Roderick A. Hyde,Muriel Y. Ishikawa,Jordin T. Kare,Elizabeth A. Sweeney,Lowell L. Wood, Jr.,Victoria Y. H. Wood
申请号:
US12231676
公开号:
US08114346B2
申请日:
2008.09.03
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要:
Solutions for limiting the undesirable spread of pathogens by indirect contact are provided. The solutions involve event-controlled self-sterilization of contact regions on articles or fixtures. A self-sterilizing article structure, in response to a contact event, allows sterilizing UV energy to controllably flow from a UV generator within the article to a portion of the contact region.