US Patent Issued to Excelitas Noblelight on April 22 for "Flashlamp cartridge for decontamination and decontamination unit" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,164, issued on April 22, was assigned to Excelitas Noblelight Ltd. (Cambridge, Great Britain).

"Flashlamp cartridge for decontamination and decontamination unit" was invented by Tony Vinyard (Cambridge, Great Britain), Harry Shirling-Rooke (Cambridge, Great Britain) and Jeremy Woffendin (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flashlamp cartridge for a decontamination unit. The cartridge includes a flashtube for pulsed emissions of ultraviolet light and a sheath encapsulating the flashtube."

The patent was filed on Jan. 20, 2020, under Application No. 17/424,073.

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