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Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023

Filed:

Jul. 01, 2020
Applicant:

Ecolab Usa Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Paul R. Kraus, Apple Valley, MN (US);

Amani Babekir, Greensboro, NC (US);

Gina McDowell, Greensboro, NC (US);

Teresa C Podtburg, Waconia, MN (US);

Assignee:

Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2/24 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lighting array including one or more antimicrobial light segments, each light segments including one or more antimicrobial light sources, is configured to emit light sufficient to inactivate one or more microorganisms on a touch screen display surface. The lighting array may individually control activation of the one or more antimicrobial light segments based on user presence information, time of day information, and/or touch screen display usage information. A touch screen display assembly includes a housing, a touch screen display and a lighting array including one or more antimicrobial light segments.


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