Method and apparatus for deactivating antigenic substance through positive and negative ions functions
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuo Nishikawa, Hideo Nojima, Tetsuya Yoneda, Kazuhisa Ono, Seiko Shigeta, Masatoshi Oshita
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of deactivating an antigenic substance by causing positive and negative ions to act on the antigenic substance, and the positive and negative ions are caused to act in an atmosphere in which each of positive ion concentration and negative ion concentration is at least about 50,000/cm3, and more preferably, at least about 100,000/cm3.
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A method of deactivating an antigenic substance included in a living organism wherein said antigenic substance acts on a living body to cause an allergic reaction as one type of antigen-antibody reaction thereby inducing allergic disease, wherein the antigenic substance is a substance included in pollen of cedar, cypress or ragweed, or mites, which method comprises the step of:
- causing positive and negative ions to act on said antigenic substance in an atmosphere in which each of positive ion concentration and negative ion concentration is at least about 50,000/cm3, wherein the positive ions are H3O+(H2O)n (n is 0 or a natural number), and the negative ions are O2−(H2O)m (m is 0 or a natural number).
An apparatus for deactivating an antigenic substance included in a living organism wherein said antigenic substance acts on a living body to cause an allergic reaction as one type of antigen-antibody reaction thereby inducing allergic disease, wherein the antigenic substance is a substance included in pollen of cedar, cypress or ragweed, or mites, said apparatus having a mechanism for emitting positive and negative ions to the air, causing the positive and negative ions to act on the antigenic substance in an atmosphere in which each of positive ion concentration and negative ion concentration is at least about 50,000/cm3 and to generate at least one of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), hydrogen dioxide (HO2) and hydroxy radical (.OH).
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