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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
May. 19, 2021
Ecolab Usa Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Steven Randall Hatch, Prior Lake, MN (US);
Paul Dominic Christian, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Paul R. Kraus, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An antimicrobial lighting system includes an antimicrobial lighting array that emits antimicrobial light within one or more antimicrobial wavelength ranges to inactivate one or more microorganisms on common touch surfaces. The common touch surfaces may include, for example, restaurant menus, airline safety instructions, pamphlets, instruction cards, or other common touch objects having a generally flat form factor, or that can be reduced to a flat form factor. Application of the antimicrobial light to the common touch surfaces may improve hygiene of such common touch surfaces and may help maintain microbial growth below acceptable levels.