ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,514, issued on June 3.
"Fluid-flow sterilization engine and method for using the same" was invented by Michael John Spittler (Mentor, Ohio) and John Bowles (Mentor, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Efficient sterilization of a flow of fluid containing a pathogen/virus contaminant is achieved by filtering the fluid while exposing the contaminant to mechanical abrasion against a component of the filter system, ionization with material formed as a result of interaction of UV-radiation with an element of the filter system, and direct irradiation of the contaminant with UV-radiation."
The patent was filed on Aug. 18, 2021, under Applic...