Patent ID: 11964079
Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
multiple radio frequency (RF) emitters configured to transmit RF energy into a specified area in order to inactivate one or more specified microorganisms in the specified area; and
a control system configured to control the RF emitters in order to adjust the RF energy transmitted by the RF emitters, wherein the control system is configured to:
obtain information identifying different types of microorganisms that are or might be present in the specified area over timed;
adjust the RF energy transmitted by the RF emitters in order to target the different types of microorganisms for inactivation over time; and
maintain a collective field strength below a safety standard threshold within an overlapping region of at least two of the RF emitters when inactivation of a specified microorganism requires increasing the RF energy of the RF emitters.