Device for providing a volume of sterile air
AssigneeCompacta AB
InventorsLars Wesén, Lars Montelius
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device and a method for providing a volume of sterile air. The device comprises: a radial fan, at least one particle filter, at least one UV-light generator, and a housing, the housing at least partly enclosing the radial fan, the radial fan being arranged to provide a flow of air in a radial direction towards the housing, the housing being arranged to direct the flow of air in an axial direction, the at least one UV-light generator being arranged to radiate the flow of air with UV-light, and the at least one particle filter being arranged to filter the flow of air, thereby creating the volume of sterile air between the device and the surface.
Claims21
A device for providing a volume of essentially sterile air, the device comprising:
- a radial fan;
- at least one particle filter;
- at least one UV-light generator;
- a housing,
- the housing at least partly enclosing the radial fan,
- the radial fan being arranged to provide a flow of air in a radial direction towards the housing,
- the housing being arranged to direct the flow of air in an axial direction such that a peripheral part of the flow has a velocity that is higher than that of a central part of the flow,
- the at least one UV-light generator being arranged inside the housing to radiate the flow of air and the at least one particle filter with UV-light, and
- the at least one particle filter being arranged to filter the flow of air, thereby creating the volume of essentially sterile air;
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- at least one stationary guiding structure having at least one surface angled with respect to the radial direction, the at least one surface configured to redirect at least a portion of the air flow incident on the at least one surface, towards a central axis of the device.
A method for providing a volume of essentially sterile air, the method comprising:
- providing, using a radial fan, a flow of air in a radial direction towards a housing, the radial fan and the housing forming part of a device for providing the volume of essentially sterile air;
- directing, using the housing, the flow of air in an axial direction, wherein a peripheral part of the flow has a velocity that is higher than a central part of the flow;
- redirecting, using a stationary guiding structure located in the housing, a portion of the flow of air incident on a surface of the stationary guiding structure towards a central axis of the device;
- passing the flow of air through a particle filter, thereby creating the volume of essentially sterile air;
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- subjecting the particle filter and the flow of air to UV light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.