US 12,029,824 B2
Portable and disposable far-UVC device
Jennifer K. Rosen, Detroit, MI (US); and Benjamin X. Feeney, Nashville, TN (US)
Assigned to FREESTYLE PARTNERS, LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed by FREESTYLE PARTNERS, LLC, Detroit, MI (US)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/333,565.
Application 17/333,565 is a continuation of application No. 16/811,522, filed on Mar. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,020,498.
Application 16/811,522 is a continuation of application No. 16/279,253, filed on Feb. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,135,324.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/694,482, filed on Jul. 6, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/632,716, filed on Feb. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0283282 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/0052 (2013.01) [A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2202/14 (2013.01); A61L 2202/16 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handheld device, comprising:
a housing having a user input;
a far-UVC illumination source disposed within the housing for transmitting UVC illumination;
wherein responsive to actuation of the user input by a user of the handheld device, the far-UVC illumination source emits far-UVC illumination toward the surface to be sanitized while at least one of a chemical element and an optical element attenuating the far-UVC illumination having a wavelength greater than 235 nm from reaching the surface; and
a visible source for emitting focused visible indicia indicating said far-UVC illumination source is disposed an optimal distance from the surface being sanitized.