US 12,280,163 B2
UV module, system, and method for deactivating biologically contaminated surfaces in an interior of a device
Thomas Moore, Jena-Drackendorf (DE); Claus Knippschild, Jena (DE); and Martin Hentschel, Jena (DE)
Assigned to Analytik Jena GmbH+Co. KG, Jena (DE)
Filed by Analytic Jena GmbH+Co. KG, Jena (DE)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/406,877.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 121 809.5 (DE), filed on Aug. 19, 2020; and application No. 10 2020 121 995.4 (DE), filed on Aug. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0054677 A1, Feb. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); B01L 7/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/686 (2018.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a thermocycler having an interior and including a temperature control block therein; and
a UV module configured to be introduced into the interior of the thermocycler and adapted to deactivate biologically contaminated surfaces in the interior, the UV module comprising:
a carrier;
a radiation source affixed to the carrier and adapted to emit UV radiation;
thermal contact surfaces configured to contact the temperature control block of the thermocycler into which the UV module is introduced, wherein the thermal contact surfaces rest against the temperature control block when the UV module is inserted into the interior, and wherein the temperature control block is configured to cool the radiation source; and
a control unit connected to the radiation source and configured to receive and process at least one information item as to operate the radiation source to emit UV radiation based on the at least one information item.