Patent for Scanning the Air for Viruses in Real Time
BioE Professor Jeffrey Ruberti was awarded a patent for designing a “Continuous flow air sampling and rapid pathogen detection system.”
Abstract Source: USPTO
Methods and devices for continuous flow monitoring of a liquid sample for presence of an airborne microbial pathogen are provided. The liquid sample can be derived from environmental air. The methods and devices provide for continuous labeling of a targeted pathogen in the liquid sample with a fluorescent probe. A customized fluorescence detector is provided that can detect labeled pathogens during continuous flow.