US 12,280,164 B2
Flashlamp cartridge for decontamination and decontamination unit
Tony Vinyard, Cambridge (GB); Harry Shirling-Rooke, Cambridge (GB); and Jeremy Woffendin, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to Excelitas Noblelight Ltd., Cambridge (GB)
Appl. No. 17/424,073
Filed by Heraeus Noblelight Ltd., Cambridge (GB)
PCT Filed Jan. 20, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/051219
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/152073, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 19152768 (EP), filed on Jan. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096679 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 21/00 (2006.01); A23L 3/28 (2006.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); G01N 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A23L 3/28 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/23 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flashlamp cartridge for a decontamination unit, comprising:
a flashtube for pulsed emissions of ultraviolet light,
a sheath encapsulating the flashtube and extending axially from a first end, capped by a first cap, to a second end, capped by a second cap; and
a coolant chamber extending radially between the flashtube and the sheath, wherein the coolant chamber extends axially from the first cap, which includes a first coolant connector as an inlet for coolant, to the second cap, which includes a second coolant connector as an outlet for the coolant.