US 12,239,751 B2
UV pathogen control device and system
Denise Rippinger, Lake Geneva, WI (US); and Denny Beasley, LaGrange Park, IL (US)
Assigned to Gold Mine Ideas, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
Appl. No. 17/298,503
Filed by GOLD MINE IDEAS, LLC, Nashville, TN (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/063836
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 28, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/113149, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/772,194, filed on Nov. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0047736 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2/202 (2013.01); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01); A61L 2202/20 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
 
1. A UV microorganism inhibiting device, comprising:
a housing having an interior, and a front and back that defines a length;
at least one UV light source located within the interior of the housing;
a pressurized air source to produce pressurized air;
an inlet for introducing pressurized air into the interior of the housing;
reflective surfaces within the interior of the housing; wherein the reflective surfaces are arranged non-parallel to one another along a length of the housing, with the ends of the reflective surfaces toward the bottom side of the housing closer together than the ends of the reflective surfaces toward the top of the housing; and
an outlet opening for allowing UV light and an air/ozone mixture to pass from the interior of the housing to outside the housing.