US 12,403,205 B2
System and method for ultraviolet sterilization of fluids
Michael John DiGeronimo, Chester, NY (US)
Assigned to Dover Brook Associates, Chester, NY (US)
Filed by Dover Brook Associates, Chester, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/720,910.
Prior Publication US 2023/0330282 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2202/11 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ultraviolet (UV) reactor for sterilizing a stream of fluid comprising:
a fluid input port and a fluid output port;
a frame structure having a longitudinal dimension; and
a plurality of plate reactors that are removably insertable into the frame structure in a series interposed between the fluid input port and the fluid output port and extending along the longitudinal dimension of the frame structure, each of the plurality of plate reactors including at least one channel into and through which the stream of fluid is transported in a direction transverse to the longitudinal dimension of the frame structure; and
at least one ultraviolet light source having a selected radiant flux is positioned to irradiate the at least one channel and the stream of fluid therein, wherein the stream of fluid at the fluid output port is sterilized.