Patent ID: 7829016
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: A61B,A61L

Abstract:
1. A process of disinfecting an object, comprising the steps of: placing an object to be disinfected in a housing, said housing comprising: a plurality of UV-C radiation sources in an interior thereof; a plurality of UV-C sensors in an interior thereof, wherein said sensors are positioned within said housing to receive and measure UV-C radiation dosages received at multiple spaced apart locations within said interior of said housing, so as to indicate cumulative radiation dosages received at substantially all surfaces of said object to be disinfected; and UV-C reflective interior surfaces; wherein said object is spaced apart from said plurality of UV-C radiation sources and said plurality of UV-C sensors; causing said plurality of UV-C radiation sources to emit UV-C radiation, and directing the emission of UV-C radiation from said plurality of UV-C radiation sources toward said object and toward said UV-C reflective interior surfaces, wherein said UV-C reflective interior surfaces reflect said UV-C radiation and substantially all surfaces of said object receive UV-C radiation; measuring a cumulative dosage of UV-C radiation received by each of plurality of said UV-C sensors wherein said plurality of UV-C sensors receive substantially only reflected UV-C radiation; terminating the emission of UV-C radiation from said plurality of UV-C radiation sources upon each of said plurality of UV-C sensors receiving a required minimum cumulative dosage of UV-C radiation.