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US 2004/0170526 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for photosensitized ultraviolet decontamination of surfaces and aerosol clouds
AssigneeBioMed Protect, LLC
InventorsRandy Dale Curry, Jeffry Golden
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Abstract
A method of deactivating chemical contaminants and biological agents from a target surface by and aerosol spraying the target surface with an electrostatically charged, photosensitizer solution, and then illuminating the surface with ultraviolet light.
Claims9
A method of decontaminating a contaminated surface, the method comprising:
- spraying an electrically charged photosensitizer onto the contaminated surface of a person-occupiable space, in an environment open to the person-occupiable space;
- illuminating the sprayed surface with light to cause chemical reactions to decontaminate the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.