Patent ID: 7763177
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: A61L,B08B,C02F

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a conduit to carry flowing liquid to be disinfected, the conduit having an inlet portion to receive the liquid, and an outlet portion to discharge the liquid; an illumination source to illuminate the liquid within the conduit; and an ultrasonic cleaning unit to treat at least an interior surface of the conduit, wherein the ultrasonic cleaning unit includes one or more ultrasound transducers that are in direct contact with the flowing liquid within the conduit, one or more additional ultrasound transducers mounted on an external surface of the conduit and a body to hold the transducers, wherein the body forms, together with the additional transducers and an external surface of the conduit, a confined liquid chamber to store a contact liquid within which acoustic waves are generated by the additional ultrasound transducers.