UV flux multiplication system for sterilizing air, medical devices and other materials

A flux multiplying air sterilization chamber comprising:

• a plurality of inner surfaces, wherein at least one of said inner surfaces comprises a reflective material having a diffuse reflective behavior;
• an inlet aperture for air to flow into the chamber and an outlet aperture for air to flow out of said chamber, wherein the inlet and outlet aperture each comprise light reflecting fibers and a frame for housing said light reflecting fibers, wherein air flows through said inlet and outlet apertures;
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• a light source emitting a light, wherein a flux of said light is multiplied by reflecting said light from the at least one of said inner surfaces and the light reflecting fibers.

A flux multiplying air sterilization chamber comprising:

• a plurality of inner surfaces, wherein at least one of said inner surfaces comprises a reflective material having a diffuse reflective behavior;
• an inlet aperture for air to flow into the chamber and an outlet aperture for air to flow out of said chamber, wherein at least one of the inlet and outlet aperture comprises an air spreader for decreasing the velocity of air passing through said at least one of the inlet and outlet aperture;
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• a light source emitting a light, wherein a flux of said light is multiplied by reflecting said light from the at least one of said inner surfaces and the light reflecting fibers.

A flux multiplying air sterilization chamber comprising:

• an inlet aperture for air to flow into the chamber and an outlet aperture for air to flow out of the chamber;
• a light source disposed inside said chamber and configured to emit light within said chamber;
• a moveable inlet device with at least one surface that is highly reflective and configured to increase the fraction of chamber interior surface area that is reflective within said sterilization chamber when said light is emitted;
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• a moveable outlet device with at least one surface that is highly reflective and configured to increase the fraction of chamber interior surface area that is reflective within said sterilization chamber when said light is emitted.

A sterilization chamber comprising:

• an inlet aperture for air to flow into the chamber, an outlet aperture for air to flow out of the chamber;
• a continuous light source disposed inside said chamber and configured to emit light within said chamber;
• a moveable inlet device with at least one surface that is highly reflective and configured to increase the fraction of chamber interior surface area that is reflective within said sterilization chamber when said light is emitted;
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• a moveable outlet device with at least one surface that is highly reflective and configured to increase the fraction of chamber interior surface area that is reflective within said sterilization chamber when said light is emitted.

A modular flux multiplying air sterilization chamber configured to interconnect with at least one other modular chamber, comprising:

• a plurality of walls having inner surfaces, wherein each of said inner surfaces comprises a reflective material having a diffuse reflectivity of greater than about 75%;
• a first wall of said plurality of walls having an aperture configured to allow air to enter the modular chamber;
• a second wall of said plurality of walls having an aperture configured to allow air to exit the modular chamber;
• a light source configured to emit a light incident onto at least one of said plurality of inner surfaces.