Fiber sampler for recovery of bioaerosols and particles
First Claim
1. A method for collecting aerosols including bioparticles, comprising:
- entraining the aerosols including the bioparticles in a gas stream;
saturating the bioparticles in the gas stream with a biocompatible liquid;
collecting the saturated bioparticles by a collection medium including a plurality of fibers of a fiber mat including a viability enhancing material; and
maintaining viability of the bioparticles while in the fiber mat both during and after collection of the bioparticles with the fiber mat such that the bioparticles collected in the fiber mat are capable of becoming active again after being placed into a favorable environment.
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Abstract
A bioparticle collection device and an aerosol collection system. The bioparticle collection device includes a collection medium including a plurality of fibers formed into a fiber mat and configured to collect bioparticles thereon, and includes a viability enhancing material provider disposed in a vicinity of the plurality of fibers and configured to provide a viability enhancing material to the collected bioparticles to maintain viability of the bioparticles collected by the fiber mat. The aerosol collection system includes an aerosol pumping device configured to entrain particles in an gas stream, an aerosol saturation device configured to saturate the particles in the gas stream with a biocompatible liquid, and an aerosol collection medium downstream from the aerosol saturation device and including a plurality of fibers formed into a fiber mat for collection of the saturated aerosol particles.
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1. A method for collecting aerosols including bioparticles, comprising:
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entraining the aerosols including the bioparticles in a gas stream; saturating the bioparticles in the gas stream with a biocompatible liquid; collecting the saturated bioparticles by a collection medium including a plurality of fibers of a fiber mat including a viability enhancing material; and maintaining viability of the bioparticles while in the fiber mat both during and after collection of the bioparticles with the fiber mat such that the bioparticles collected in the fiber mat are capable of becoming active again after being placed into a favorable environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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