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US 10,227,631 B2Granted
Composition, device, and method for biological air sampling
OwnerEdward Sobekinventor
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to air sampling of biological compounds. Specifically, the present invention relates to a device and method for sampling the ambient air for detecting microbial propagules, microbial propagules being any spore, vegetative cell, or virion of microbiological origin including all bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoans, molds, slime molds, chlamydospores, hyphae, and cysts.
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An air sampling matrix comprising:
- an air sampling capture matrix substrate comprising a plurality of woven fibers having a biomixture coating applied over the substrate fibers, wherein the biomixture comprises
- a. a mixture of a water soluble synthetic polymer with water;
- and
- b. from about 0.005 to about 0.1 parts per billion (ppb) of a glycoprotein added to the polymer-water mixture for forming a liquid biomixture;
- and
- a plurality of microbial propagules collected on the biomixture coated fibers.
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A method of collecting microbial propagules, comprising:
- a. applying a liquid biomixture to an air sampling capture matrix substrate comprising a plurality of woven fibers, wherein the biomixture comprises a mixture of a water soluble synthetic polymer, water, and from about 0.005 to about 0.1 parts per billion (ppb) of a glycoprotein;
- b. making a fluid connection between the substrate and a vacuum pump for collecting an air sample therethrough;
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- collecting a plurality of the microbial propagules on the biomixture coated fibers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.