Novel non intrusive continuous use ZeBox technology to trap and kill airborne microbes.

Autor: Phadke KS; Biomoneta Research Private Limited, Bangalore, 560065, India.; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011, USA., Madival DG; Biomoneta Research Private Limited, Bangalore, 560065, India.; Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India., Venkataraman J; Biomoneta Research Private Limited, Bangalore, 560065, India., Kundu D; Biomoneta Research Private Limited, Bangalore, 560065, India., Ramanujan KS; Biomoneta Research Private Limited, Bangalore, 560065, India., Holla N; Biomoneta Research Private Limited, Bangalore, 560065, India., Arakeri J; Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India., Tomar G; Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India., Datta S; Biomoneta Research Private Limited, Bangalore, 560065, India.; Bugworks Research, Bangalore, 560066, India., Ghatak A; Biomoneta Research Private Limited, Bangalore, 560065, India. arindam@biomoneta.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2021 Nov 23; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 22779. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Nov 23.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-02184-4
Abstrakt: Preventing nosocomial infection is a major unmet need of our times. Existing air decontamination technologies suffer from demerits such as toxicity of exposure, species specificity, noxious gas emission, environment-dependent performance and high power consumption. Here, we present a novel technology called "ZeBox" that transcends the conventional limitations and achieves high microbicidal efficiency. In ZeBox, a non-ionizing electric field extracts naturally charged microbes from flowing air and deposits them on engineered microbicidal surfaces. The surface's three dimensional topography traps the microbes long enough for them to be inactivated. The electric field and chemical surfaces synergistically achieve rapid inactivation of a broad spectrum of microbes. ZeBox achieved near complete kill of airborne microbes in challenge tests (5-9 log reduction) and [Formula: see text] efficiency in a fully functional stem cell research facility in the presence of humans. Thus, ZeBox fulfills the dire need for a real-time, continuous, safe, trap-and-kill air decontamination technology.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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