Patent ID: 8754385
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: A01N,A23L,A23V,A61F,A61L,B32B,B65B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A multi-compartment package for providing at least one of a sanitizing, disinfecting, and sterilizing treatment to a product or object inside the package, comprising: a main compartment for containing a product or object therein; and at least a first compartment adjacent to the main compartment and being separate and divided from the main compartment by packaging material comprising a composition that allows ultraviolet energy from at least a first ultraviolet energy source in the first compartment to pass through the packaging material and into the main compartment, the first compartment being filled with an atmosphere comprising nitrogen such that there is little to no oxygen molecules in the first compartment and containing at least a first ultraviolet energy source therein, the at least a first ultraviolet energy source being controllable to emit ultraviolet energy from the first compartment, through the packaging material, and into the main compartment thereby providing at least one of a sanitizing, disinfecting and sterilizing treatment to the product or object inside the package.