IP Library Granted Patent US 11,517,634
Granted Patent B2
US 11,517,634 · App. 17/441,843 · Granted Dec 6, 2022

Field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system

Inventor: Jim E. Fulbrook (Fairfax, VA)
A61L2/0047A61L2202/11A61L2202/14
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Patent No.
US 11,517,634
App. No.
17/441,843
Granted
Dec 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system includes a wrist band having two or more UV light emitters to produce a shower of UV light over the hand to disinfect pathogens that may be located on the hand and/or objects and surfaces in the light field of light dispersion the UV light emitters. A field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting device has a top-hand UV light emitter configured on the wrist band to produce a top-hand UV light field that is emitted down over the top or back of a hand, when donned on a person's wrist. A field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting device has a palm-hand UV light emitter that produces a palm-hand UV light field over the palm of a hand. A visible light emitter may project a visible light that overlaps the UV light field to indicate the location of the UV light emission.

Claims (33)

1. A field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system comprising:

a) field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting device comprising:

i) a wrist band;

ii) a top-hand ultraviolet light emitter coupled to the wrist band that produces a top-hand UV light field;

iii) a palm-hand ultraviolet light emitter coupled to the wrist band that produces palm-hand UV light field;

wherein the palm-hand UV light field and the top-hand UV light field overlap to form an overlap UV light field;

wherein at least one of the top-hand UV light emitter and the palm-hand UV light emitter is angularly adjustable about a pivot.

2. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 1 , wherein the top-hand UV light emitter is angularly adjustable about a pivot.

3. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 2 wherein the palm-hand UV light emitter is angularly adjustable about a pivot.

4. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 1 , wherein the palm-hand UV light emitter is angularly adjustable about a pivot.

5. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 1 , wherein the top-hand UV light emitter is angularly adjustable about a pivot and further comprising a top-hand deflector that extends out from a coupling with the top-hand UV light emitter to contact the top of a hand, and

wherein the top-hand UV light emitter is automatically angularly adjusted as a function of the movement of the top of the hand.

6. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 5 , wherein the top-hand deflector comprises a deflector extension that extends to a deflector attachment that is detachably attached to the top of the hand UV light emitter.

7. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 1 , wherein the palm-hand UV light emitter is angularly adjustable about a pivot and wherein the palm-hand UV light emitter comprises a palm-hand deflector that extends out from a coupling with the palm-hand UV light emitter to contact the palm of a hand and wherein the palm-hand UV light emitter is automatically angularly adjusted as a function of the movement of the palm of the hand.

8. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 7 , wherein the palm-hand deflector comprises a deflector extension that extends to a deflector attachment that is detachably attached to the palm-hand UV light emitter.

9. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 1 , wherein the top-hand ultraviolet light emitter and the palm-hand ultraviolet light emitter produce a neutralizing UV light having a wavelength of 222 nm +/−5 nm.

10. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 1 , wherein the top-hand ultraviolet light emitter and the palm-hand ultraviolet light emitter produces a destroying UV light having a wavelength between 250 nm and 280 nm.

11. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 1 , comprising a neutralizing top-hand ultraviolet light emitter that produces a neutralizing UV light having a wavelength of 222 nm +/−5 nm and a destroying top-hand ultraviolet light emitter that produces a destroying UV light having a wavelength between 250 nm and 280 nm.

12. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 11 , comprising a neutralizing palm-hand ultraviolet light emitter that produces a neutralizing UV light having a wavelength of 222 nm +/−5 nm and a destroying palm-hand ultraviolet light emitter that produces a destroying UV light having a wavelength between 250 nm and 280 nm.

13. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 12 , further comprising a controller and an auxiliary sensor configured to detect UV light and wherein the auxiliary sensor communicates via a wireless signal with the controller to turn off the destroying UV light emitters.

14. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 1 , further comprising a controller and an auxiliary sensor configured to detect UV light and wherein the auxiliary sensor communicates via a wireless signal with the controller to turn off the destroying UV light emitters.

15. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 1 , comprising a neutralizing palm-hand ultraviolet light emitter that produces a neutralizing UV light having a wavelength of 222 nm +/−5 nm and a destroying palm-hand ultraviolet light emitter that produces a destroying UV light having a wavelength between 250 nm and 280 nm.

16. A field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system comprising:

a) field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting device

i) a wrist band;

ii) a top-hand ultraviolet light emitter coupled to the wrist band that produces a top-hand UV light field;

iii) a palm-hand ultraviolet light emitter coupled to the wrist band that produces palm-hand UV light field;

wherein the palm-hand UV light field and the top-hand UV light field overlap to form an overlap UV light field further comprising

b) a projected light detector that detects the orientation of a projected light axis and a controller.

17. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 16 , wherein the controller automatically turns off said UV light emitters when the projected light detector detects upward movement of projected UV light, wherein upward movement of projected UV light is a change in a projected axis offset.

18. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 17 , wherein the projected light detector is configured on at least one of the top-hand UV light emitter and palm-hand UV light emitter.

19. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 1 , further comprising a visible light emitter that emits a visible light that at least partially overlaps the top-hand UV light field or the palm-hand UV light field.

20. The field of reach ultraviolet light disinfecting system of claim 1 , further comprising a visible light emitter that emits a visible light that at least partially overlaps the top-hand UV light field and the palm-hand UV light field.

Continuity (2)
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