Patent ID: 7641790

Claim:
A portable hydrating fluid purification module, comprising: an ingress configured to receive hydrating fluid from a fluid source; an egress configured as a push-pull valve mouthpiece to direct hydrating fluid directly to a user; a flow path from the ingress to the egress defined by a flow path wall, the flow path arranged to allow the hydrating fluid to flow at a drinkable rate; one or more solid state ultraviolet (UV) devices to provide UV radiation in a germicidal range, the UV devices embedded within the flow path wall and arranged with the flow path such that hydrating fluid that flows past the UV devices at the drinkable rate is purified by the UV radiation; means for turning on the UV devices in response to the opening of the push-pull valve mouthpiece; and means for turning off the UV devices in response to the closing of the push-pull valve mouthpiece.