Houston — As evidence showing a real risk of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus responsible for COVID-19) continues to mount, Integrated Viral Protection (IVP) has published a peer-reviewed paper detailing a novel biodefense indoor air protection technology.
The novel, heated HVAC filter has been proven to destroy 99.8% of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19. In addition, this technology offers protection against other biological pathogens on contact using a propriety biodefense technology. The breakthrough studies were conducted at the Texas Center for Superconductivity at University of Houston (TcSUH) & Galveston National Laboratory, the nation’s premier facility for biodefense research.
The first of its kind results confirmed this breakthrough technology to be 99.8% effective at killing the SARS-CoV-2. The scientific research behind this biodefense indoor air protection technology was published on July 7, 2020 in the Materials Today Physics journal.
Replicative studies on the biodefense filter system recently validated original findings from the Galveston National Laboratory, this time with the addition of non-ozone producing UVC-light. Even though a 270-fold higher concentration of aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) was used in these experiments, the biosampler was unable to detect any active virus, proving an enhanced first pass kill of 99.999% by this novel biodefense filter.
“We now know that SARS-CoV-2 is an airborne pathogen, capable of traveling through the air at greater distances than first thought. The virus can survive for hours, suspended in the air, resulting in COVID-19 spread through the air we breathe, necessitating the urgent need for an indoor air protection system,” says Dr. Faisal Cheema, associate professor of biomedical and clinical sciences at University of Houston College of Medicine. “This novel biodefense indoor air protection technology — endorsed by leading national and international scientists including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Argonne National Laboratory amongst others — offers the first in line prevention against environmentally mediated transmission of airborne SARS-CoV-2 and will be on the forefront of the armamentarium of technologies available to combat current COVID-19 pandemic and any future airborne biothreats indoors.”
“This breakthrough biodefense indoor air protection technology uses targeted highly porous, folded nickel-foam with high enough resistance encased in a fire-retardant frame,” says the lead physicist on the project, Professor Zhifeng Ren, director of the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH). “The nickel-foam is heated to temperatures proven sufficient to instantly kill the SARS-CoV-2 virus on contact in the recirculating air without significantly heating the ambient air. The nickel-foam is combined with HEPA filters and UV-C light to form a fortified biodefense indoor air protection system that captures and kills the virus instantaneously.”
“This invention is a safe and effective game-changer to reduce airborne transmission indoors,” says co-lead researcher Garrett K. Peel, MD, MHS, FACS.
The product offers a simple plug-and-play for both residential and commercial buildings. The family of products includes standalone units of various sizes or retrofitting installation kits for existing HVACs — all of which augment current air conditioning systems that recirculate air by purifying and disinfecting indoor environments through this breakthrough technology. The biodefense filter does not disturb air flow or produce harmful ozone. HVAC retrofitting will offer a more permanent solution to indoor and transportation environments as a defense to future biological threats.
The patent-pending air biodefense filtration system is permitted by the FDA to be sold during the Coronavirus disease.
Integrated Viral Protection (IVP) is a technology solutions company that specializes in the design of biodefense indoor air protection systems, such as its recently tested product shown to be 99.8% effective at killing the COVID-19 virus. IVP has formed a public/private partnership with a team of scientists, engineers and virologists and has collaborated to develop a promising biodefense indoor air protection system that combats COVID-19. For more information, visit www.IVPair.com.
SOURCE: Integrated Viral Protection (IVP)