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US 8,556,085 B2Granted
Anti-viral device
OwnerStuart Bogleinventor
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Abstract
An anti-viral device including a body having at least one side wall defining an interior space therein. The body has opposite first and second open ends, the open ends also defined by the at least one side wall and in fluid communication with the interior space. The device further includes at least one flap operatively connected to the at least one side wall and extending into the interior space from the at least one sidewall toward the longitudinal axis of the body, the at least one flap being flexible. And, the device also includes at least one groove disposed in a surface of the at least one flap.
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An anti-viral device comprising:
- a body having at least one side wall defining an interior space therein, the body having opposite first and second ends, said first and second ends also defined by the at least one side wall and said first and second ends being in fluid communication with the interior space;
- at least one flap associated with said at least one side wall and extending into the interior space from the at least one sidewall, the at least one flap being flexible and adapted to move between first and second positions;
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- at least one groove disposed in a surface of the at least one flap;
- wherein the at least one groove moves between a non-expanded condition and an expanded condition as the at least one flap moves between the first and second positions;
- wherein the at least one groove is sized larger than a virus the device is adapted to reduce, when the at least one groove is in the expanded condition, and wherein the at least one groove is sized smaller than a virus the device is adapted to reduce, when the at least one groove is in the non-expanded condition.
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An anti-viral apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a conduit for the passage of fluids defined therein, the conduit including an interior space;
- at least one flap associated with said conduit and extending into the interior space, the at least one flap being flexible and adapted to move between first and second positions;
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- at least one groove disposed in a surface of the at least one flap;
- wherein the at least one groove moves between a non-expanded condition and an expanded condition as the at least one flap moves between first and second positions;
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- wherein the at least one groove is sized larger than a virus the apparatus is adapted to reduce, when the at least one groove is in the expanded condition, and wherein the at least one groove is sized smaller than a virus the apparatus is adapted to reduce, when the at least one groove is in the non-expanded condition.
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An anti-viral apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a conduit for the passage of fluids defined therein, the conduit including an interior space;
- at least one flap associated with said conduit and extending into the interior space, the at least one flap being flexible, wherein the at least one flap is adapted to move between first and second positions, the first position being substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the body and the second position being substantially other than perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the body;
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- at least one groove disposed in a surface of the at least one flap;
- wherein the conduit allows for the passage of fluids through the housing when the at least one flap is in the first position and when the at least one flap is in the second position
- wherein the at least one groove moves between a non-expanded condition and an expanded condition as the at least one flap moves between the first and second positions;
- wherein the at least one groove is sized larger than a virus the device is adapted to reduce, when the at least one groove is in the expanded condition, and wherein the at least one groove is sized smaller than a virus the device is adapted to reduce, when the at least one groove is in the non-expanded condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.