Patent ID: 7503230

Claim:
A biobriefcase aerosol collector apparatus for sampling air with an air velocity and collecting particles entrained in the air wherein the biobriefcase aerosol collector apparatus has improved collection efficiency the particles potentially including bioagents, comprising: a biobriefcase aerosol collector unit including a fluid bowl, a fluid bowl receiving surface on said bowl, a forcing cone, a forcing cone surface on said forcing cone, wherein said forcing cone surface is positioned immediately above said fluid bowl receiving surface, a liquid input that directs liquid to said bowl receiving surface and produces a liquid surface on the liquid, an air input between said fluid bowl receiving surface and said forcing cone surface and provides an air velocity increase that directs the air so that the air with particles entrained in the air impact said liquid surface on the liquid, wherein the particles potentially including bioagents become captured in said liquid wherein the collection efficiency of the biobriefcase aerosol collector apparatus is improved, and a heater operably connected to said liquid that heats said liquid wherein the particles potentially including bioagents become heated to lysis the bioagents.