US 12,090,239 B2
Apparatus and method for ultraviolet disinfection
Corbin Collet, Portage, MI (US); April Jennesis-Collet, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and Brian Brandon, Bellevue, MI (US)
Assigned to Blu Perspective LLC, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Blu Perspective LLC, Portage, MI (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/702,997.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/165,452, filed on Mar. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0305159 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); F21V 21/005 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [F21V 21/005 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A disinfection chamber for disinfecting objects placed within an interior space of the disinfection chamber, the disinfection chamber comprising:
a plurality of LED fixtures, each comprising LED ultraviolet sources and at least one LED visible light source, wherein the LED ultraviolet sources are configured to emit germicidal ultraviolet light;
one or more horizontally orientated shelves, each comprising a grill frame configured to support and position objects placed within the interior space of the disinfection chamber;
wherein a first shelf of the one or more shelves is positioned at or near a floor of the interior space of the disinfection chamber, wherein the first shelf comprises a first LED fixture of the plurality of LED fixtures, wherein the first LED fixture comprises a first W-shaped reflector comprising a series of alternating peaks and valleys, wherein LED ultraviolet sources of the first LED fixture are arranged in the valleys on one side of the first W-shaped reflector, and wherein the grill frame of the first shelf is positioned above the first LED fixture;
wherein a second LED fixture of the plurality of LED fixtures is positioned at or near a ceiling of the interior space of the disinfection chamber, wherein the second LED fixture comprises a second W-shaped reflector comprising a series of alternating peaks and valleys, wherein LED ultraviolet sources of the second LED fixture are arranged in the valleys on one side of the second W-shaped reflector; and
wherein the first and second LED fixtures are arranged within the interior space of the disinfection chamber such that objects placed within the interior space of the disinfection chamber will be exposed from above and below to the ultraviolet sources for disinfection.