Dynamic reconfigurable contamination reduction control system
AssigneeMichael Gurin
InventorMichael Gurin
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Abstract
A control system and pathogen inactivation method to reduce cross-contamination within operational devices that experience sequential touching of touch spots on the operational device by multiple people. Additionally, the system controls and then executes the reconfiguration of touch spot position to increase the probabilistic time interval between sequential touches from a first person to a second person physically interacting with the operational device. The dynamic reconfiguration control system reduces the probability of cross-contamination between sequential personal touches in sequential user sessions.
Claims20
A dynamic cross-contamination reduction control system comprised of an operational device having an at least one touch surface whereby the at least one touch surface is interacted by physical touch by a first person in a first user session and then subsequently by a second person in a second user session;
- an at least one pathogen inactivation component to decontaminate the at least one touch surface;
- a microprocessor controller having an at least one sensor to monitor a last touch by the first person, a first touch by the second person, a running time touch interval between a current time and the time of the last touch by the first person, a starting time of the at least one pathogen inactivation component, a running inactivation process time from the current time and the starting time of the at least one pathogen inactivation component on the at least one touch surface, a pathogen inactivation effectiveness function whereby the pathogen inactivation effectiveness function is a function of at least one of a duration of time, a pathogen type, and a process intensity level;
- and a visual indicator that signals to the second person as calculated by the microprocessor controller a pathogen inactivation level on a real-time basis.
A dynamic cross-contamination reduction control system comprised of an operational device having an intermediary non-stationary touch surface whereby the intermediary non-stationary touch surface has a physical touch interaction with a first stationary touch surface and then a second stationary touch surface, an at least one pathogen inactivation component to decontaminate the intermediary non-stationary touch surface after the physical touch interaction of the first stationary touch surface and before the physical touch interaction with the second stationary touch surface;
- a microprocessor controller having an at least one sensor to monitor the physical touch interaction with the first stationary touch surface, another physical touch interaction with the second stationary touch surface, a running time touch interval between a current time and the time of the physical touch interaction on the first stationary touch surface, a starting time of the at least one pathogen inactivation component, a running inactivation process time from the current time and the starting time of the at least one pathogen inactivation component on the first stationary touch surface, a pathogen inactivation effectiveness function whereby the pathogen inactivation effectiveness function is a function of at least one of a duration of time, a pathogen type, and a process intensity level;
- and a visual indicator that signals on the operational device as calculated by the microprocessor controller a pathogen inactivation level on a real-time basis.
A dynamic cross-contamination reduction control system comprised of an operational device having an at least one touch surface on a graphical user interface whereby the at least one touch surface is interacted by physical touch by a first person in a first user session on a first touch segment at a first position and then subsequently by a second person in a second user session on a second touch segment at a second position;
- an at least one pathogen inactivation component to decontaminate the at least one touch surface;
- a microprocessor controller having an at least one sensor to monitor a last touch by the first person, a first touch by the second person, a running time touch interval between a current time and the time of the last touch by the first person, a starting time of the at least one pathogen inactivation component, a running inactivation process time from the current time and the starting time of the at least one pathogen inactivation component on the at least one touch surface, a pathogen inactivation effectiveness function whereby the pathogen inactivation effectiveness function is a function of at least one of a duration of time, a pathogen type, and a process intensity level;
- and the microprocessor controller moves the first touch segment to a second touch segment on a real-time basis in between the first user session and the second user session.
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