US 12,186,459 B2
Ultraviolet pathogen disinfection system
Anurag Sood, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); Neeraj R. Chaudhary, Fremont, CA (US); Sandeep Seth, Houston, TX (US); and Danish S. Khatri, Redondo Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Luv Systems, Inc., Gardena, CA (US)
Filed by Sood, Seth, Khatri & Chaudhary LLC, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/164,605.
Application 17/164,605 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/086,111, filed on Oct. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,844,884.
Application 17/086,111 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/926,327, filed on Jul. 10, 2020, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2022/0008595 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 9/20 (2006.01); A61L 9/03 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 9/032 (2013.01) [A61L 9/20 (2013.01); A61L 2209/111 (2013.01); A61L 2209/14 (2013.01); A61L 2209/15 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
inducing airflow, via a ceiling fan, into an intake opening of an air treatment system, wherein the air treatment system comprises a base configured to be suspended from a ceiling via at least one connection element, wherein a first side of the base is disposable radially outward from the ceiling fan, wherein the base comprises a plurality of base segments, and wherein adjacent base segments are joined via mounting plates to form a contiguous support around the ceiling fan; and
directing the airflow through the air treatment system via a fluid passageway towards an exhaust opening of the air treatment system, wherein the fluid passageway is defined between an upper cowling and a lower cowling of the air treatment system, the lower cowling defining an interior lower cowling surface and positioned radially outward from and around the ceiling fan, and the upper cowling defining an interior upper cowling surface and positioned vertically above the lower cowling; and
treating air passing through the fluid passageway via at least one air treatment device.