ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,179, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Uvton Inc. (Columbia, S.C.).
"UV disinfection device and method" was invented by Remigijus Gaska (Columbia, S.C.) and Igor Agafonov (Columbia, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for cleaning a target may include a housing including a base and a lid; a chamber within the housing having a top within the lid, a bottom within the base, and at least one UV reflective plate; at least one UV emitter attached to the housing and positioned to emit UV radiation into the chamber; and a support attached to the housing and located in the chamber, the support configured for locating the target so tha...