US 12,128,149 B2
Humidifier disinfection using ultraviolet light
Alexander Dobrinsky, Vienna, VA (US)
Assigned to Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc., Columbia, SC (US)
Filed by Sensor Electronic Technology, Inc., Columbia, SC (US)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/562,358.
Application 17/562,358 is a continuation of application No. 16/261,711, filed on Jan. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,207,435.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/624,741, filed on Jan. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0118140 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); A61M 16/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 2/10 (2013.01) [A61L 2/24 (2013.01); A61M 16/161 (2014.02); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3306 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An enclosure comprising:
a first region containing a volume of water, the first region including a water treatment member configured to treat the volume of water;
a second region fluidly connected to the first region, wherein a portion of the volume of water flows from the first region into the second region;
a set of ultraviolet radiation sources configured to illuminate pre-vaporized water within the second region with ultraviolet radiation in a UV-C wavelength range, wherein an ultraviolet radiation source of the water treatment member is operated for a different duration and/or a different intensity than the set of ultraviolet radiation sources in the second region;
a humidifier component configured to create water vapor from the portion of the volume of water located within the second region;
a third region connected to the humidifier component, the third region configured to receive and contain the water vapor created within the second region and release the water vapor into ambient; and
a control unit configured to adjust operation of the set of ultraviolet radiation sources and the humidifier component separately.