A61L2209/16

Intelligent air shield formation device for preventing infection
11493219 · 2022-11-08 · ·

The present invention provides an intelligent air shield formation device, having a plurality of nozzles are configured to discharge purified air towards ground, detecting a body region of the detected person, generating region information, controlling the plurality of nozzles corresponding to the region information, generating movement information based on a speed of movement of the body region, controlling the shape of the region information to be deformed based on the movement information.

Air filter with pathogen monitoring and inactivation

An improved technology for inactivation of viruses, for example the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is causing the Covid-19 pandemic, is described. The technology can include a device that includes a substrate coated in a polymer that is infused with a pathogen inactivating material. In various embodiments, at a given time, a portion of the pathogen inactivating material is exposed to the environment, and the device is configured to periodically or intermittently expose additional pathogen inactivating material to the environment. For example, the polymer can be ablative or sacrificial.

PEROXIDE-GENERATING AIR PURIFICATION ELEMENT
20220054694 · 2022-02-24 ·

A system includes an airflow passage and an air purification element. The airflow passage is configured to confine a flow of air and direct the flow of air toward a space. The air purification element is positioned in the airflow passage and configured to produce a peroxide to oxidize contaminants in air flowing through the airflow passage. The air purification element includes a peroxide-generating structure and a matrix containing a peroxide-activating catalyst configured to activate peroxide produced. The air purification element is configured to produce the peroxide from a water vapor and oxygen in the air within the airflow passage when energized by an energy source, and the matrix is configured to allow the contaminants to contact peroxide activated by the peroxide-activating catalyst.

ENHANCED VEHICLE OPERATION

A computer includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to, heat a passenger cabin of a vehicle, suppress a climate control limiter that prevents an air blower of a climate control component from operating when an engine coolant temperature exceeds a temperature threshold, and actuate a motor on an air pump to introduce air external to the vehicle to the passenger cabin.

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MITIGATING AIRBORNE CONTAMINATION IN CONDITIONED INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS
20220054687 · 2022-02-24 ·

A system and method for mitigating airborne contamination in a conditioned indoor environment utilizes one or more sensing modules configured to detect presence and/or concentration of particles and/or aerosols at different locations. A control module employs an artificial intelligence algorithm to selectively activate at least one mitigation module utilizing machine learning programmed rules and output signals from the sensing module(s). The mitigation module(s) are configured to take one or more actions to reduce presence and/or concentration of particles and/or aerosols in the conditioned indoor environment.

Magnetically Attachable UV LED Sanitizer System
20220054696 · 2022-02-24 ·

A magnetically attachable UV LED sanitizer system for indoor spaces having an outer shell assembly consisting of a rectangular cuboid outer machine shell, a front plate, and a back plate shaped in such a manner so as to fit inside an air conditioning duct register, diffuser or grille; a transparent cover, said cover allowing for the transmission of germicidal ultraviolet light frequencies; an ultraviolet lamp board; a motion detector capable of detecting movement of persons in an indoor space; at least one processor; a power supply; a rechargeable battery; a wireless network card; a magnet assembly capable of adhering the system to ferromagnetic surfaces such as air conditioning ducts, registers, diffusers and grilles. The system is programmable to emit germicidal ultraviolet radiation to sanitize air traveling to, from and through air conditioning ducts. The device is networkable with devices such as computers, smartphones and tablets.

FLUID-FLOW STERILIZATION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME
20220054697 · 2022-02-24 ·

Efficient sterilization of a flow of fluid containing a pathogen/virus contaminant is achieved by filtering the fluid while exposing the contaminant to mechanical abrasion against a component of the filter system, ionization with material formed as a result of interaction of UV-radiation with an element of the filter system, and direct irradiation of the contaminant with UV-radiation.

CATALYTIC HYDROGEN PEROXIDE GENERATION FOR DISINFECTION
20220054698 · 2022-02-24 ·

In various implementations, systems and processes may generate hydrogen peroxide using a catalyst that includes titanium dioxide, silver, antimony, copper, and/or rhodium. The systems and processes may utilize an air stream in the presence of UV light and a catalyst to generate hydrogen peroxide. The generated hydrogen peroxide may be utilized to disinfect air and surfaces.

AIR TREATMENT SYSTEM
20230175719 · 2023-06-08 ·

An air treatment system includes a housing defining a disinfection chamber disposed between an air intake and an air discharge, and a blower in the disinfection chamber adapted to move air through the disinfection chamber along a nominal flow axis. A pair of LED emitters in the disinfection chamber each generate a beam of UV-C light along a beam center axis having a spacial distribution of direct UV-C light characterized by major and minor axes, with the beam center axis of one emitter being generally perpendicular to the nominal flow axis and generally perpendicular to the other beam center axis, the generated spacial distributions of direct UV-C light at least partially overlapping one another within the disinfection chamber, and a reference plane containing one LED emitter's beam center and major axes is generally perpendicular to another reference plane containing the other LED emitter's beam center and major axes.

PROACTIVE AIR/SURFACE DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM AND DEVICES

A system for decontaminating/neutralizing breathable air and surfaces in an occupied enclosed space, i.e. building, aircraft, vehicle or greenhouse, includes mounting an atmospheric hydroxyl radical generator along an inside surface of the atmospheric hydroxyl radical generator having respective opposite air inlets and air outlets. The hydroxyl radical generator includes a polygonal housing supporting a plurality of spaced crystal-spliced UV optics, which are tubular, medical grade pure quartz optics to emit/irradiate ultraviolet in the nanometer wavelength/ultraviolet spectrum of between 100 and 400 nanometers for deactivating and neutralizing atmospheric chemicals and pathogens in breathable air and surfaces. The hydroxyl radicals contact the walls of the reaction chamber housing. The hydroxyl radicals become created and excited to react quickly with impurities including VOC, virus, bacteria and fungi, rendering them inactivated and neutral. The breathable air passes through the polygonal housing and is decontaminated and neutralized of impurities before entering the occupied enclosed space.