US Patent Issued to TOMI Environmental Solutions on April 15 for "Decontamination device and method using shearing of cleaning fluid by cavitation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,804, issued on April 15, was assigned to TOMI Environmental Solutions Inc..

"Decontamination device and method using shearing of cleaning fluid by cavitation" was invented by Halden Stuart Shane (Beverly Hills, Calif.) and Johnny Sullivan Cato (Lynwood, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for decontaminating substantially enclosed environments by using ultrasonic cavitation of a cleaning fluid to produce a low pressure, low air flow mist that can be activated by a nonthermal plasma actuator to create a cloud of activated hydroxyl species with the capacity to decontaminate articles, open surfaces or substantial...