Device for extracting particles from exhaled breath

• Main Authors: POUTEAU, PATRICK, ACHARD, JEAN-LUC
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 14.10.2009
• Subjects: MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLIDMATERIALS OR FLUIDS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROMSOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS; SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATICTABLES OR JIGS; TRANSPORTING

The device has a cone shaped droplet recuperator (7) including a netted lateral wall (2) convergent towards an outflow port (9) to permit droplets attracted towards the wall to be poured towards the port. A discharge electrode (1) e.g. polarized wire, is mounted inside the recuperator. The wall defi...