SBIR Phase I: Antiviral Electromagnetic Pulses (COVID-19)

SBIR 第一阶段：抗病毒电磁脉冲 (COVID-19)

• 批准号: 2035140
• 负责人: harry marr
• 金额: $ 24.3万
• 依托单位: EPIRUS, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-12-01 至 2022-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2035140&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Antiviral; Electromagnetic; Pulses

The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is an energetically-based device to eliminate pathogens safely.  The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of sanitizing and protecting against viral pathogens known and unknown. The proposed approach of using energy for disruption of viral particles has high potential for sanitization.  This electromagnetic approach can penetrate walls, thereby offering a method to sanitize hard-to-access building systems, such as HVAC air ducts and air flow systems.  This SBIR Phase I project proposes that an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) device can be used as an antiviral and antibacterial mechanism.   This project proposes to develop the world's first software-defined electromagnetic pulse into a wireless, “safe for humans” anti-bacterial and anti-viral device.  This project will explore the use of varying electromagnetic fields to compromise the viral capsid and inactivate the virus.  The project will identify the frequencies effective for pathogen inactivation and then will develop a device to deliver those frequencies. This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这一小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛影响/商业潜力是一种基于能量的设备，可以安全地消除病原体。正在进行的COVID-19大流行表明了消毒和预防已知和未知病毒病原体的重要性。利用能量破坏病毒颗粒的方法具有很高的消毒潜力。这种电磁方法可以穿透墙壁，从而提供一种难以进入的建筑系统（如HVAC通风管道和气流系统）的消毒方法。SBIR第一阶段项目提出电磁脉冲（EMP）设备可以用作抗病毒和抗菌机制。 该项目建议将世界上第一个软件定义的电磁脉冲开发成无线，“对人类安全”的抗菌和抗-病毒装置。该项目将探索使用不同的电磁场来破坏病毒衣壳并使病毒灭活。该项目将确定有效灭活病原体的频率，然后将开发一种装置来提供这些频率。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。