Mumbai,
May 04: An air management ststem developed by NASA scientists to increase
the shelf life of food for astronauts could become an effective tool to
prevent swine influenza also.
The technology called AiroCide, an effective indoor environment manager, has
shown to reduce infection load in hospitals drastically.
It is now available in India also, Great White Technology, the Indian
company which has bought the rights, said.
The technology uses a process called 'Enconditioning' (environment
conditioning) developed by NASA years back when they were mandated with
creating an Air Management System which has the capability of annihilating
almost every kind of known virus, micro-organism or pathogens so that they
could lengthen the life of plants and produce.
"Apart from preventing the build-up of ethylene, this state-of-the-art
Enconditioning System has the capability of annihilating almost every kind
of known virus, micro-organism or pathogens," managing director of Great
White Technology Dharmesh Keshwani told reporters.
Deadly gases like Anthrax too cannot escape its preventive prowess and now,
as has been discovered, neither can the Swine Flu Virus, he said.
The company launched the product in India in March and already demonstrated
the US FDA approved technology in Bombay Hospital and Wockhardt hospital, he
said.
AiroCide Enconditioners are the world's only technology that can actually
prevent the spread of this deadly virus and ensure an environment that is
safe to live-in for humans and animals alike, claimed Keshwani explaining
how simple the technology to manage.
He said it is easily installed like a plasma television and the air from the
room is sucked through the fan and passes through a reaction chamber which
holds the patented technology.
The device comes in various sizes depending upon the application and air
covered, Keshwani said. The devices can manage 3000 cubic feet of air per
machine to 20,000 cu ft of air per machine, he said.
When asked about the cost, a device handling 5000 cu ft air will cost around
Rs one lakh, he said.
"It annihilates completely any micro-organism irrespective of their size and
our partners in US have already dispatched these devices to Mexico where the
outbreak of swine flu first noted.
Over 30,000 AiroCides have been installed across the globe and more than
1000 units in India in just a period of two months, Keshwani claimed.
"We have already 30 distributors across the country and in Delhi we will be
undertaking pilot projects with Fortis and Medicity shortly", he added.
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