ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,586, issued on Feb. 17.
"Methods, systems, and apparatus for sterilization, disinfection, and purification" was invented by Lawrence Revel Johnson (Leawood, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one illustrative example, a method for use in sterilization involves carrying a liquid or a flow of liquid comprising water; converting the liquid or the flow thereof into mist or steam; adding riboflavin in soluble form as a photosensitizer to the liquid or the flow thereof, converting the liquid or the flow thereof into mist or steam that carries the riboflavin; discharging the mist or the steam that carries the riboflavin into a chamber, ...