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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2010
Warren L. Gardner, Bel Air, MD (US);
Jerold R. Bottiger, Aberdeen, MD (US);
William R. Sayers, Joppa, MD (US);
Leslie I. Williams, Belcamp, MD (US);
Warren L. Gardner, Bel Air, MD (US);
Jerold R. Bottiger, Aberdeen, MD (US);
William R. Sayers, Joppa, MD (US);
Leslie I. Williams, Belcamp, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A fomite tumbler and method of transferring an agent from a source object to one or more fomites is provided. The tumbler provides reproducible and adjustable experimental determination of agent transfer between objects such as during handling. The inventions provide a unique mechanism for studying the transfer of a biological agent through a public use system such as the United States Postal System.