Near-field narrow-band microwave device for inactivation of virus
OwnerFarrokh Mohamadiinventor
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Abstract
A microwave device for inactivation of viruses is disclosed. The microwave device comprising a housing and a field generator. The housing has a cavity configured to receive an object contaminated with viruses within the cavity and the field generator is configured to irradiate the cavity with microwave energy at a band of frequencies and a power level configured to inactivate the virus. The cavity is located within a near-field of a radiation pattern produced by the field generator at the band of frequencies and the microwave energy causes a dipole vibration on the virus that causes the virus to fracture.
Claims14
A method for inactivation of viruses with a microwave device, the method comprising:
- placing a contaminated object with a virus within a cavity of a housing;
- generating a microwave signal with a microwave signal generator, wherein the microwave signal is within a band of frequencies and a power level configured to inactivate the virus, wherein generating the microwave signal includes generating a first microwave signal at a first frequency, within the band of frequencies, and at a first power level;
- irradiating the cavity with a microwave energy generated by a field generator in response to receiving the microwave signal, wherein
- the cavity is within a near-field of the field generator and
- the microwave energy causes a dipole vibration on the virus that causes the virus to fracture;
- determining if the virus has been inactivated after irradiating the cavity with the first power level;
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- recording the first frequency and first power level if the virus has been inactivated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.