US 12,109,523 B2
Systems and methods of reducing airborne pathogens and contaminants in a breathing zone
Martin E. Toomajian, Brighton, MI (US); and Timothy E. Moore, Auburn, AL (US)
Assigned to MagPlasma, Inc., Brighton, MI (US)
Filed by Martin E. Toomajian, Brighton, MI (US); and Timothy E. Moore, Auburn, AL (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/227,347.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/010,054, filed on Apr. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0322915 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. B01D 46/00 (2022.01); B01D 46/10 (2006.01); B01D 46/44 (2006.01); F24F 3/163 (2021.01); F24F 8/108 (2021.01)
CPC B01D 46/10 (2013.01) [B01D 46/444 (2013.01); F24F 3/163 (2021.01); B01D 2265/028 (2013.01); B01D 2275/10 (2013.01); B01D 2279/65 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for reducing airborne pathogens and contaminants in a breathing zone of a person comprising:
a. a manifold assembly including a tube fitted with an air intake nozzle positioned at a breathing zone of a person such that an air gap is created between the person and the nozzle, wherein exhaled air is routed from the person to the manifold assembly via the tube;
b. a purification unit for purifying air by deactivating and/or filtering airborne pathogens and contaminants of the exhaled air supplied from the manifold assembly; and
c. a suction assembly for drawing the exhaled air from the breathing zone of the person, through the manifold assembly and the purification unit, to a one-way exhaust valve.