The present disclosure relates to an air modifying device for extending the shelf life of a fresh product and to methods of extending the shelf life of fresh products. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure comprise an air modifying device for extending shelf life of a fresh product. The device comprises a hollow body, one or more means for moving air or a gas through the hollow body, a surface within the hollow body, the surface comprising a metal oxide, and a source of UV light within the body to direct UV light onto the surface comprising the metal oxide, wherein irradiation of the metal oxide with the UV light modifies the air or gas moved through the device so that release of the modified air or gas from the device into the atmosphere around the fresh product extends the shelf life of the fresh product.

The present disclosure relates generally to stabilized medical devices having immobilized biologically active entities necessary for sterilization. The present disclosure provides a substrate (200) that is at least partially electrically conductive, and a stabilized enzyme layer (220) disposed over at least a portion of a surface of the substrate. The stabilized enzyme layer (220) may include at least one biologically active sensing component (240), such as glucose oxidase in the case of glucose sensors, and at least one stabilizing component (260) non-covalently combined with the biologically active sensing component (240). The present disclosure further provides the biologically active sensing component (240) having a biological activity detection level from about 25 U/cm3 to about 1,000,000 11/ cm3 of the substrate following ethylene oxide sterilization of the biologically active sensing component. The present disclosure further provides methods of making stabilized medical devices having immobilized biologically active entities.

Disclosed is an incubator shaker (1) for cell cultivation, which comprises an incubation chamber (10), a shaking table (21) disposed in the incubation chamber (10), and an ozone distributing device (100) for distributing ozone in the incubation chamber (10) including a space underneath the shaking table (21). The shaking table (21) is configured to place a cultivation container thereon during a cultivation process. This incubator shaker (1) can be used for a further disclosed method for decontaminating the incubator shaker (1), including the steps of placing the ozone distributing device (100) into the incubation chamber (10), guiding ozone into the incubation chamber (10), and conveying the ozone inside the incubation chamber (10) including a space underneath the shaking table (21).

The disclosed technology includes a system for sanitizing a user's hands or other objects using atomized water. The system can include a heating element for heating air, a blower for directing the heated air toward a user's hands or other objects, and one or more reservoirs for holding fluids, such as water and a sanitizing agent. The system can include an atomizing device for atomizing at least some of the fluid. The system can include a controller for controlling the various components of the system.

A composition and method for chlorine dioxide production through reaction-diffusion chemistry that facilitates the in situ generation of chlorine dioxide, wherein a dry solid composition of hydroxymethanesulfinic acid monosodium salt dihydrate (abbreviated HMS) and a chlorine dioxide precursor are activated via the addition or absorption of water to produce chlorine dioxide. The dry solid chemical composition comprises dry, safe, transportable reagents that integrate with polymeric materials such as packaging and superabsorbent and stimuli-responsive hydrogel polymers to combine with water to produce chlorine dioxide.

A multi-chamber package is described including a first and second chamber, the first chamber having a bottom wall and sidewalls defining a cavity, the second chamber having a partially open bottom wall and sidewalls defining a cavity. A first removable seal is positioned over a top surface of the package, fully covering the first chamber and second chamber, and a second seal is positioned over a bottom surface of the partially open floor of the second chamber, fully sealing the second chamber. A method of packaging medical devices is also described.

A sterilization, disinfection, sanitization, or decontamination system having a chamber defining a region, and a generator for creating a free radical effluent with reactive oxygen, nitrogen, and other species and/or a vaporizer. A closed loop circulating system without a free-radical destroyer is provided for supplying the mixture of free radicals from the generator mixed with the hydrogen peroxide solution in the form of the effluent to the chamber. The system is used in sterilizing, disinfecting, sanitizing, or decontaminating items in the chamber or room and, with a wound chamber, in treating wounds on a body. The wound chamber may be designed to maintain separation from wounds being treated. Various embodiments can control moisture to reduce or avoid unwanted condensation. Some embodiments can be incorporated into an appliance having a closed space, such as a washing machine. Some embodiments may include a residual coating device that deposits a bactericidal coating on sterilized items.

A method of treating respiratory system tissue, includes operations of generating a plume of particles of a treating solution from a nebulizer, inhaling particles of the treating solution, delaying exhalation of an inhalation having particles of the treating solution therein, and determining whether a dose of the treating solution has been delivered, wherein the treating solution is a solution of at least 40% ethyl alcohol, by volume.

The mitigation of indoor pathogens comprises quantifying, using a bio-aerosol monitoring system, the amount of total pathogens in the air and on surfaces within an indoor environment. Moreover, the process comprises sanitizing the indoor environment with portable equipment to stabilize the indoor environment when it is determined that the indoor environment is contaminated. Also, the process comprises installing a purification device within a contaminated area of the indoor environment, and monitoring continuously, the indoor environment after sanitizing, for pathogens. Still further, the process comprises releasing a purifying agent upon detecting pathogens in the indoor environment, and providing periodic maintenance to the purification device.

An apparatus for sanitising a target comprises a supply of a sanitising substance comprising a gas and/or plasma of nitric oxide and/or ozone, and a conduit arranged to direct the sanitising substance onto a target to sanitise the target. FIG. 13(a) shows a sanitiser product generator device 1200 which is arranged to release a sanitising product into an elevator 1220 via channel 1240. The sanitising product will destroy bacteria and virus within a mixing chamber before being released back into the lift shaft and lift cabin free from contaminants and may permeate the entire enclosed volume of the elevator, thereby destroying bacteria and virus in the air and on the surfaces of the elevator, circulating clean air and cleaning any contaminated air incoming via opening of the elevator doors or from passengers coughing and sneezing, for example.