Sterilization units, systems, and methods
AssigneePurpleSun, 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 geometries and configured, in each of the two or more different partition geometries, 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
(canceled)
A method of disinfecting objects in a target zone having a perimeter, said method comprising:
- providing a plurality of ultraviolet (UV) light emitting sources disposed on different positions on a UV light emitting device;
- disposing the plurality of sources along at least a portion of the perimeter of the target zone;
- illuminating the target zone from a plurality of directions with UV light emitted from at least some of the plurality of emitting sources;
- converging at least some of the UV light in the target zone;
- and
- controlling the convergence of UV light by focusing UV light from the plurality of directions to achieve a targeted amplification of converged multivector UV
A system for disinfecting objects in a target zone having a perimeter, said system comprising:
- a plurality of UV light emitting sources disposed on a housing;
- a first portion of the plurality of UV light emitting sources located on a first panel of the housing and a second portion of the plurality of UV light emitting sources located on a second panel of the housing substantially transverse to the first panel such that the plurality of sources are configured to be disposed along at least a portion of a perimeter of the target zone, and at least some of the plurality of sources are configured to illuminate the target zone with UV light from a plurality of directions;
- wherein at least some of the sources are disposed to provide enhanced UV light across the entire target area, are controlled to disinfect the target zone with a targeted amplification of converged multivector UV light.
A method of disinfecting objects in a target zone within a specified time comprising:
- providing a plurality of UV light emitting sources disposed on different positions on a UV light emitting device;
- disposing the plurality of sources along at least a portion of a perimeter of the target zone;
- illuminating the target zone from a plurality of directions with UV light emitted from at least some of the plurality of emitting sources;
- creating a UV light convergence field in the target zone;
- and
- controlling the UV light convergence field to disinfect objects in the target zone with a target amplification of converged multivector UV light in the UV light convergence field.
A method of disinfecting objects in a target zone comprising:
- providing a plurality of UV light emitting sources disposed on different positions on a UV light emitting device;
- moving an element that is translationally attached to a stationary element of the device,
- thereby increasing a surface area of the device;
- illuminating the target zone with UV light emitted from a plurality of sources in the translational element and a plurality of sources in the stationary element;
- converging at least some of the UV light in the target zone;
- and
- controlling the convergence of UV light to disinfect the target zone with a target amplification of converged multivector UV light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.