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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2021
Mobiledemand Lc, Hiawatha, IA (US);
Matthew D. Miller, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
MobileDemand LC, Hiawatha, IA (US);
Abstract
A smart device and method for certified sterilization of personal computing/communications devices (e.g., smartphones, tablets, phablets) and other like personal effects provides an interior sterilization chamber fully or partially enclosed by a housing. The smart device includes an object tray or receptacle situated within the chamber for sterilization of any objects secured therein. Within the sterilization chamber, illuminators direct ultraviolet-C (UV-C) or other like disinfecting radiation at the external surfaces of the object according to a predetermined sterilization cycle or program. The selected sterilization cycle is executed by controlling the activation and/or articulation of the illuminators and/or the object tray or receptacle (either or both of which may be articulated to maximize the irradiated surface area of the object). When a sterilization cycle is complete, the control processors generate a unique token memorializing the successful completion of the cycle upon the sterilized object (e.g., a uniquely identified mobile device).