Granted Patent
B2
US 12,551,587 · App. 17/233,981 · Granted Feb 17, 2026
Apparatus, method and system for selectively affecting and/or killing a virus
Inventors:
Gerhard Randers-Pehrson (Ossining, NY); David Jonathan Brenner (New York, NY); Alan Bigelow (Nyack, NY)
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Abstract
Certain exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can provide an apparatus and method for generating at least one radiation can be provided. The exemplary apparatus and/or method can selectively kill and/or affect at least one virus. For example, a radiation source first arrangement can be provided which is configured to generate at least one radiation having one or more wavelengths provided in a range of about 200 nanometers (nm) to about 230 nm, and at least one second arrangement can be provided which is configured to prevent the at least one radiation from having any wavelength that is outside of the range can be provided or which can be substantially harmful to cells of the body.
Claims (20)
1 . An apparatus, comprising:
a radiation source first arrangement configured to generate at least one radiation having one or more wavelengths in a range of between about 200 nanometers (nm) to about 230 nm, wherein the at least one radiation is configured to impact least one of a surface or an aerosol; and
at least one filter second arrangement configured to substantially prevent the at least one radiation from having any wavelength of UVC wavelength range outside of the range of between about 200 nm to about 230 nm from passing therethrough that is substantially harmful to cells of a body.
2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the radiation source includes an excilamp.
3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the excilamp includes at least one of a krypton-bromine lamp or a krypton-chlorine lamp.
4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the radiation source first arrangement is further configured to generate the at least one radiation having a single wavelength, and wherein the at least one second arrangement is further configured to prevent the at least one radiation from having any wavelength other than the single wavelength.
5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the single wavelength is at least one of about 207 nm or about 222 nm.
6 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second arrangement includes at least one of a chemical filter or a dielectric.
7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more wavelengths have a range of about 207 nm to about 222 nm.
8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one or more wavelengths have a range of about (i) 200-204 nm, (ii) 205-209 nm, (iii) 210-214 nm, (iv) 215-218 nm, (v) 219-223 nm, or (vi) 224-230 nm.
9 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the single wavelength is at least one of (i) about 201 nm, (ii) about 202 nm, (iii) about 203 nm, (iv) about 204 nm, (v) about 205 nm, (vi) about 206 nm, (vii) about 208 nm, (viii) about 209 nm, (ix) about 210 nm, (x) about 211 nm, (xi) about 212 nm, (xii) about 213 nm, or (xiii) about 214 nm.
10 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the single wavelength is at least one of (i) about 215 nm, (ii) about 216 nm, (iii) about 217 nm, (iv) about 218 nm, (v) about 219 nm, (vi) about 220 nm, (vii) about 221 nm, (viii) about 223 nm, (ix) about 224 nm, (x) about 225 nm, (xi) about 226 nm, (xii) about 227 nm, (xiii) about 228 nm, (xix) about 229 nm, or (xx) about 230 nm.
11 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the virus has a susceptibility parameter of Z=0.42 m 2 /J.
12 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the surface includes an animate surface.
13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the animate surface includes at least one of (i) skin of at least one person, (ii) a cornea of the at least one person or (iii) mucous of the at least one person.
14 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the surface includes an inanimate surface.
15 . The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the inanimate surface includes at least one fomite surface.
16 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one radiation is further configured to selectively affect or destroy at least one microorganism on the surface or in the aerosol.
17 . The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the at least one microorganism is at least one bacteria.
18 . The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the at least one microorganism is at least one virus.
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From: RANDERS-PEHRSON, GERHARD; BRENNER, DAVID JONATHAN; BIGELOW, ALAN
To: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
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Continuity (9)
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