Bengaluru-based firm comes up with device that can kill coronavirus, to be manufactured and marketed in US, EU.
Bengaluru-based Centre for Advanced Research and Development, the research wing of Organisation De Scalene, has got the USFDA, EU nod for manufacturing device that can kill coronavirus after testing for safety.
KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- The device is called SHYCOCAN or Scalene Hypercharge Corona Canon.
- It has been in use for over a year at the S-CARD campus.
- It can neutralise the coronavirus particles, though it will not kill any bacteria or fungi.Bengaluru: The research wing of Organisation De Scalene, Centre Advanced Research and Development (CARD) in Bengaluru has come up with a device that claims to neutralise the coronavirus. The device is called SHYCOCAN or Scalene Hypercharge Corona Canon and will be manufactured and marketed in the US under the Enforcement Discretion policy of USFDA and in Europe as the device is CE compliant and is CE marked.
Chairman of Organisation De Scalene Dr Rajah Vijay Kumar told news agency ANI that the device can neutralise the coronavirus particles, though it will not kill any bacteria or fungi. The device will cover a volume of 10,000 cubic feet.
“The device was tested for its safety and efficacy and is soon going to be manufactured and marketed in the US under the Enforcement Discretion policy of USFDA and in Europe as the device is CE compliant and is CE marked,” Dr Kumar said.
SHYCOCAN is designed for active containment by attenuation of corona family of viruses and is intended to be used in a residential, industrial and commercial environment. The device does not use any chemicals or other consumables and does not produce harmful ozone gas or any other substances. It is completely safe for use in any environment, according to Dr Kumar.
Explaining how it works, Dr Kumar said, “SHYCOCAN operates on regular 110/240V – 50/60 Hz wall socket and is a plug and play device, that delivers the necessary signals to a photon mediated electrons emitters (PMEE), that produces hypercharge high-velocity electrons by photon mediation that interacts with the negative seeking S-protein of Corona family of viruses thus reducing infectivity and prevent air and surface borne transmission of corona family of viruses.”
“The attack mechanism of the virus starts with the initial attachment of the virion to the host cell, it is initiated by interactions between the S-protein and its receptor on the “negative” cell membrane. The sites of receptor binding domains (RBD) within the S1 region of a coronavirus S-protein vary depending on the virus. The S-protein/receptor interaction is the primary determinant for a coronavirus to infect a host species and governs the tissue tropism of the virus. However, the end result is the fusion and release of the viral genome into the cytoplasm,” said Kumar.
The counter mechanism by the device SHYCOCAN, he further said, is that if negative seeking is the guidance mechanism of the S- Protein, attracted by the transmembrane potential of the host cells, then breaking this mechanism would block the coronavirus infectivity and spread.
The device has been in use for over a year at the S-CARD campus.
