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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2022
Xenex Disinfection Services Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Mark A. Stibich, Santa Fe, NM (US);
Charles Dale, San Antonio, TX (US);
Edward C. Guerrero, Jr., San Antonio, TX (US);
Paul P. Froutan, Katy, TX (US);
Sarah E. Simmons, San Antonio, TX (US);
Boris Ciorneiu, Great Falls, VA (US);
Xenex Disinfection Services Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
Room and/or area disinfection apparatuses are provided which generate pulses of germicidal light at a frequency greater than 3 Hz and project the pulses of light exterior to the disinfection apparatuses. In some cases, the apparatus includes processor executable program instructions for receiving data regarding characteristics of a space in which the disinfection apparatus is to be operated. In addition or alternatively, the apparatus may include a remote user interface to affect operation of the disinfection apparatus. In other cases, the apparatus may additionally or alternatively include a means for automatically moving the disinfection apparatus. In yet other additional or alternative cases, the disinfection apparatus may be void of an opaque component 360° around an elongated portion of the germicidal pulsed light source such that light emitted from the germicidal pulsed light source encircles the disinfection apparatus.