911 Fire Fighter granted patent for bioterrorism Air-Shield to protect public

April 6, 2008 - PRLog -- Contact:  James Thomsen inventor for information or interviews thomsenj@bellsouth.net (305)-294-6344 or John Richmond at.  (716) 694-6390
Websites: http://www.Air-Shield.net  or www.AirIso.com for miliitary or government units.

Device acts like an air-shield
Retired NY Firefighter Jim Thomsen’s hazmat expertise made him worried as he worked for a week to find survivors in the dust and rubble of Ground Zero because he knew those inhaling toxic dust could later create another wave of suffering and death.  He became determined to find a way to make U.S. less vulnerable to anthrax and other terrorism attacks from airborne hazards.  On February 8th, 2008 his determination was rewarded by the U.S. Patent office who approved  his patent for an Air-Shield technology assigning  # 7326387 and barely a week later deadly Ricin dust was discovered at a Las Vegas Hotel demonstrating urgent need for the invention.     The Portable Air Safety System (PASS) is a suitcase sized unit that can suck in and neutralize anthrax, nerve gas, ricin, dirty bomb radioactivity and much more.  Not limited to those rare events the system is used by health care and emergency services for less deadly problems like smoke, fumes, dusts, tear gas, TB etc.  The small size of the unit’s rugged steel housing on wheels can fit down an aircraft aisle or stored in a closet.     HEPA filtration, UV light, and antiseptic Ozone are combined in the device to wipe out all infectious particles allowing entire rooms to be negatively pressured to stop contamination spread.
Rather than make only military or health care version of the new PAA system is now available for schools, businesses and home use for dozens of common hazards.     Thomsen explained, “Your lungs acting like cheesecloth expose 2 quarts of your blood to anything you breathe inside its sponge shaped membrane allowing any toxin inhaled to be pumped to every cell in your body in less than sixty seconds”.  With the new device hazards can be sucked away from occupied areas or airflow reversed to push away toxins creating an Air-Shield of purified safe air zone.  With an ozone feature in one weekend it made a FEMA trailer safe, killed mold, germs, and cruise ship viruses by turning contaminated air antiseptically sterile, particle free, and odorless.    “Ozone acts on air the same way Clorox Bleach does on surfaces by sanitizing through oxidation and killing any odor and yet an hour later it reverts to pure oxygen with a fresh clean smell” the inventors claim.  
When Ricin was found at a Vegas Hotel recently, hotel staff and emergency responders could have inhaled or unknowing bring home contamination on their clothes and expose their families.   As NYC Newsrooms and others were targets of anthrax attacks in 2001 and cruise ships still struggling with norovirus outbreaks the risk of SARS or an Avian Flu pandemic highlight the need for this new technology?    Costing less than $5,000.00 the durable PASS device can function for decades sometimes cutting 90% of the costs such medical treatment for exposed persons, building or business shutdown, lawsuits or the multimillion dollar moon suit cleanup’s seen after the Hart Senate Building anthrax attack.  Proven by Hazmat teams, hospital and military applications the unit is more often employed by contractors to remove airborne risks from accidental releases or household hazards like mold, asbestos, pesticides and by trauma cleanup crews at crime scenes. One contractor said after first using the system “that thing could suck your socks off” instead of just diluting airborne hazards by opening widows to ventilate which can leave deadly risks behind.
Family members with asthma, lung disease, HIV, compromised immune systems, undergoing chemotherapy or anti rejection drug therapy can now do more than wearing masks and gloves by actually sterilizing the air and all the surfaces it touches.    In 30 minutes it’s possible to treat the entire atmosphere of a 2000 sq. foot home to antiseptic operating room standards allowing some patients now restricted to hospital isolation to return home safely reducing hospital stays and cost.  When prescribed by physicals the unit cost sometimes is tax deductable or covered under medical insurance.  PASS can also be set to treat unoccupied rooms to an antiseptic state with disinfecting ozone which also treats every surface, clothes, dishes, beds, furniture removing allergens, mold spores and dust.   At Day Care centers, hotels, and other public places nightly PASS use would reduce the spread of colds, flu and other infections while neutralizing most foul odors.  With FDA and EPA approval the PASS has been used by hospitals to treat TB, remove smoke after a fire, creating portable isolation rooms, and even to remove the burned popcorn smell in the cafeteria.  
Fire departments, police, government, shopping centers, hotels, cruise ships and schools now have this new tool to respond to the threat of bioterrorist attacks, disasters and routine airborne hazards to protect their staff, the public and customers.     This is especially important in the era of sealed buildings, underground workspaces or windows that cannot be opened.
Photos and information is available at http://www.Air-Shield.net with complete technical specifications also on a technical website at www.AirIso.com .

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