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Biological particle collector and method for collecting biological particles

US8250903B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21References

27Claims

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Assignees

President and Fellows of Harvard College · US
University of Massachusetts · US

Inventors

James McDevitt · Boston, US
Donald K. Milton · University Park, US
Petros Koutrakis · Wellesley, US
Stephen T. Ferguson · Billerica, US
Jack M. Wolfson · Brookline, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2010
Grant date	Aug 28, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 6, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2001/2223
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Provided are devices and methods for the collection of bioaerosols (such as viruses, bacteria, and proteins) from the exhaled breath of humans and/or animals, for the purpose of determining, for example, particle size, generation rate, diseases and interventions for particle release.

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