US 11,957,431 B2
Anti-pathogenic system
Fredrick Todd Howard, Banning, CA (US)
Assigned to AIR FORCE-FIELD SYSTEMS LLC, Chino Hills, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/031,230
Filed by Fredrick Todd Howard, Banning, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/054453
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 11, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/081496, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/090,285, filed on Oct. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/122,474, filed on Dec. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/176,369, filed on May 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/194,890, filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0392806 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A41D 13/11 (2006.01); F24F 7/003 (2021.01); F24F 8/30 (2021.01); F24F 9/00 (2006.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)
CPC A61B 5/0002 (2013.01) [A41D 13/1184 (2013.01); F24F 7/003 (2021.01); F24F 8/30 (2021.01); F24F 9/00 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01)] 49 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for keeping a protected area substantially clean from contaminants dangerous to a living organism, the system comprising:
one or more primary mass expulsion devices proximate to a periphery of the protected area, each primary mass expulsion device configured to export mass away from the protected area at a force calculated to prevent encroachment of contaminants into the protected area, each primary mass expulsion device comprising a communication module; and
one or more subsystem devices each comprising a portable mass expulsion device configured to be worn on a user's body, each portable mass expulsion device comprising a mass expulsion means, a power source, a mass export port, a mass intake port, and a communication module;
wherein through operation of the communication modules of the one or more primary mass expulsion devices and the communication modules of the one or more subsystem devices, the one or more primary mass expulsion devices communicate with the one or more subsystem devices.