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US 10,808,964 B2Granted
Wall mounted hospital bed, health care facility, or other wall (or surface) type light with Ultraviolet-C germicidal (or other) air decontamination system
OwnerJohn Polidoroinventor
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Abstract
A wall- or surface-mounted light fixture with a housing containing one or more external visible light sources to illuminate the space where the light fixture is mounted, one or more UV emitters inside the housing to destroy bacteria and pathogens, and one or more fans inside the housing that recirculate the air in a space and subject the air to the UV radiation inside the housing, destroying bacteria and pathogens in the air passing though the housing.
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A wall-mounted light fixture, comprising:
- a. A housing of the light fixture, having a substantially-vertical mounting wall with an upper edge and a lower edge, a substantially-horizontal top wall connected to the mounting wall along the upper edge, a substantially-horizontal bottom wall connected to the lower edge, and a front wall connected to the top wall and the bottom wall along their respective edges opposite to connections at the upper edge and the lower edge so that the front wall is substantially facing a room when the light fixture is installed, said mounting wall, top wall, bottom wall and front wall defining an internal space, wherein the housing is adapted to be placed, attached or mounted onto the wall inside the room by securing means coupled with the mounting wall so that the top wall is below room ceiling level;
- b. One or more external light sources coupled substantially flush with at least one of the top wall and the front wall, said one or more external light sources being selectively operable to illuminate the room;
- c. A plurality of substantially parallel plates disposed in the internal space, defining a decontamination chamber for air flow therebetween;
- d. At least one internal decontamination source adapted to be placed, attached or mounted into the decontamination chamber;
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- e. One or more fan for driving air through the decontamination chamber, wherein the air is in direct contact with the at least one internal decontamination source and is decontaminated by the at least one internal decontamination source when the air passes through the decontamination chamber.
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A wall-mounted light fixture, comprising:
- a. A light fixture housing having a substantially-vertical mounting wall with an upper edge and a lower edge, a substantially horizontal top wall connected to the mounting wall at the upper edge, a substantially horizontal bottom wall connected to the mounting wall at the lower edge, and a substantially vertical front wall opposite to the mounting wall, said front wall being connected to the top wall and the bottom wall along their respective edges opposite to connections at the upper edge and the lower edge, said walls defining an internal space therebetween, wherein the housing is adapted to be placed, attached or mounted onto the wall inside a room by securing means coupled with the mounting wall so that the top wall is below room ceiling level;
- b. A top external light source coupled substantially flush with the top wall, said top external light source being selectively operable to illuminate the room;
- c. Air intake means disposed in the internal space;
- d. An air intake aperture in the bottom wall or the front wall cooperatively coupled with the air intake means;
- e. Air exhaust means disposed in the internal space;
- f. An air exhaust aperture in the top wall or the front wall cooperatively coupled with the air exhaust means;
- g. A plurality of substantially parallel plates disposed in the internal space, defining a decontamination duct for air flow therebetween;
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- h. At least one internal decontamination source adapted to be placed, attached or mounted into the decontamination duct, wherein the air intake means draw air through the air intake aperture and drive the air through the decontamination duct where the air is in direct contact with the at least one internal decontamination source and is decontaminated by the at least one internal decontamination source, and wherein the air exhaust means draw air from the decontamination duct and expel the air through the air exhaust aperture.
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A wall-mounted light fixture, comprising:
- a. A housing of the light fixture having a substantially-vertical mounting wall with an upper edge and a lower edge, a substantially-horizontal top wall connected to the mounting wall along the upper edge, and an angled front wall connected to the lower edge, wherein the top wall and the front wall are connected along their respective edges opposite to connections at the upper edge and the lower edge so that the front wall is substantially facing a room when the light fixture is installed, said mounting wall, top wall and front wall defining an internal space, wherein the housing is adapted to be placed, attached or mounted onto the wall inside the room by securing means coupled with the mounting wall so that the top wall is below room ceiling level;
- b. One or more external light sources coupled substantially flush with at least one of the top wall and the front wall, said one or more external light sources being selectively operable to illuminate the room;
- c. A plurality of substantially parallel plates disposed in the internal space, defining a decontamination chamber for air flow therebetween;
- d. At least one internal decontamination source adapted to be placed, attached or mounted into the decontamination chamber;
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- e. One or more fan for driving air through the decontamination chamber, wherein the air is in direct contact with the at least one internal decontamination source and is decontaminated by the at least one internal decontamination source when the air passes through the decontamination chamber.
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