Patent ID: 7976777
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: A23L,A23V,A61F,A61L,B32B,B65D,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A self-monitoring package arrangement comprising: a packaging container for receiving one or more products and/or objects therein, the packaging container having a packaging structure comprising packaging material providing at least one storage volume, the at least one storage volume for containing a first agent that is energizably convertible by an energy source to a sanitizing agent comprising ozone in the at least one storage volume, the sanitizing agent comprising ozone being transferable from the at least one storage volume to the one or more products and/or objects to provide at least one of a sanitizing, disinfecting, and sterilizing, application to the one or more products and/or objects; and at least one sensor device, being located in the at least one storage volume, with one or more of the at least one sensor device each comprising an ultraviolet radiation sensor located in close proximity to an inside surface of the packaging material of the packaging structure providing the at least one storage volume of the packaging container and the ultraviolet radiation sensor being oriented substantially toward the nearest inside surface of the packaging material of the packaging structure providing the at least one storage volume to detect ultraviolet radiation energy radiated through the packaging material and into the at least one storage volume, to monitor the presence of at least one of the sanitizing agent comprising ozone and ultraviolet radiation energy in the at least one storage volume thereby monitoring exposure of the products and/or objects being stored in the at least one storage volume to the at least one of the sanitizing agent comprising ozone and the ultraviolet radiation energy.