Patent ID: 11938235
Assignee: DUPONT ELECTRONICS, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A self-sanitizing structure comprising:
a body region having a contact surface that can be contacted by a person during an intended use of the self-sanitizing structure; and
an energy source configured to:
generate electromagnetic radiation; and
direct the electromagnetic radiation through the body region to the contact surface;

wherein the body region comprises a host composite material;
wherein scattering elements are formed in the host composite material;
wherein the body region is configured to scatter the electromagnetic radiation and pass the scattered electromagnetic radiation through the body region to the contact surface in a manner that maintains the scattered electromagnetic radiation that reaches the contact surface as sanitizing electromagnetic radiation; and
wherein the sanitizing electromagnetic radiation is electromagnetic radiation that is at or above a minimum irradiance level that neutralizes infectious agents.