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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2022
Applicant:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Inventors:
Dmitri Voronin, Tampa, FL (US);
Shyam Mohapatra, Tampa, FL (US);
Subhra Mohapatra, Tampa, FL (US);
Sharad Ambardar, Tampa, FL (US);
Mark Howell, Tampa, FL (US);
Karthick Mayilsamy, Tampa, FL (US);
Assignee:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 9/20 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61L 9/20 (2013.01); A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); A61L 2209/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method for increasing efficiency of a pathogen inactivation via enhancing UVC light absorption at such pathogen by multiple diffuse scattering of the light at a wall defining a substantially closed volume, thereby increasing a number of angles at which the pathogen is being irradiate as compared with a direct irradiation of the pathogen with a beam of such light.