Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus, method, and system for selectively effecting and/or killing bacteria
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Application No.: US17179006Application Date: 2021-02-18
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Publication No.: US11617898B2Publication Date: 2023-04-04
- Inventor: Gerhard Randers-Pehrson , David Jonathan Brenner , Alan Bigelow
- Applicant: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
- Current Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
- Main IPC: A61N5/06
- IPC: A61N5/06 ; A61L2/00 ; A61B18/18
Abstract:
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide an apparatus and method for generating at least one radiation. The exemplary apparatus and/or method can selectively kill and/or affect at least one bacteria. 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 190 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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210268309A1 APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY EFFECTING AND/OR KILLING BACTERIA Public/Granted day:2021-09-02
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