ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,967, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for monitoring bioaerosols and method thereof" was invented by Jung Ho Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Hyeong Rae Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang Gwon An (Uijeongbu-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an apparatus for monitoring bioaerosols, which includes a capturer configured to capture bioaerosol particles in air in a capture solution; a first droplet discharger configured to electro-spray the capture solution, in which the particles are captured, in a form of first droplets; a ...