HOUSTON, Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Integrated Viral Protection (IVP Air), a division of Medistar Corporation, the inventors of the world’s only Biodefense Indoor Air Protection System™ – this device is proven to destroy SARS-CoV-2 (99.999%), anthrax spores (99.98%) and other airborne pathogens instantaneously, in a single pass  – was announced a winner of the 2020 Emerging Technology Awards by the award-winning flagship publication of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). This IVP technology was one of only five winners selected from dozens of recent innovations.