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US 9,170,178 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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A device for air sampling, comprising:
- a. a housing;
- b. a capture matrix positioned in the housing, wherein the capture matrix has a biomixture therewith, and wherein the biomixture comprises a mixture of a water soluble polymer, water, and from about 0.005 to about 0.1 parts per billion (ppb) of a connective tissue protein;
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- c. a vacuum pump attachment for attaching a vacuum pump to the housing for drawing air through the capture matrix.
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