Article: British Inventors Develop Air-Borne Micro-Organisms Air Filter

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 24 -- Helen Dukes and John David Payne, both of Blackley, Great Britain, have developed an odors reduction air filter.

According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to an "air-filter for a circulating and/or recirculating air system using a filter medium containing a microbiologically effective amount of a polymeric biguanide or salt thereof. Also claimed is a method for reducing odors and/or air-borne micro-organisms in a circulating or recirculating air system using the air-filter, and a method for protecting an air-filter medium against microbial degradation by incorporating in, or on, the medium a microbiologically effective amount of ...

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