ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,341, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LLC "SIZAR" (Moscow).
"Personal and mobile devices for providing biological protection by the ultraviolet irradiation of recirculated air" was invented by Valeriy Vladimirovich Kryukov (Moscow) and Evgeniy Mikhailovich Stelmakhovich (g. Scherbinka, Russia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention can be used to produce personal protection systems of respiratory organs (RPE) and organs of vision from airborne and aerosol pathogens. Additionally, it can be used to create mobile low-power closed-type recirculation systems of UV cleaning and air disinfection in small rooms and volumes: salons an...