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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2019
University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);
William H. Guilford, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Amy J. Mathers, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Shireen M. Kotay, Charlottesville, VA (US);
University of Virginia Patent Foundation, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Abstract
A thermal disinfection system, and related of method of use and manufacture, is implemented with a liquid-carrying conduit associated with a given plumbing system applicable with a given environment. The thermal disinfection system may include a heating device configured for thermal contact with at least a portion of the liquid-carrying conduit, thereby defining a thermal contact region of the liquid-carrying conduit. Additionally, a thermal insulating layer may disposed on the heating device. The heating device may be configured to heat (or heat and dry) a lumen defined by the liquid-carrying conduit along the thermal contact region (in whole or in part) to a specified temperature to prevent (e.g., suppress) or inhibit (e.g., reduce) microbial activity from advancing through the lumen defined by the liquid-carrying conduit.