A light emitting cover which inactivates microorganisms for covering a high touch surface is disclosed. The light emitting cover includes a body having an interior configured to cover at least a portion of the high touch surface and an exterior surface configured to be disinfected. At least an exterior portion of the body is transparent or translucent. A light emitter operably is coupled to the body for emitting a light through the exterior surface. The light exiting the exterior surface has at least a portion thereof having a wavelength in a range of 380 to 420 nanometers to disinfect the exterior surface.
Cover with disinfecting illuminated surface
2020-04-14
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | A61L Verfahren oder Vorrichtungen zum Sterilisieren von Stoffen oder Gegenständen allgemein , METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL / A61N ELECTROTHERAPY , Elektrotherapie / B66B Aufzüge , ELEVATORS / E05B LOCKS , Schlösser / F21V FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF , Funktionsmerkmale oder Einzelheiten von Leuchten oder Beleuchtungssystemen / F21Y Index-Schema in Verbindung mit den Unterklassen F21K, F21L, F21S und F21V, betreffend die Form oder die Art der Lichtquellen oder die Farbe des emittierten Lichts , INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED |
Europäisches Patentamt | 2022
|Europäisches Patentamt | 2020
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