HARD SURFACE DISINFECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD

• Main Authors: Garner, Michael Scott, Escolin, Timothy Mathew G, Lyslo, Waldemar John, Smigelski, Thomas
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 29.07.2021
• Subjects: CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL

A method of disinfecting a designated area is provided. The method comprises the step of placing a plurality of independently placeable, vertically elongated energy emitters in the designated area, each having a vertically elongated rotatable reflector that curves around its emitter, can rotate completely around the emitter, and can change a direction energy is emitted from the emitters. The method also comprises the steps of using sensors equipped to each emitter to determine locations of other emitters, and controlling the reflectors by varying a rotation speed and/or rotation range while the reflectors are rotating to ensure surfaces in the designated area receive a minimum exposure time in which energy from at least one of the emitters is directed onto the surfaces to disinfect the surfaces based on the determined locations.