Device and method to inactivate viruses and kill living bacteria

Abstract

A device and process to inactivate viruses and kill living bacteria using the available techniques like UV irradiation, heat, filtration, and/or chemical treatment, individually or all at once to achieve the best results. The operation of the invention could be programmed/controlled using a remote controller/programmer. The invention could be used in spaces occupied by humans or when humans are not present. When humans are not present it uses mainly UV irradiation, and when humans are present it circulates the air to be disinfected through a protective enclosure. In some applications using UV disinfection, the device can circulate and disinfect the air inside it, while irradiating the UV irradiations to other parts of the space to disinfect them. One embodiment of the device is similar to a mask, not just to collect the viruses and bacteria, but also, to inactivate the viruses and kill the bacteria. The invention will make indoor places very safe and safer than outdoors, because the indoor could be disinfected as a controlled enclosed space, while the outdoor is practically impossible to disinfect. Which will allow people to live better life without fears of contracting or spreading the viruses now or in the future. The invention is easy to install, operate, maintain, clean, and highly effective.

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