Device having light source to reduce surface pathogens
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorErik Todeschini
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Abstract
A self-disinfecting device includes a housing with translucent material and an internal light source that is used to reduce surface pathogens on the translucent material. The device includes a processor and a light source positioned within the housing. At least a portion of the housing is translucent to radiation, and the light source emits radiation at a wavelength and an intensity that kills pathogens residing on the outer surface of the housing.
Claims20
A hand-held device that is capable of self-disinfection, comprising:
- a processor;
- a laser or image sensor for reading symbology;
- a housing that substantially encloses the processor and the laser or image sensor, the housing being at least partially formed of a rigid material that is translucent to light;
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- a ultraviolet light source positioned within the housing for emitting light at a wavelength and an intensity that kills bacteria on the outer surface of the housing's translucent material;
- wherein at least a portion of the ultraviolet light is emitted from the light source orthogonal to the inner surface of the translucent material and through the translucent material to kill bacteria on the outer surface of the translucent material.
A hand-held device that is capable of self-disinfection, comprising:
- a processor, a image sensor for reading code symbology, and a ultraviolet light source positioned within a housing;
- wherein a portion of the housing comprises a rigid material that is translucent to radiation;
- wherein the ultraviolet light source emits ultraviolet light at a wavelength and an intensity that kills bacteria on an outer surface of the housing's translucent material;
- wherein the ultraviolet light emitted from the light source is directed orthogonal to an inner surface of the translucent material and through the translucent material to kill bacteria on the outer surface of the housing's translucent material.
A hand-held device that is capable of self-disinfection, comprising:
- a image sensor for reading symbols;
- a processor;
- a housing containing the image sensor and the processor, the housing including rigid material that is translucent to light;
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- at least one light source positioned within the housing that, when illuminated, emits radiation at a wavelength and an intensity that kills bacteria on an outer surface of the housing's translucent material;
- wherein a portion of the radiation emitted from the at least one light source is emitted orthogonal to an inner surface of the translucent material and through the translucent material to kill bacteria on the outer surface of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.