# US 2025/0082804 A1 · Ozone disinfection device, ozone disinfection system, and ozone disinfection method

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- Number: US 2025/0082804 A1
- Document ID: US20250082804A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/956,940
- Filed: 2024-11-22
- Published: 2025-03-13
- Earliest claimed: 2020-07-16
- Assignees: Dcstar Inc
- Applicants: Dcstar Inc
- Inventors: Ligui HE
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250082804A1

## CPC

- A61L 2/202: Ozone
- A61M 16/0093: {by adsorption, absorption or filtration}
- A61M 16/0666: {Nasal cannulas or tubing (devices for improving normal breathing through the nose A61F5/08; nose filters A62B23/06; outside holding devices A61M25/02)}
- A61L 2103/15: Laboratory, medical or dentistry appliances, e.g. catheters or sharps
- A61L 2202/121: Sealings, e.g. doors, covers, valves, sluices
- A61L 2202/122: Chambers for sterilisation
- A61L 2202/14: Means for controlling sterilisation processes, data processing, presentation and storage means, e.g. sensors, controllers, programs
- A61L 2202/15: Biocide distribution means, e.g. nozzles, pumps, manifolds, fans, baffles, sprayers
- A61M 16/00: Devices for influencing the respiratory system of patients by gas treatment, e.g. ventilators (iron lungs A61H31/02); Tracheal tubes
- A61M 16/06: Respiratory or anaesthetic masks
- A61M 16/0875: {Connecting tubes}
- A61M 2202/0216: Ozone
- A61M 2209/10: Equipment for cleaning
- A61L: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agents employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes A61K)
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}

## Abstract

A disinfection application, particularly, to a device capable of disinfecting a ventilator as well as a face mask and a hose, and more particularly, to an ozone disinfection device, an ozone disinfection system, and an ozone disinfection method. The ozone disinfection device includes: a sealed disinfection space, a gas distribution unit, an ozone generation unit, a suction pump, a filter, and a control module.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An ozone disinfection device, comprising:
a disinfection space configured to receive a device to be disinfected or temporarily store ozone;
wherein the disinfection space is configured to be openable;
at least one interface configured to communicate with the device to be disinfected;
a suction pump having a suction port and an exhaust port;
wherein a suction volume of the suction pump is not lower than an exhaust volume of an ozone generation unit; and
a control module configured to connect the ozone generation unit to the suction pump and control an operation of the ozone generation unit and the suction pump,
wherein the control module is configured to control the ozone generation unit to output the ozone so that a concentration of the ozone in the disinfection space is not lower than a concentration value to kill germs.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 1, wherein the disinfection space is sealed.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 1, wherein the ozone disinfection device further comprises a gas distribution unit that includes the at least one interface.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 3, wherein the ozone disinfection device further comprises an ozone generator configured to generate the ozone and a power apparatus configured to deliver the ozone to the gas distribution unit.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 4, wherein the power apparatus is a positive pressure gas pump.

### Claim 6

An ozone disinfection device, comprising:
a disinfection space configured to receive a device to be disinfected or temporarily store ozone;
at least one interface configured to communicate with the device to be disinfected;
a suction pump having a suction volume not lower than an exhaust volume of an ozone generation unit; and
a filter configured to absorb the ozone and/or catalyze a decomposition of the ozone;
wherein the filter includes at least one filter layer,
wherein the filter further includes at least one gas inlet and at least one exhaust hole, wherein at least one filter layer is provided between the at least one gas inlet and the at least one exhaust hole, and wherein the at least one filter layer is configured to communicate with the at least one gas inlet of the filter.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 6, wherein the suction pump includes at least one suction port and at least one exhaust port, and wherein the at least one gas inlet of the filter is configured to communicate with the at least one exhaust port of the suction pump.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 6, wherein the disinfection space includes an outer box and an inner box, and wherein the outer box includes a top cover, a base, and a peripheral side wall configured to connect the top cover and the base.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 6, wherein the suction pump and the filter are both provided between the inner box and the base.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 6, wherein the ozone disinfection device also includes a control module, wherein the control module includes a display screen that shows work progress and work content, and wherein the work progress includes a percentage of a total work time or a countdown of the total work time.

### Claim 11

An ozone disinfection device, comprising:
a disinfection space configured to receive a device to be disinfected or temporarily store ozone;
wherein the disinfection space is configured to be openable;
an ozone generation unit and at least one ozone outlet, wherein the ozone outlet is configured to communicate with the disinfection space, and wherein the ozone generation unit includes an ozone generator configured to generate the ozone and a power apparatus configured to deliver the ozone to the disinfection space;
a suction pump having a suction port and an exhaust port;
wherein a suction volume of the suction pump is not lower than an exhaust volume of the ozone generation unit; and
a control module configured to connect the ozone generation unit to the suction pump and control an operation of the ozone generation unit and the suction pump,
wherein the control module activates the ozone generation unit, and the ozone generated by the ozone generation unit flows into the device to be disinfected and the disinfection space; and
wherein the ozone disinfection device further comprises a gas distribution unit that has at least one interface.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 11, wherein the disinfection space is opened and closed in a drawer type manner.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 11, wherein the disinfection space is opened and closed in a flip type manner.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 11, wherein the ozone generation unit is connectable to the at least one interface of the gas distribution unit via a pipeline.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 11, wherein the gas distribution unit is a three-way pipe.

### Claim 16

An ozone disinfection device, comprising:
a disinfection space configured to receive a device to be disinfected or temporarily store ozone;
wherein the disinfection space is configured to be openable;
at least one interface configured to communicate with a device to be disinfected;
a filter configured to absorb the ozone or catalyze a decomposition of the ozone;
wherein the filter includes at least one filter layer; and
a control module configured to connect an ozone generation unit to a suction pump and control an operation of the ozone generation unit and the suction pump,
wherein the control module controls the ozone generation unit to stop working and activates the suction pump, and wherein the suction pump generates a negative pressure to pump the ozone inside the disinfection space and the device to be disinfected.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 16, wherein the filter includes a plurality of exhaust holes.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 17, wherein the filter also includes at least one gas inlet, wherein the suction pump includes at least one exhaust port, wherein the at least one exhaust port of the suction pump is connectable to the at least one gas inlet of the filter through a pipeline, and wherein a material of the pipeline is silicone or ethylene propylene diene monomer.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 16, wherein the control module activates the ozone generation unit, and wherein the ozone produced by the ozone generation unit flows into the device to be disinfected and the disinfection space through a gas distribution unit.

### Claim 20 (depends on 16)

The ozone disinfection device according to claim 16, wherein gas discharged from the filter does not contain the ozone.
