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

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是一个基于能量的设备，以安全消除病原体。正在进行的COVID-19大流行显示了对已知和未知的病毒性病原体进行消毒和保护的重要性。所提出的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，从而提供了一种方法来消毒难以进入的建筑系统，如暖通空调风管和气流系统。本SBIR一期项目提出电磁脉冲（EMP）装置可作为抗病毒 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的，“对人类安全”的抗菌和抗病毒设备。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失活。该项目将确定有效灭活病原体的频率，然后开发一种设备来传递这些频率。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并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，被认为值得支持。

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.