
• The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services · US
• CDG Research Corporation · US

Inventors

• Deborah E. Wilson · Dunn Loring, US
• Katherine K. Lock · Bethesda, US
• Murray L. Cohen · Fort Worth, US
• Thomas E. McWhorter · Whitehall, US
• Aaron Rosenblatt · New York, US
• Theodore J. Traum · Rio Rancho, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 13, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 17, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L2/20
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to the decontamination of articles contaminated (or thought to be contaminated) with bioweapons, such as methods and apparatus for decontaminating articles contaminated with sporualated bioweapons. In some embodiments, the methods are methods of decontaminating an environment, for example a room or building contaminated with a bioweapon.