Room sterilization method and system
First Claim
1. An apparatus for disinfecting an enclosure, and reporting said disinfecting across an area wide network, said apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus base for conveying said apparatus;
a UV emitter for selectably emitting UV radiation for disinfecting an enclosure having an enclosure door;
a computer operable to control emission of UV radiation by said UV emitter;
a plurality of UV sensors for measuring and reporting to said computer a dosage of UV radiation received, each of said plurality of UV sensors operable to measure UV light at a defined surface by placement of each of said plurality of UV sensors proximate to the defined surface; and
further wherein at least one of said plurality of UV sensors is positioned remote from said UV emitter;
a door safety sensor, said door safety sensor operable to detect and report whether the enclosure door is open or closed for maintaining integrity of the enclosure during emission of radiation by said UV emitter; and
a human-machine interface (HMI) in communication with said computer operable to start and stop a disinfection procedure, and further operable to pause and resume said disinfection procedure; and
wherein said computer is operable to pause UV emission at a first UV emitter position, and resume UV emission at a second UV emitter position.
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Abstract
A sterilization system consisting of a mobile emitter, a sensing subsystem and a data logging subsystem is described. The emitter has one or more UV emitting lamps or devices. The sensing system comprises at least one remote UV sensor and at least one door sensor. The door sensor comprises a safety shut off door detector and may contain an emergency stop detector and arming detector to protect people from being exposed to UV energy. The system has a remote control for starting, stopping and setting system parameters which include but are not limited to: treatment time, dosage, room size, room number, unit number, floor, facility name, operator name, operator identification number, password, default dosage values, dosage, and patient identification number. The number of treatments per unit of time can be maximized because of the use of incident light measurement.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus for disinfecting an enclosure, and reporting said disinfecting across an area wide network, said apparatus comprising:
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an apparatus base for conveying said apparatus; a UV emitter for selectably emitting UV radiation for disinfecting an enclosure having an enclosure door; a computer operable to control emission of UV radiation by said UV emitter; a plurality of UV sensors for measuring and reporting to said computer a dosage of UV radiation received, each of said plurality of UV sensors operable to measure UV light at a defined surface by placement of each of said plurality of UV sensors proximate to the defined surface; and
further wherein at least one of said plurality of UV sensors is positioned remote from said UV emitter;a door safety sensor, said door safety sensor operable to detect and report whether the enclosure door is open or closed for maintaining integrity of the enclosure during emission of radiation by said UV emitter; and a human-machine interface (HMI) in communication with said computer operable to start and stop a disinfection procedure, and further operable to pause and resume said disinfection procedure; and wherein said computer is operable to pause UV emission at a first UV emitter position, and resume UV emission at a second UV emitter position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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