US Patent Issued to CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE on May 12 for "Air sanitation device by emission of a barrier of ultraviolet radiation in an air flow" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,995, issued on May 12, was assigned to CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE (Rome) and UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE (Florence, Italy).

"Air sanitation device by emission of a barrier of ultraviolet radiation in an air flow" was invented by Franco Fusi (Florence, Italy), Giovanni Romano (Florence, Italy), Guido Toci (Rome) and Barbara Patrizi (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for air sanitation in circumscribed environments generates a sterilising barrier substantially consisting of superimposing a descending vertical laminar air flow and a peripherally delimited ultraviolet radiation beam also directed downwards. The d...