Microbial disinfection is performed using continuous or intermittent lighting using one or more narrow wavelength light sources. The light sources illuminate with narrow wavelength characteristics. The lighting provides a sufficiently high intensity for rapid microbial disinfection process, while reducing the average energy consumption for microbial disinfection during the microbial disinfection process by targeting multiple cellular sites along different inactivation pathways.

The invention concerns a disinfection device includes a disinfection chamber having an interior volume and a radiation source coupled to the interior volume. The radiation source is arranged to emit disinfecting radiation into the interior volume when in operation. A disinfection program in the disinfection chamber is arranged to control the radiation source to emit the disinfecting radiation according to parameters determined based on at least one of a three dimensional model of the disinfection chamber and a three dimensional model of a target article to be disinfected. The three dimensional model of the disinfection chamber is formed using data collected by operating at least one radiation source in a data collection disinfection chamber, or by providing a disinfection chamber model having a virtual interior volume. The three dimensional model of the target article to be disinfected is formed by providing a target article model having a virtual surface.

A system and method of disinfecting an area using germicidal radiation. The system is configured to capture images of an environment, analyze the images to determine locations of a person or unprotected skin of a person in the environment, and control one or more germicidal radiation emitters to decontaminate the environment where the person or exposed skin of persons in the environment are not located. The system and method allow for safe decontamination of an environment using hazardous levels of germicidal radiation while occupied by a person who may not be fully protected from the radiation.

A catheter insertion aid may comprise: an insertion tip located at a proximal end of the insertion aid; a flexible bag; a self-sealing mating mechanism on the proximal end of the insertion aid; and a physical interface that helps a user hold and support the insertion aid against the body when inserting the catheter tube into the male or female urethral tract. The catheter insertion aid may mate with a urinary intermittent catheter with a catheter tube to be inserted into a male or female urethral tract to facilitate drainage of urine from a bladder into a receptacle. The flexible bag may surround the catheter tube with a first collar connection mechanism connecting to the insertion aid and a second collar connection mechanism connecting to a catheter funnel. The self-sealing mating mechanism may mate with the catheter funnel to create a hermetic seal that is substantially air- and water-tight. The catheter insertion aid may further comprise a lubrication reservoir that holds a lubricant to coat a thin layer of the lubricant on the catheter tube facilitating insertion of the catheter tube into the male or female urethral tract.

A decontamination apparatus for disinfecting a surface can include a flexible textile, an array of LEDs, and a flexible cover layer. The flexible textile can have a first side facing a first direction and a second side facing a second direction opposite the first direction. The array of LEDs can be configured to output radiation in at least two separate wavelength ranges corresponding to an ultraviolet radiation range and an infrared radiation range. The flexible cover layer can cover the array of LEDs and be transparent to at least the ultraviolet radiation range. The flexible cover layer can comprise a plurality of projections configured to maintain a consistent distance between the array of LEDs and a surface to be disinfected. The flexible textile, the array of LEDs, and the flexible cover layer can be coupled together to form a flexible blanket that conforms to a contour of the surface.

The present invention provides a sterilizer for a portable electronic device, comprising: a main body unit; a charge pin terminal unit coupled to one side surface of the main body unit and inserted into a charge slot of the portable electronic device; a cable coupling slot provided at the other side surface of the main body unit such that a charge terminal of a charge cable is inserted into the cable coupling slot; and a sterilizing LED module provided at one side surface of the main body unit, wherein LED rays emitted from the sterilizing LED module include visible rays, which are harmless to the human body.

The present invention relates to a toilet equipped with an infrared generator. The toilet equipped with an infrared generator is fabricated by separately forming a toilet body provided with an infrared generator in one side surface thereof, a bowl made of a material through which infrared rays emitted by the infrared generator can be transmitted and furnished with an infrared ray transmission region without the formation of a hole, and a rim conduit and then coupling the infrared generator, the bowl, and the rim conduit to the separately formed toilet body. The toilet equipped with an infrared generator enables the infrared generator to be easily installed without forming a hole into the bowl, and can prevent excretions, such as urine and feces, from leaking to the infrared generator.

A germicidal device is disclosed. The germicidal device may include a flexible panel that can be rolled up and/or folded. A plurality of LEDs embedded in the panel and a plurality of lenses are embedded in the panel. The panel includes an input connector coupled to the panel that receives input at a first voltage from a power source. The LEDs are coupled to the input connector and provided a second voltage that is suitable for operating the LEDs. The panel also includes one or more output connectors on the panel. The output connectors provide the first voltage as an output voltage from the panel. The panel may be coupled to additional panels with the additional panels receiving the first (output) voltage from the first panel as input voltage to the additional panels.

The invention relates to a drug-coated balloon catheter and to a method for producing the same. The balloon of the catheter includes (i) a main membrane, and (ii) an asymmetrical polymer membrane which is applied to an outside of the main membrane and into which at least one pharmaceutical active ingredient is introduced.

The invention relates to a drug-coated balloon catheter and to a method for producing the same. The balloon of the catheter includes (i) a main membrane, and (ii) an asymmetrical polymer membrane which is applied to an outside of the main membrane and into which at least one pharmaceutical active ingredient is introduced.