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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2006
Iain F. Mcvey, Lakewood, OH (US);
Lewis I. Schwartz, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Michael A. Centanni, Parma, OH (US);
George W. Wagner, Elkton, MD (US);
Iain F. McVey, Lakewood, OH (US);
Lewis I. Schwartz, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Michael A. Centanni, Parma, OH (US);
George W. Wagner, Elkton, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Steris Inc., Temecula, CA (US);
Abstract
Hydrogen peroxide is vaporized () and mixed () with ammonia gas in a ratio between 1:1 and 1:0.0001. The peroxide and ammonia vapor mixture are conveyed to a treatment area () to neutralize V-type, H-type, or G-type chemical agents, pathogens, biotoxins, spores, prions, and the like. The ammonia provides the primary deactivating agent for G-type agents with the peroxide acting as an accelerator. The peroxide acts as the primary agent for deactivating V-type and H-type agents, pathogens, biotoxins, spores, and prions. The ammonia acts as an accelerator in at least some of these peroxide deactivation reactions.