US 11,986,565 B2
Self-sterilizing IV pole system
Vishal Thakur, Springfield, NJ (US)
Filed by Vishal Thakur, Springfield, NJ (US)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,040.
Application 17/738,040 is a continuation of application No. 16/562,768, filed on Sep. 6, 2019, granted, now 11,351,278.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/728,476, filed on Sep. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0257816 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); F21S 4/20 (2016.01); F21V 23/00 (2015.01); H01R 13/62 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01); F21Y 105/10 (2016.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2/26 (2013.01); F21S 4/20 (2016.01); F21V 23/001 (2013.01); H01R 13/6205 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01); F21Y 2105/10 (2016.08); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for sterilizing equipment, comprising:
a hollow pole configured for attaching to equipment, the hollow pole having a top disk connector in electrical communication with electrical wiring inside the hollow pole;
a conical drape having an apex and an interior, the apex having a disk connector in electrical communication with the top disk connector of the hollow pole; and
a plurality of UV (ultra-violet) LED (light-emitting diodes) light strips deployed on the interior of the conical drape in electrical communication with the disk connector at the apex of the conical drape.