Photosynthesis is the basis of life in nature; it nourishes the plants by transforming carbon dioxide into oxygen.

This oxidation process inspired us to create a sanitization system which offers an all-natural, ultimately thorough, continuous filtration system.

Technological progress, industrialization, excessive urbanization and the anthropization of large areas have progressively polluted air, modifying its composition.

Æris brings the air we breathe back to its pristine state.

Infection occurs mainly in crowded environments with contact from infected bodily fluids, objects or contaminated microparticles. Our devices, inspired by nature, artificially recreate a photocatalysis process that generates plasma which sanitizes the air, resulting in active sanitization.

This plasma easily spreads through the whole environment, decontaminating objects and surfaces too. Think of how a drop of ink would spread through water contained in an aquarium. The photocatalysis-related oxidation generates hydroxides and superoxides, resulting in the natural transformation of air humidity into hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), a viral biocide; the above-mentioned hydroxides and superoxides react with suspended and surface-dwelling pathogenic microorganisms, disrupting the proteins and the fats of their protective membrane, damaging their molecular structure, eliminating them or making them innocuous.

This process is also beneficial as it cleanses the air from particulates, which also cause the infecting microorganisms to spread. Moreover, it also absorbs odours related to bacteria, mould spores and volatile chemicals present in some cleaners. The microparticles that did not get in touch with pathogenic microorganisms or other impurities keep their sanitizing effect, until they naturally deteriorate over time becoming oxygen (O) and humidity (H2O).

Hydrogen peroxide, a sanitizer officially acknowledged by the World Health Organization (WHO) is generated in accordance with the current rules, thus allowing the continuous sanitization to take place in the presence of humans. Its effectiveness has been analysed and acknowledged by researches and lab tests, among which an official recognition in contrasting Sars-Cov2 issued the University of Wisconsin on 09-11-2020. This has allowed our catalyst module to be officially classified as a Class 1 Medical Device (registration no. 1996331).
In the international medical journal "Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology" of Cambridge University , the study of a group of researchers of the University of Naples Federico II was recently published.

The research highlights the efficacy of water-diluted hydrogen peroxide Covid-related prevention and prophylaxis when sprayed in the mouth, in the throat, in the nose or used for hand disinfection.

Our products’ technology is inspired from industrial applications used in aerospace and ensures a constant sanitization of the environment in the presence of humans with a 99% efficacy rate

Pathogenic microorganisms in search of a new host to reproduce in are more vulnerable and exposed to the aggression of oxidizers and certain light spectra when they are suspended in the air or dwelling on furniture and object surfaces.
Certain situations, such as closed and crowded environments, high people turn-over rate, insufficient fresh air flow and subpar hygiene standards allow bacteria, fungi and viruses to spread more easily, and favour the presence of infecting microorganisms borne by particulates.

The Covid-19 report no. 25/2020 issued by the Italian National Institute of Health (ISS) lists a variety of adoptable sanitizing methods. Saturating the air with chlorine or ozone, as well as with hydrogen peroxide, is an option, but the environment should be sealed during the treatment and thoroughly ventilated after it; such solutions require the intervention of specialized and adequately protected personnel; moreover, furniture, objects and plants could be subjected to damage.
These systems have contraindications, they have a remarkable cost and yet cannot be considered decisive in providing a solution to the problem, as they cannot be adopted in the presence of workers or of the general public. The UV-light solution does not need any specialized personnel, but it still requires an adequate electrical system and can be adopted only when the environment is sealed and inaccessible. It is therefore also inconclusive.
Disinfection reduces the microbial count, while cleaning eliminates the unwanted bacterial sediment; sanitization achieves both results at once through an efficient combination of procedures and operations.

The complete environment sanitization achieved by our devices allows human presence and makes air a sanitizing agent itself. The products’ efficacy has been officially certified through a Class 1 CЄ Medical Device acknowledgement.