DOE OSTI · 1727260
Helpful Engineering's Universal Citizen Protection Device (UCPD)
Abstract
The Universal Citizen Protection Device (UCPD) is a UV-based, filterless PPE concept developed by Helpful Engineering that aims to keep viral particles out of eyes, nose and mouth with a 99%+ reliability. The heart of the device is a concealed UV chamber that decontaminates all air going in and out of the PPE. The objective of this project was to provide measurements as evidence of proof of function of a representative prototype. Sandia utilized its aerosol characterization facility to measure the amount of virus that is inactivated by the device at representative flow rates and concentrations, using MS2 bacteriophage as the BSL-1 viral surrogate.
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Glen, Andrew, Siegrist, Cathryn Michelle. 2020-11-01. Helpful Engineering's Universal Citizen Protection Device (UCPD). https://doi.org/10.2172/1727260
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