US 12,214,096 B2
System and method for safely eradicating pathogens
Jennifer K Rosen, Detroit, MI (US); Benjamin X Feeney, Nashville, TN (US); and Gregory D Degrazia, Birmingham, MI (US)
Assigned to Freestyle Partners LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by FREESTYLE PARTNERS LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/126,505.
Application 18/126,505 is a continuation of application No. 17/955,168, filed on Sep. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,623,015.
Application 17/955,168 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2021/025411, filed on Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/003,560, filed on Apr. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016962 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/08 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2/084 (2013.01); A61L 2/24 (2013.01); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for eradicating pathogens, comprising the steps of:
activating a lamp that emits a far-ultraviolet C (far-UVC) light and generates an irradiation zone;
determining whether an individual is present in the irradiation zone;
determining an amount of exposure to the far-UVC light that the individual receives in the irradiation zone;
determining whether the amount of exposure exceeds a threshold; and
if it is determined that the amount of exposure exceeds the threshold, deactivating the lamp.