Device for disinfecting equipment and method of using the same
Assignee3B Medical, Inc.
InventorAlbert A. Lucio
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to a device for disinfecting equipment, such as medical devices, surgical equipment, and/or CPAP components (or, CPAP equipment), including the various parts of a CPAP system, such as hoses, masks, pillows, couplings, humidifiers, etc., that require frequent cleaning and disinfecting. An example device includes a chamber, an ultraviolet (UV) light configured to emit UV light within the chamber, an ozone generator configured to generate ozone within the chamber, and a control unit configured to activate the UV light and the ozone generator simultaneously for a first period of time. A method is also disclosed.
Claims14
A device for disinfecting equipment, comprising:
- a chamber;
- an ultraviolet (UV) light source configured to emit UV light within the chamber;
- an ozone generator configured to generate ozone within the chamber;
- a control unit configured to activate the UV light source and the ozone generator simultaneously for a first period of time,
- a blower, the control unit configured to activate the blower for the first period of time;
- a heater;
- wherein, after the first period of time, the control unit is configured to activate the heater and cause the blower to continue to run for a second period of time,
- wherein the control unit is configured to activate the heater to raise a temperature of the chamber to a predetermined temperature and to maintain the chamber at the predetermined temperature for a second period of time,
- a vacuum pump;
- wherein, after the second period of time, the control unit is configured to deactivate the heater and cause the blower to continue to run for a third period of time, and
- wherein the control unit is configured to activate the vacuum pump during the third period of time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.