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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2008
Chang-yu Wu, Gainesville, FL (US);
Alexandros Demetrios Theodore, Plantation, FL (US);
Jin-hwa Lee, Plano, TX (US);
Lindsey Ann Riemenschneider, Gainesville, FL (US);
Chang-Yu Wu, Gainesville, FL (US);
Alexandros Demetrios Theodore, Plantation, FL (US);
Jin-Hwa Lee, Plano, TX (US);
Lindsey Ann Riemenschneider, Gainesville, FL (US);
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments provide bioaerosol detection systems and methods for detecting bioaerosols. In one embodiment, the bioaerosol detection system can include a humidifier to increase the humidity of a continuously flowing sample volume of a bioaerosol sample using a biologically compatible liquid medium, and an amplifier to deposit vapor on the bioaerosol sample for a particle size amplification process. Bioaerosol(s) can thus be detected and sampled while simultaneously maintaining their viability. The disclosed bioaerosol detection systems and the methods can provide high efficiency for sampling and detecting ultrafine bioaerosol(s) such as viruses and proteins, which can be smaller than 0.3 μm in diameter and can be as small as 20 nm.