US Patent:
20210299303, Sep 30, 2021
Inventors:
- Cheswick PA, US
Andrew Veter - Pittsburgh PA, US
Keith Huthmacher - Pittsburgh PA, US
Peter Gilgunn - Pittsburgh PA, US
James Nelson - Rillton PA, US
David Malarik - Worthington PA, US
Jun Yu - Pittsburgh PA, US
International Classification:
A61L 2/10
F24F 13/20
F24F 8/22
Abstract:
An UV-C device may include several UV-C light sources (e.g., UV-C LEDs) and such UV-C LEDs may have UV-C reflecting structures arranged to direct UV-C in a particular direction and at a particular size and shape. Doing so may, for example, increase the UV-C in a particular direction or working area. A UV-C generating device may be utilized in an air stream, such as an air duct, to sterilize air from that air stream. Sound suppression compartments may be placed around a UV-C generating device inlet and/or a device outlet to reduce sound from the UV-C generating device. Human perceivable (e.g., audible, tactile, and/or visual) notifications may be utilized to provide notification of different modes of operation and/or different efficacy levels (e.g., percent ranges of inactivation of a particular or multiple particular viruses, bacteria, spores, etc.