US Patent Issued to United States Army as Represented by the Secretary of the Army on June 10 for "Horizontal whole-body exposure apparatus" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,773, issued on June 10, was assigned to United States Army as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington).

"Horizontal whole-body exposure apparatus" was invented by Michael S Horsmon (Joppa, Md.) and Dennis B Miller (Rising Sun, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a horizontal whole body chamber (HWBC) for conducting whole-body exposure analyses therein. The HWBC is configured to provide a uniform distribution of a test material within an air flow to achieve reliable whole body exposure. The HWBC achieves uniform mixing over short distance lengths to provide whole body exposure chambers that are p...