DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ATTENUATING AND/OR KILLING MICROORGANISMS, VIRUSES, VIRIONS, PRIONS, ALLERGENS AND PSEUDOALLERGENS AND/OR FOR BLOCKING THEIR TRANSMISSION PATHS

The invention relates to a device 1 shielded against emissions of actinic radiation according to FIG. 2 for attenuating and/or killing and/or chemically and/or physicochemically modifying microorganisms, viruses, virions, prions, allergens and pseudoallergens and/or their residues and/or decomposition products and/or for blocking their transmission pathways by means of actinic radiation and subsequent acoustophoretic treatment, comprising (i) an intake region 2 having an intake opening 2.3 for contaminated air 2.2, (ii) an air conveying region 3 having an axial rotor V or a fan, (iii) an irradiation region 4 having a radiation source 4.1, (iv) a power supply region 5 having a holder 5.2 with power lines for the power supply 5.1 of the radiation source 4.1, and (v) openings 6.5 for the entry of the irradiated air 6.5.1 into an acoustophoresis region 6 with an acoustophoresis device 6.6 for generating a stationary acoustic ultrasonic field, wherein the acoustophoresis device 6.6 represents a wall-free flow region 6.6.1 or a flow tube 6.6.2 with a closed wall 6.6.3 enclosing a flow channel 6.6.4, (vi) electronics E for generating, monitoring and stabilizing a feedback loop for adjusting and stabilizing the stationary acoustic ultrasonic field, (vii) an air outlet region 7 shielding actinic radiation, and (viii) an air outlet region 8 for the treated air 8.2 containing the attenuated and/or killed and/or chemically and/or physicochemically modified microorganisms, viruses, virions, prions, allergens and pseudoallergens and/or their residues and/or decomposition products 8.2.1; method for attenuating and/or killing and/or chemically and/or physically chemically modifying microorganisms, virions, virions, prions, allergens and pseudoallergens and/or their residues and/or decomposition products 8.2.1 as well as the use of the device 1 and the method.