Sterilization units, systems, and methods
AssigneeLeviant, Inc.
InventorsLuis F. Romo, Arto Cinoglu, David Moses
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Abstract
A Sterilization Unit includes: a UV-C radiation source configured to emit UV-C radiation; and a room partition selectably configurable between two or more different partition geometrics and configured, in each of the two or more different partition geometrics, to (a) physically separate floor space of a room into sterilization target area and a non-target area, and (b) direct the UV-C radiation to the target area from at least two different directions while shielding the non-target area from the UV-C radiation.
Claims21
A system for disinfecting objects in a target zone having a perimeter, said system comprising:
- a plurality of UV-C light emitting sources configured to emit a UV-C radiation and disposed on a housing, wherein a first portion of the plurality of UV-C light emitting sources are located on a first panel of the housing and a second portion of the plurality of UV-C light emitting sources are located on a second panel of the housing, and wherein the second panel and the first panel form an angle such that the plurality of UV-C light emitting sources are disposed along at least a portion of the perimeter of the target zone;
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- a control system in communication with the plurality of UV-C light emitting sources, the control system comprising a processor configured to selectively control the plurality of UV-C light emitting sources such that at least some of the first portion of the plurality of UV-C light emitting sources are activated to illuminate the target zone with the UV-C radiation from first direction and such that at least some of the second portion of the plurality of UV-C light emitting sources are activated to illuminate the target zone with the UV-C radiation from a second direction that is different than the first direction, for a targeted amplification of converged multivector UV-C light at the target zone.
A system for disinfecting objects in a target zone having a perimeter, said system comprising:
- a plurality of UV-C light emitting sources configured to emit a UV-C radiation and disposed on a housing, wherein a first portion of the plurality of UV-C light emitting sources are located on a first panel of the housing and a second portion of the plurality of UV-C light emitting sources are located on a second panel of the housing, and wherein the second panel and the first panel form an angle such that the plurality of UV-C light emitting sources are disposed along at least a portion of the perimeter of the target zone;
- a memory storing machine-readable instructions;
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- a control system in communication with the plurality of UV-C light emitting sources, the control system comprising a processor that is configured to execute the machine-readable instructions to:
- illuminate the target zone from a first direction with UV-C light emitted from at least some of the first portion of the plurality of UV light emitting sources;
- illuminate the target zone from a second direction with UV-C light emitted from at least some of the second portion of the plurality of UV light emitting sources, the second direction being different than the first direction;
- focus the UV-C light from the first direction and the second direction to achieve a targeted amplification of converged multivector UV light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.