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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Applicants:
John Anderson, Glasgow, GB;
Michelle Maclean, Glasgow, GB;
Scott John Macgregor, Glasgow, GB;
Gerald Alexander Woolsey, Glasgow, GB;
Inventors:
John Anderson, Glasgow, GB;
Michelle MacLean, Glasgow, GB;
Scott John MacGregor, Glasgow, GB;
Gerald Alexander Woolsey, Glasgow, GB;
Assignee:
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 33/00 (2006.01); F21V 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lighting device with at least one first-element that emits visible light at a wavelength and irradiance sufficient to inactivate one or more pathogenic bacterial species, and at least one second element that emits light of one or more longer wave-lengths to that of the first-element. The at least one second element has a higher illuminance than that of the at least one inactivating element or component.