Patent · US Active

Fomite tumbler and method of transferring biological material

US8454224B1 · kind B1 · utility

0Cited by

0References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army · US

Inventors

Warren Gardner · Bel Air, US
Jerold R. Bottiger · Aberdeen, US
William Sayers · Joppatowne, US
Leslie I. Williams · Belcamp, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 29, 2010
Grant date	Jun 4, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 29, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/25
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A fomite tumbler and method of transferring an agent from a source object to one or more fomites is provided. The tumbler provides reproducible and adjustable experimental determination of agent transfer between objects such as during handling. The inventions provide a unique mechanism for studying the transfer of a biological agent through a public use system such as the United States Postal System.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.