Patent ID: 11911530
Assignee: UV PARTNERS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A UV-C touch and feedback user interface module comprising:
a protective covering having a UV and visible light transmissive portion that forms a touch surface of the module user interface;
light emitting diodes (LEDs) including a UV LED and a visible light LED;
a printed circuit board joined with the protective covering and the LEDs, the printed circuit board including:
a disinfection and human machine interface integrated circuit electrically coupled to the printed circuit board, the disinfection integrated circuit including:
an LED driver module configured to drive the LEDs;
a sensor module configured to sense a user interaction at or proximal the touch surface;
a communications module configured to communicate with a device separate from the disinfection and human machine interface integrated circuit;
a control circuit coupled to the LED driver, the sensor module, and the communication module, wherein the control circuit is configured to:
provide disinfection control signals to the LED driver module for automatic disinfection at or proximal the touch surface via the UV LED transmitting UV-C light through the UV transmissive portion of the protective covering to the touch surface;
provide feedback control signals to the LED driver module for providing visual feedback via the visible light LED transmitting visible light through the protective covering to the touch surface; and

wherein the sensor module is configured as an input control of a human machine interface and the communication module is configured to communicate the input control to a device separate from the disinfection and human machine interface integrated circuit, whereby the disinfection and human machine interface integrated circuit enables a 3D moving interface.