A light radiation device includes a housing, a substrate provided in the housing, and a light source mounted on the substrate. The light source includes a first light source including at least one first light source to emit first light having a blue wavelength band, a second light source including at least one second light source to emit second light having a ultraviolet wavelength band, and a control unit to control the first light source and the second light source such that the second light source sequentially emits the second light after the first light source emits the first light. A dose of the second light source is less than 1/10 of a dose of the first light source.

Dehydration and drying are some of the oldest methods of preserving food and other biological materials such as proteins and both live and dead live microorganisms or their metabolites. The invention disclosed herein seeks a method of further improving the process of preserving biological material by combining the freezing or freeze-drying process with a partial infrared dehydration step. By using infrared radiation energy to perform simultaneous blanching and dehydration, the drying speed is greatly increased and better cellular and molecular integrity is maintained. The invention herein is also particularly useful in connection with cannabis and hemp.

Provided herein are methods and compositions for the reduction of endospore contamination of a substrate with percarboxylic acid-based compositions. The methods can include the step of continuously monitoring the oxidation-reduction potential of the percarboxylic acid-based compositions.

There is disclosed a system and methods for debriding soft tissue from bone using a high-pressure water debridement system. One embodiment includes a cylindrical sleeve bounded by endcaps and having a drainage port positioned for effluent drainage. A central shaft is configured to receive a bone segment and is disposed along a longitudinal center of the sleeve and rotatively coupled between the endcaps. At least one high-pressure water nozzle is disposed on each side of the sleeve, each of which is positioned to impact the bone segment with a high-pressure water stream. A rotational actuator is configured to rotate the central shaft and the bone segment relative to the sleeve and the water nozzles such that when the high-pressure water nozzles are operational, the high-pressure water streams debride the bone segment. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Methods of sterilizing biologics or biological components are disclosed wherein the biologic or biological component in solution or suspension form are formed using an annealing step during freeze drying so that a porous solid matrix which allows penetration of a sterilizing gas such as EtO to pass through. The annealing process decreases the particle size of lyophilized material as compared to other methods and provides a more uniform cake that is easy to reconstitute. In addition, the resulting lyophilized material made with the annealing step allows better penetration of the sterilizing gas for more effective and uniform sterilization of the material.

The invention is an apparatus having a protective envelope which is designed and constructed to envelope at least one room region, such that the protective envelope is able to separate the at least one room region from an environment immediately surrounding the protective envelope, and use thereof. Methods for operating a production engineering unit under cleanroom conditions and for creating and operating a virus-free and cross-contamination free room region surrounded by a protective envelope for accommodating persons and/or objects subject to quarantine. The invention has a protective envelope with at least two layers separated by a spacer layer, that is flow-permeable.

A combination storage and sterilization device for fake eyelashes is a portable device that houses and disinfects all types of fake eyelashes including eyelash extensions and eyelash tools. The device includes a casing, a drawer, a cover, and a sterilization mechanism. The sterilization mechanism may include a UV bulb, a power source such as batteries, and a control circuit with a timer to automatically turn on and off the sterilization mechanism. The device may further include additional compartments for storing tools and accessories associated with fake eyelashes.

Described is a method for treating or preventing an infection, such as an infection associated with Staphylococcus epidermidis such as a Health-Care Associated infection, a wound, a sore, an ulcer, a burn. The method includes applying a treatment preparation to a treatment site, the treatment preparation has a first component having a single amino acid, said single amino acid being leucine, and a second component having an active chlorine compound.

A decontamination device (1) for decontaminating products in the form of consumer goods and/or consumer good packaging having consumer goods located therein prior to supplying the consumer goods into an isolator, the decontamination device comprising several decontamination chambers (3, 4, 5, 6) each having a closable inlet opening (9) and a closable outlet opening (10), and each comprising application means (7) for applying a decontamination agent, to the decontamination chambers (3, 4, 5, 6), and the decontamination device (1) comprising a distributor chamber (11) disposed upstream of the decontamination chambers (3, 4, 5, 6) and having a supply opening (24) for products to be decontaminated, the distributor chamber (11) comprising distributor means (15) for distributing the products to the different decontamination chambers (3, 4, 5, 6), and the decontamination device (1) comprising a discharge chamber (12) disposed downstream of the decontamination chambers (3, 4, 5, 6) and having a discharge opening (2) and comprising transport means (16) for transporting the decontaminated products out of the decontamination chambers (3, 4, 5, 6), the distributor chamber (11) and/or the discharge chamber (12) being assigned means (17) for reducing a decontamination agent concentration by means of which the decontamination agent is conveyed through a catalytic converter in air circulation mode and/or decontamination agent is displaced by supplying fresh air.

Methods, apparatuses, systems, and implementations for inductive heating of a foreign metallic implant are disclosed. A foreign metallic implant may be heated via AMF pulses to ensure that the surface of the foreign metallic implant heats in a uniform manner. As the surface temperature of the foreign metallic implant rises, acoustic signatures may be detected by acoustic sensors that may indicate that tissue may be heating to an undesirable level approaching a boiling point. Once these acoustic signatures are detected, the AMF pulses may be shut off for a time period to allow the surface temperature of the implant to cool before applying additional AMF pulses. In this manner, the surface temperature of a foreign metallic implant may be uniformly heated to a temperature adequate to treat bacterial biofilm buildup on the surface of the foreign metallic implant without damaging surrounding tissue. The AMF pulse treatment can be combined with an antibacterial/antimicrobial treatment regimen to reduce the time and/or antibacterial dosage amount needed to remove the biofilm from the metallic implant.