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US 7,612,492 B2Granted
Lighting apparatus and system for decontamination
AssigneeInventive Holdings LLC
InventorGuy J. Lestician
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Abstract
Contamination is reduced by exposing a specimen to light, such that the light includes ultraviolet and light of wavelength in the visible region, so that the light in the visible region damages the shell of an organism and the ultraviolet light prevents reproduction of the organism.
Claims13
A decontamination system, comprising:
- a power source;
- a treating area that receives an object to be decontaminated;
- a lighting controller;
- and
- one or more ultraviolet lamps that, when controlled by the lighting controller, will emit ultraviolet and visible light, the ultraviolet and visible light including light at one or more selected wavelengths at intensities sufficient to accelerate damage to an organism exposed to the light in the treating area.
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A decontamination apparatus, comprising:
- a lighting controller including a power source, a frequency generator, and an output;
- a treating area that receives an object to be decontaminated;
- and
- one or more fluorescent bulbs connected to receive power from the output and emit light in the ultraviolet and visible regions, the light including selected wavelengths at intensities sufficient to open a shell of an organism in the treating area.
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A lighting controller, comprising:
- a frequency generator;
- a treating area;
- and
- an output to receive and deliver power to one or more lamps that illuminate the treatment area;
- wherein the frequency generator adjusts the frequency of a signal delivered to the output so that, when the output is connected to one or more bulbs, the bulbs emit radiation at least two wavelengths that together will crack the shell of an organism in the treating area;
- and
- wherein the output also delivers power to the one or more bulbs so that the one or more bulbs will emit light at approximately 254 nm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.