Patent ID: 9198462
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A24D

Abstract:
1. An electrospun fiber mat filter for a cigarette filter containing macrocycle for removing toxic compounds from a toxic material, wherein the toxic material comprises liquid, gas, and cigarette smoke, comprising: a biological macromolecule comprising macrocycle, wherein the biological macromolecule includes polynuclear complexes with polymetal ions and a combination thereof, and wherein the polynuclear complexes are polyporphyrin rings, and wherein the polymetal ions include ferrous ions (Fe2), cuprous ions (Cu2+), manganese ions (Mg2+) and zinc ions (Zn2), and wherein the biological macromolecule is an engineered polyhemoglobin; and optionally a synthetic or an organic macrocycle selected from a group consisting of crown ethers, cryptands, spherands, carcerands, cyclodextrins, cyclophanes, and calixarenes.