Disinfection device
AssigneesAxis Lighting Inc., Sterilumen, Inc.
InventorsHoward YAPHE, Andrew MILES, Nathanel TITANE, Hristea MIHALCEA, Donald SIMMONS
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Abstract
Disclosed is a disinfection device for controllably emitting and directing disinfecting UV energy to at least one elongate first target location and at least one elongate second target location in a user space. The disinfection device comprises a housing structure mountable on a support structure and having an outer boundary. The outer boundary is configured to provide a first array of outputs to emit and direct disinfecting UV energy to the at least one first target location, a second array of outputs to deliver directed disinfecting UV energy to the at least one second target location.
Claims87
A disinfection device for controllably emitting and directing disinfecting UV energy to at least one elongate first target location and at least one second target location in a user space, comprising a housing structure mountable on a support structure and having an outer boundary, wherein the outer boundary is configured to provide:
- a first array of outputs to deliver directed disinfecting UV energy to the at least one first target location, with each output of the first array thereof configured to receive directed disinfecting UV energy from one instance of a first array of disinfecting UV energy directors, with each disinfecting director of the first array thereof configured to receive disinfecting UV energy from one instance of a first array of disinfecting UV energy emitters;
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- a second array of outputs to deliver directed disinfecting UV energy to the at least one second target location, with each output of the second array thereof configured to receive directed disinfecting UV energy from one instance of a second array of disinfecting UV energy directors, with each disinfecting director of the second array thereof configured to receive disinfecting UV energy from one instance of a second array of disinfecting UV energy emitters.
A disinfection device for controllably emitting and directing disinfecting UV energy to at least one first target location and at least one second target location in a user space, comprising a linear housing structure mountable on or in at least one support structure and having an outer boundary, wherein the outer boundary is configured to provide:
- at least one output configured:
- to receive a first directed disinfecting UV energy from at least one instance of a first array of disinfecting UV energy directors, with each UV energy disinfecting director of the first array thereof configured to receive a first disinfecting UV energy from one instance of a first array of disinfecting UV energy emitters, and to deliver the first directed disinfecting UV energy to the at least one first target location;
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- to receive a second directed disinfecting UV energy from at least one instance of a second array of disinfecting UV energy directors, with each disinfecting UV energy director of the second array thereof configured to receive a second disinfecting UV energy from one instance of a second array of disinfecting UV energy emitters, and to deliver the second directed disinfecting UV energy to the at least one second target location.
A disinfection device for controllably emitting and directing disinfecting UV energy to at least one first proximal target location defined in a first plane, and at least one second distal target location defined in a second plane, in a user space, comprising a housing structure mountable on or in at least one support structure and having an outer boundary, wherein the outer boundary is configured to provide:
- at least one output configured:
- to receive a first directed disinfecting UV energy from a first array of at least one first disinfecting UV engine to deliver the first directed disinfecting UV energy to the at least one first proximal target location;
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- to receive a second directed disinfecting UV energy from a second array of second disinfecting UV engines to deliver the second directed disinfecting UV energy to the at least one second proximal target location.
A disinfection device for controllably emitting and directing disinfecting UV energy to at least one first target region and at least one second target adjacent location in a user space, comprising a housing structure mountable on or in at least one support structure, and having an outer boundary, wherein the outer boundary is configured to provide:
- at least one output configured:
- to receive a first directed disinfecting UV energy from at least one instance of a first array of disinfecting UV energy directors, with each UV energy disinfecting director of the first array thereof configured to receive a first disinfecting UV energy from one instance of a first array of disinfecting UV energy emitters, and to deliver the first directed disinfecting UV energy to the at least one first target location;
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- to receive a second directed disinfecting UV energy from at least one instance of a second array of disinfecting UV energy directors, with each disinfecting UV energy director of the second array thereof configured to receive a second disinfecting UV energy from one instance of a second array of disinfecting UV energy emitters, and to deliver the second directed disinfecting UV energy to the at least one second target location.
A disinfection device for controllably emitting and directing disinfecting UV energy to at least one first target region and at least one second target region in an interior user space, comprising a housing structure containing a first array of at least one first disinfecting UV engine configured to deliver a first directed disinfecting UV energy to the at least one first target region, and a second array of at least one second disinfecting UV engine configured to deliver a second directed disinfecting UV energy to the at least one second target region, so as to form a disinfecting UV energy transition between the first and second regions, with each of the first and second disinfecting UV energies at a designated energy value to correspond to corresponding attribute of the first and second regions respectively.
A disinfection device for controllably emitting and/or directing disinfecting UV energy to a plurality of regions in an interior or exterior user space, comprising a first array of at least one first disinfecting UV engine configured to deliver a first directed disinfecting UV energy, and a second array of at least one second disinfecting UV engine configured to deliver a second directed disinfecting UV energy, wherein a first group of one or more of the first and/or second disinfecting UV engines is configured to deliver the first and/or second disinfecting energies to at least one first target region, and a second group of one or more of the first and/or second disinfecting UV engines is configured to deliver the first and/or second disinfecting energies to at least one second target region.
A disinfection device for controllably emitting and directing focused disinfecting UV energy to a plurality of regions in an interior or exterior user space, comprising one or more collections of disinfecting UV engines, configured in one or more groups of one or more disinfecting UV engines to deliver focused respective disinfecting UV energies to at least one first target region and at least one second target region, so as to define:
- at least one transition between the first and second target regions, and/or
- at least one transition between one of the first and second target regions and an adjacent peripheral region beyond the first and or second regions wherein the adjacent peripheral region receives substantially no disinfecting UV energy.
A method for controllably directing focused disinfecting UV energy to a plurality of regions on a target surface in an interior or exterior user space, comprising:
- designating, on the target surface, a plurality of regions;
- providing one or more collections of disinfecting UV engines,
- configuring the one or more collections in one or more groups of one or more disinfecting UV engines to deliver the corresponding focused disinfecting UV energies to at least one first target region and at least one second target region, so as to define:
- at least one transition between the first and second target regions, and/or
- at least one transition between one of the first and second target regions and an adjacent peripheral region beyond the first and or second regions wherein the adjacent peripheral region receives substantially no disinfecting UV energy.
A linear disinfection device for controllably emitting and directing disinfecting UV energy to at least one first proximal target location defined in a first plane, and at least one second distal target location defined in a second plane, in a user space, comprising a linear housing structure mountable on or in at least one support structure and having an outer boundary, the linear housing structure containing a first array of first disinfecting UV engines configured to deliver a first directed disinfecting UV energy to the at least one first proximal target location, and a second array of second disinfecting UV engines configured to deliver a second directed disinfecting UV energy to the at least one second proximal target location, wherein the outer boundary is configured to provide two or more common outputs extending along the linear housing structure, each of the two or more common outputs configured to receive both the first directed disinfecting UV energy from the first array of first disinfecting UV engines and receive the second directed disinfecting UV energy from the second array of second disinfecting UV engines to deliver the first and second directed disinfecting UV energies to the first and second target 1 locations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.