ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,438, issued on July 1, was assigned to ABL IP HOLDING LLC (Conyers, Ga.).
"Luminaire emitting two different bands of disinfection light" was invented by David P. Ramer (Reston, Va.) and Jack C. Rains (Sarasota, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antimicrobial system, including a luminaire. The luminaire includes a first disinfection light source to emit a first disinfection light in a first ultraviolet (UV) band for disinfecting an occupied space of a plurality of pathogens that are exposed to the first disinfection light, the first UV band being 200 nanometers (nm) to 250 nm principal wavelength. The luminaire also includes a sec...