ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,652, issued on March 3.
"Elevator sterilization system and method of using same" was invented by Philip Glen Miller (Lake Charles, La.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultraviolet anti-pathogen device for an elevator car is disclosed. The device includes occupant sensors, such as motion detectors to sense movement, weight sensors to sense the presence of occupants, or head sensors to sense the presence of occupants to assure that occupants have evacuated the car prior to sterilization or sanitization. Subsequently, UV-C generators, such as a bank of mercury bulbs, generate intense levels of UV-C. An array of multiple UV-C sensors sc...