ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,342, issued on Feb. 3.
"Fluid system with integrated disinfecting optics" was invented by Stephen J. Sustrick (Montara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid disinfecting system includes a fluid bath for soaking items to be disinfected, a fluid directing conduit, and a light source disposed adjacent the fluid directing conduit. The light source is operative to emit ultraviolet light into the fluid directing conduit, such that one or more cross sections of the fluid directing conduit are saturated with ultraviolet light. Any fluid passing through the fluid directing conduit is necessarily exposed to the ultraviolet light and th...