US 12,239,755 B2
Method, device, and system for disinfection
Emmett Manuel Cunningham, Glen Allen, VA (US)
Assigned to NEVOA LIFE SCIENCES, Gilbert, AZ (US)
Filed by NEVOA LIFE SCIENCES, Gilbert, AZ (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/446,753.
Application 17/446,753 is a continuation of application No. 16/231,480, filed on Dec. 22, 2018, granted, now 11,135,328.
Application 16/231,480 is a continuation of application No. 15/108,745, granted, now 10,188,764, issued on Jan. 29, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2015/010447, filed on Jan. 7, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/924,980, filed on Jan. 8, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0393833 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A61L 2/22 (2006.01); A01N 25/06 (2006.01); A61L 9/14 (2006.01); B05B 3/02 (2006.01); B05B 5/025 (2006.01); B05B 7/08 (2006.01); B05B 17/06 (2006.01); A61L 9/16 (2006.01); B05B 1/26 (2006.01); B05B 3/10 (2006.01); B05B 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/22 (2013.01) [A01N 25/06 (2013.01); A61L 9/14 (2013.01); B05B 3/02 (2013.01); B05B 5/025 (2013.01); B05B 7/08 (2013.01); A61L 9/16 (2013.01); A61L 2202/15 (2013.01); A61L 2202/25 (2013.01); A61L 2209/132 (2013.01); A61L 2209/135 (2013.01); A61L 2209/14 (2013.01); B05B 1/26 (2013.01); B05B 3/10 (2013.01); B05B 7/0012 (2013.01); B05B 17/0669 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for disinfecting an area or enclosed space, the apparatus comprising:
an atomizing tray;
an atomizing device within the atomizing tray, the atomizing device being operable to produce a fog comprising liquid droplets having diameters between about 0.5 micron and about 20 microns;
a tank for holding a quantity of a disinfecting composition;
a recirculating pump for transferring the disinfecting composition from the tank to the atomizing tray and maintaining a depth of the disinfecting composition within the atomizing tray;
at least one port for discharging the fog into the area or enclosed space; and
an in-line dehumidifying device.